JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

About Established Pharmaceuticals Division  - We are committed to bringing the benefits of our trusted medicines to more people in the world’s fastest-growing countries. Our broad portfolio of high-quality and differentiated branded generic medicines reaches across multiple therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, women's health, cardiometabolic, pain management/central nervous system, and respiratory.

Core Job Responsibilities:

Horizon Scan
Monitor government and payer policies, especially as related to coverage, pricing, reimbursement, tender, formulary listing, demand control of EPD portfolio, disseminate business implications, call for actions, increase our pro-activeness

Responsible for MA authorities and customers
- MOH as related to drug pricing, reimbursement, listing or other relevant policies
- Pricing & Reimbursement Authority
- HTA (Health Technology Assessment) Agencies
- Public market listing agencies (e.g. EDL, Universal Coverage, gov't tender, public hospital drug formulary committees, country-specific drug formularies)
- Private market listing agencies (e.g. private health plans, private insurance drug formularies, private hospital drug formulary committees)

Develop and execute country Market Access plan, including:
- Forward-looking opportunity and risk assessment
- MA customer insights
- MA strategy
- Action plan synergized horizontally (partner functions) and vertically (local-global)
- Proper integration into affiliate business and financial plan

Obtain/ maintain/ optimize portfolio pricing, reimbursement, listing and payer guidelines
- Perform pricing analysis, capture price increase opportunities, minimize price risks
- Prospect growth opportunities (e.g. gov’t health programs, gov’t tenders, private health plans, private insurances)
- Define required portfolio to win, incorporate needs into affiliate portfolio book
- Develop listing or de-listing strategy in collaboration with partner functions
- Optimize payer demand control guidelines (e.g. INN Rx, Gx substitution, restricted Rx)
- Prepare pricing, reimbursement, formulary listing (with or without tender) dossiers
- Negotiate with MA customers to maximize business outcome

Design payer partnership and value-added programs to enhance our value offering

Improve Market Access regulations for off-patent products
- Customize global category value proposition & position paper for local markets
- Complement with local evidences
- Represent EPD at local industry association, proactively drive off-patent policies
- Build and lead local external engagement

Experience/Training required:

• >10 years’ experience in pharmaceutical, related industry or payer organization
• Strong leadership skills
  - In leading affiliate market access team
  - In engaging partner functions
  - In influencing affiliate management team
• In-depth knowledge about the country’s healthcare system and MA decision making
• Very strong local customer network (Market Access decision makers and influencers)
• Successful track record in payer negotiation in achieving price, reimbursement and listing

     

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Market Access

     

DIVISION:

EPD Established Pharma

        

LOCATION:

Lebanon > Beirut : Fattal Building

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

No

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable