Associate Manager, Market Access & Pricing

The purpose of this role is to support project teams attain optimal reimbursement for our client’s products; the core responsibilities will include contribution to the development of project deliverables by leveraging evidence (clinical, economic, and humanistic) to demonstrate the value of treatments to Canadian payers. This position will assist project leads in their execution of our clients’ national, provincial, and private payer strategic market access plans to achieve timely reimbursement.

Associate Managers have at least 1 year of experience on the Canadian Market Access & Pricing team and are fully competent in the core activities required to support compilation of submissions to Canadian Health Technology Agencies (HTA), private payers and the provinces. Associate Managers assist in the training of Associates

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams.  These results are achieved by:

• Supporting and assisting the EVERSANA team with submissions to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), Institut National d'Excellence en Santé et Services Sociaux (INESSS), the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), provincial agencies/programs, and private payers through:
• Conducting background research, summarizing research findings, and critically appraising relevant literature and data sources to support and develop submission dossier components for CADTH, INESSS, the PMPRB, the provinces and private payers.
• Assisting in the writing of reports and developing submission dossier components such as clinical landscape review, clinical summaries, budget impact models/reports, pharmacoeconomic evaluations, payer-specific documentation and forms, and pricing analysis/strategy.
• Keeping abreast of CADTH and INESSS submission guideline requirements and supporting project leads by compiling submission documents and developing administrative templates and forms for these HTA review bodies.
• Having a specialized knowledge in the Private Payer and Provincial Copy submission requirements and supporting project leads by developing and uploading/emailing submission documents to private payers and provinces.
• Preparing draft slide decks for project leads (e.g. for landscape reviews, CADTH/INESSS/private payers, the pCPA and advisory boards)
• Assisting the development of tools to be used in the negotiation with the pCPA and for Product Listing Agreements (PLAs)
• Developing skills and experience in team leadership, project management and a client facing role through:
• Conducting internal and external presentations
• Liaising between clients and Canadian payers
• Participating in weekly client check-in calls and assisting project leads with agendas and minutes
• Leading on defined scope projects such as private payer submissions, provincial copies, biosimilar submissions and targeted landscape reviews.
• Mentoring Associates by training them in submission set up and compilation requirements and the process for uploading/emailing submission documents to private payers and provinces.
• Monitoring and analyzing the access and reimbursement landscape in Canada to provide clients with updates regarding the ever-changing market access environment
• Contributing to research efforts undertaken by the EVERSANA team to publish on issues of pharmaceutical policy in Canada
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias. 
• All other duties as assigned
EXPECTATIONS OF THE JOB:

• Travel: Some travel may be required for meetings with clients, stakeholders, or off-site personnel/management
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week, business hours 9am-5pm Monday to Friday EST.
The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the expectations of the position and shall not be construed as the only expectations that may be assigned for the position.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the expectations

Department: Researchers & Analysts
Function: Consulting
Experience Level: Entry Level