BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Director, Market Access & Policy - Canada

US_North Carolina_Remote, USA · Director

Sponsorship not specified$20k-$30kDetected 86 days ago
NegotiationLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • Our global headquarters is in Durham, North Carolina and our employees span the globe across sites in multiple countries.
  • For more information, please visit our website at www.biocryst.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
  • The statements in this position description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification.

Responsibilities

  • Lead development and submission of HTA dossiers to bodies such as CDA and INESSS.
  • Effectively navigate the pCPA environment; lead negotiations with pCPA and provinces to secure PLAs.
  • Manage all public and private payer and policy related issues.
  • Build, maintain, and strengthen senior-level relationships with public and private payers. Act as the primary liaison with provincial payers and policymakers, and private payers.
  • We leverage our expertise in structure-guided drug design to develop first-in-class or best-in-class oral small-molecule and injectable protein therapeutics, led by the efforts of our team of expert scientists in our Discovery Center of Excellence in Birmingham, Alabama.

Requirements

  • University degree in Sciences, Pharmacy or Economics
  • post-graduate degree required.
  • Strong negotiation skills, with a proven record of achieving PLAs for rare disease therapies.
  • Strong understanding of the compliance environment in Canada.
  • Knowledge of value demonstration and pharmaco-economic principles.
  • Knowledge of financial concepts including price-volume trade-offs, NPV analyses and internal financial planning processes.
  • Ability to distil complex information into clear story-telling in executive-level presentations.
  • Knowledge of cross function dynamics
  • Proven track record of working in a high-performing matrix organization.
  • Effective presentation and written and oral communication skills with a strong ability to influence without direct authority.
  • University degree in Sciences, Pharmacy or Economics; post-graduate degree required.
  • Min. 10 years of experience in a similar position, with significant HTA, market access and policy expertise in the Canadian biopharmaceutical industry, including directly dealing with HTA agencies, private payers, provincial payers, and government stakeholders.
  • Deep understanding of healthcare ecosystem and public and private drug reimbursement and pricing processes in Canada, including CDA, INESSS, provincial drug approval, pCPA, healthcare funding budget flows, and PMPRB regulations.
  • Proven track record of relationship building experience with national and provincial HTA agencies, public and private payers, regional healthcare policymakers, and other relevant stakeholders and influencers. Ideally, high-level relationships with HTA agencies, public and key private payers already exist.
  • Previous success influencing healthcare and payer policy is a plus.
  • Basic understanding of healthcare and payer systems in US and EU5.
  • Knowledge of cross function dynamics; proactive attitude applied with excellent interpersonal skills.

Compensation

  • Lead development of all provincial healthcare payer and private payer reimbursement files; lead negotiations of PLAs with public and private payers. Support the development and implementation of annual plans for public and private payer customers in Canada.
  • Lead all required annual reporting, incl. PMPRB, provincial/territorial payers, private payers.

Benefits

  • Develop and implement national and provincial market access and stakeholder engagement strategies to ensure optimal policy conditions and reimbursement for current and future BioCryst products.
  • Develop and implement national and provincial market access and stakeholder engagement plans, aimed at advancing patient access and considering health policy barriers.
  • Monitor and assess ongoing health policy challenges and opportunities as environmental dynamics evolve, and ensure any potential impacts are communicated to the Canadian leadership team, Global Market Access and HEOR.

Company info

  • At BioCryst, we share a deep commitment to improving the lives of people living with hereditary angioedema (HAE) and other rare diseases.
  • We are proud of our culture of engagement and accountability that rewards people for innovative thinking and achievement of key objectives.

Equal opportunity

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