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Executive Director Pricing & Contracting### Summary#LI-Hybrid Location: Dublin, Ireland The Executive Director Pricing & Contracting (EDPC) will work on CRM portfolio and is a partner/subject matter expert who is a reliable and visible contact point for priority countries.
The EDPC is expected to drive strategic initiatives which position International Pricing as a key collaborator through partnership with relevant functions (TA, S&G, Access, HEOR, Policy, Finance, etc.).
The EDPC will act as an advisor to other functions and senior management teams on specific pricing-related topics.
Lead a team of pricing & contracting professionals, act as a role model by further strengthening the organizational culture, and by mentoring other talent within and outside of pricing.
The EDPC will drive development of launch and in-market pricing strategies and contracting solutions for selected brands that enable access for our products in partnership with the TA teams, other partner functions and regions/key countries.
The position is reporting to the Head of Pricing.
### About the Role**Key Responsibilities:*** Leads a Pricing & Contracting team with a disruptive mindset to tackle competitive environments and develop innovative pricing strategies and tactics to support regions/countries in delivering expected results.
Provides effective and inspiring team leadership, actively works on career development, and focuses on retaining and attracting top talent* Work effectively across functions and geographies with a focus on customer needs to achieve goals and ensure key stakeholder alignment.
* A thought partner/subject matter expert who is a reliable and visible contact point for priority countries to provide active, effective key country-level support.
* Interact regularly with priority countries.
Facilitate operational pricing scenario analysis on local price and innovative contract proposals for consultation and decision-making.
Share overall pricing approach and strategies, as necessary, with the US organization.
* Educate senior leadership on the pricing and reimbursement landscape developments of priority countries as appropriate.
In partnership with Policy and Healthcare Systems leads, identify pricing policy barriers/opportunities and develop strategic and operational plans to address the pricing components of key policy issues (e.g., global price transparency, EU co-operation initiatives).
* Provide/withhold endorsement of price proposals consistent with international governance at launch and any list & net price changes post-launch for assigned countries.
Monitor local pricing implementation.
Oversee vendor/consulting/internal projects aimed at answering strategic pricing and business questions.Executive Director Pricing & Contracting will partner with the TAs, HEOR, Access, Finance and other teams to:* Develop, review, and execute pricing and innovative contracting strategies for key compounds/indications within assigned areas.
Responsible for ensuring alignment with program and brand strategies to optimize brand value and market access.
* Collaborate on pricing research with other international functions, key countries/regions (as needed).
Identify competitive trends, synthesize competitor price information (including biosimilars and generics), and trigger actions as required.
* Design and oversee international launch sequence optimization for assigned assets/indications.
Coordinate with key countries and regions and other international functions to ensure pricing and access are optimized as impact is felt globally across markets.
* Develop and co-create models to optimize pricing and access and recommend adaptations where appropriate.
Coordinates, as needed, input into the price assessment of early-stage products and due diligence projects to validate price, dosing, endpoint, and comparator selection from a price implementation and realization point of view.
**Essential Requirements:*** At least 7 years of relevant senior level experience at pharmaceutical companies, HTA or health care consultancy companies; pricing, access and commercial experience across multiple brands and multiple therapeutic areas.
* Excellent analytical skills and ability to extract and quickly process key information, summarize key needs, and provide targeted and appropriate insights and recommendations.
* Previous team management experience.
* Strategic thinker with strong business and finance acumen.
* Recent experience in above country (regional or global) role preferred.
* Experience or strong exposure to some of our priority markets (US, EU5, China, Japan) and preferably also to emerging key markets in LaCan and APMA.
* Track record of successfully working across functions (especially TAs, S&G, V&A, Finance).
* Experience in preparation and negotiating reimbursement and HTA submissions with payers in major markets.
**Desirable Requirements:*** 10+ years of relevant senior level experience* Advanced degree (e.g. PhD, Masters) in Math, Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, Health Policy, Health Economics, or related fields.
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