Head of Market Access, Established Pharmaceuticals Division

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Working Location: Vietnam

Reporting to:  Vietnam General Manager

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

• Define and lead high-level pricing strategy to maximize market access success across existing and new portfolio
• Optimize access within key accounts by creating an enabling environment for product reimbursement.
• Lead and manage teams across Key Account, Market Access, and Tender functions.
• Build strategic alliances to shape public policy favorable to reimbursement of EPD Legacy/AHVN Vietnam products.
• Defend portfolio value and future tender management, price submissions and competitive bidding scenarios, tender shaping and private market expansion and price negotiations. Identify new revenue stream via private health insurance
• Contribute as a member of the Country Leadership Team (LT), reporting directly to the General Manager.
• Share accountability for leadership, strategic direction, business development, and compliance within the market.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Market Access Strategy and Planning

• Build and implement a market access, pricing strategy and tender policy in a progressive company that has contributed to achieving overall business goals
• Shape a public policy environment that recognizes and rewards innovations, EPD Legacy/AHVN business offerings and enhances our ability to do business in the province or region
• Tacking local healthcare system developments and identifying new opportunities for access for Abbotts EPD’ products in the established portfolio and upcoming biosimilar/biologics pipeline across Region APAC.
• Communicate the perspective of the payers internally and engage according to the relevant direct or indirect channel payers to promote product value throughout lifecycle management
• Support and drive key initiatives for capability building, sharing of best practices and drive the market access agenda forward amongst peers at the country level
• Support with hospital listing process and adopting a high-quality value dossier and executing Patient Assistance Programs to bridge the affordability gap
• Developing and localizing market access and pricing strategy across the portfolio and defining RWE strategies to defend value and drive volume growth through pricing strategies
• Critical success factors of the role will be in driving access and reimbursement for the new pipeline (biosimilars & biologics) and across existing portfolio and supports and day to day operations.
• Deep knowledge of the pricing, reimbursement, co-funding, and procurement mechanics of the local health care system(s) (processes, evidence needs and guiding regulatory requirements etc.)
• Drive Health economic methods, Health Technology Assessment, evidence-based medicine and their application
• Develop value messages and claims, ensuring target product profiles and target claims can meet payer needs

Stakeholder Engagement Management

• Lead the development of strategic partnership with government offices (DAV, DHI, DPF, VSS,…) and Government-nominated institutes (NDQC, HUP, HMU, …) to develop sustainable healthcare environment
• Defines the stakeholder engagement plan and tactics to enable access of the existing and biosimilar/biologics portfolio, aligned with the cross functional team leaders and management.
• Build and develop high performing teams
• Develop and manage projects, related consultants and associated budgets.
• Respect and adhere to Abbott’s Code of Conduct and other corporate policies, ensure the operation is in a full compliance with the legal and regulatory (internal & external) framework
• Represent Abbott on specific industry association (i.e. Pharma Group, Eurocham, Armcharm) committees of Abbott core policy position

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design Market Access model will be implemented in Vietnam to maximize the efficiency
• Develop, motivate and coach the team and provide guidance
• Set and monitor targets for each individual in the team to ensure high performance management
• Support employees in implementing of their growth plans. Develop and maintain succession plan and address future staffing issues in a proactive manner.
• Ensure team activities to comply with Company Business Code of Conduct and all local applicable laws within scope of function responsibility

MINIMUM BACKGROUND/ EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Work Experience

• >10-15 years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry including a significant experience in Market Access authorities and/ or formulary listing committees, preferably with experience working with biological/biosimilar portfolio and generics experience
• Experience working in a multinational company with a matrix organization

Education

Bachelor/MBA

University degree of Medical/Pharmacy qualification/MBA

CORE Skills Required

• Ability to interpret and integrate Market Access strategies into actionable, value-added planning activities
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills and strong ability to develop relationships with external stakeholders
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Professional behavior with “can-do” and cross functional hands-on experience
• Winning mentality, dynamic, innovative, customer focus and cross-functional team player

Behavioral / Leadership Skill

(Competencies required for role

Apply Abbott Capabilities Framework

Language Skill

(any specific language required)

• Vietnamese
• English

Computer Skill

(any specific Computer Skill required)

• MS Office