Pricing & Market Access Associate Director (BE / NL)

Job Description

The Pricing & Market Access Associate Director BE/NL will work in close collaboration and cross-functionally with our local commercial, medical, public affairs, and regulatory colleagues, in addition to our local Finance and HEOR teams, to help develop and execute market access strategies supporting optimal reimbursement for our high-value medicines portfolio. This role would need to represent Vertex Value of "Enterprise Thinking" as well as the Value of "Drive breakthrough Results".

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supports Global payer strategic planning and execution to advance value and access optimization

• Drive HTA activities in Belgium and the Netherlands successfully in line with the international guidance and GVD

• Supports the development of Market Access strategies and core pricing & access deliverables operating within the Global Commercial model

• Drives innovative activities to understand different stakeholder perspectives to inform market access strategy

• Integrates regional payer strategic planning and execution into national plans to advance value and access optimization

• Ensures the payer position is consistently represented to internal cross-functional stakeholders and ensure robust strategic input into commercialization and development decisions

• Ensures robust value proposition and integrated evidence plans are optimized to support nation-wide market access and reimbursement

• Contributes to strategies and forecasts with in-depth market research, environmental data & analogs

• Works across multiple stakeholders to ensure consistency of messaging while taking into consideration localized nuances

• Responsible for all phases of lifecycle management from pipeline planning to post reimbursement optimization

Knowledge and Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of navigating the drug reimbursement pathway and negotiating with stakeholders for both BE/NL

• Experience negotiating with public and private insurers (support reimbursement preparation) in high-value medicines.

• Ability to think strategically and make sound pricing and market access recommendations

• Strong practical, quantitative and analytical skills combined with a sound understanding of how to successfully apply pricing & reimbursement / HEOR principles

• Exhibits outstanding written and oral communication skills, including the ability to effectively write and deliver presentations to professionals at all levels within Vertex

• Relationship building at all levels within the organization and across geographies including GAPP (governmental and public affairs), commercial strategy and corporate communications teams

• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate difficult concepts and persuade others

• Experience with hospital formulary decision making an asset

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field

• Extensive experience for Market Access and HEOR in high-value medicines.

Flex Designation:

Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible

Flex Eligibility Status:

In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as:
1. Hybrid : work remotely up to two days per week; or select
2. On-Site : work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

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Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com