Value & Access Manager Milano

Value & Access Manager
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

Value and Access Manager

**Location: Part of Center and North West Italy

**This is what you will do**:

The Value & Access Manager (VAM) is the key contact responsible for local market access in Italian Regions.

The VAM is required to analyze access issues and opportunities, to monitor the healthcare local environment and act as the key responsible for the interactions with access stakeholders at hospital level with pharmacists, medical directors and general managers and at regional level with payers and decision-makers for the right positioning of our orphan drugs within Ethics and Compliance policies.

**You will be responsible for**:

- Develop and implement Market Access Plan and Strategy, aligned with the Cluster Team and ultimately validated by the Head of the Department in the defined zones.

- Analyze local access issues and opportunities, anticipating changes in the local healthcare landscape and act as the access partner for all the franchises and products of the company.

- Establish partnership at hospital level with Hospital Pharmacists, Medical Managers and Hospital Managers and at regional level with payers and the decision makers for the right positioning of our orphan drugs and to reduce funding barriers.

- Support product access through local strategies and resolve funding issues with payers and decision makers in a manner consistent and compliant with company policies and requirements.

- Gather evidence to demonstrate value to health technology assessment bodies, payers, and other audiences.

- Remain up to date regarding the external market access environment.

- Increase product awareness at meetings with access stakeholders.

- Participate in the development of the account action plans, working cross-functionally with Sales, Medical, Marketing and Strategic Partnership Departments

- Maintain a constant presence on the field interacting with the field staff (Area Managers, RAM, Strategic Account Partner, Medical Scientific Liaisons) gathering and sharing relevant information for the development and implementation of the action plans.

- Be accountable for the execution and follow-up of his/her activities agreed in the action plans

- Support cross-functional teams as a Market Access partner offering tailored support and demonstrate effective communication with the internal teams.

- The position is field-based and requires travelling most of the time.

**You will need to have**:

- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences

- 8 + years' Experience in Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology industry

- Knowledge of National and Regional Health System and legal aspects

- Knowledge of National and Regional pharmaceutical regulations

- English knowledge

- 3+ years' previous experience in market access mandatory

- Science Degree (i. e.

Pharmacist, Biologist, Biotechnology)

- Must be able to credibly discuss pharmaceutical/medical product details with access stakeholders

- Ability to manage complex situations & ambiguity and being able to make decisions.

- Written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

- Ability to understand and anticipate future Market Access scenarios, challenges and opportunities

- Ability to work effectively in cross-functional matrix

- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team and individually

- Ability to synthesize clinical and health evidence into messages easily understood by non-technical stakeholders

- Project management & analytical skills, rigor and methodology at work

- Business acumen

- Problem solving and result-oriented approach

- Negotiation skills and flexibility

- Integrity and trust

**We would prefer for you to have**:

- Pharma-economics / Health Economics degree or certification