Health Economics & Market Access Manager, Quebec

Career Category Value and Access Job Description Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas – Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease – we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Health Economics & Market Access Manager, Quebec Reports to: Director, Health Economics & Market Access Grade level: 5 What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. AMGEN Canada currently has an opening in the Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA) department which is a critical component of the Value, Access and Policy (VA&P) function at AMGEN. The candidate will be primarily responsible for: Incorporating health economics, business analytics and competitive intelligence into the development of innovative strategies to gain, improve and defend public and private market access, across the portfolio, with a focus on the province of Quebec. Will also take ownership for national access for specific product(s). Collaborate closely with HEMA colleagues on the Quebec aspects of their products, in particular to ensure strategically optimal and tactically robust INESSS submissions and MSSS negotiations. Documenting HEMA tactical plans, executing relevant portions of these plans and tracking and regular reporting on cross functional progress to the Brand Team, Core Access Team line management and the relevant VA&P members. Actively participating on key global teams (Access Strategy Leads, Global Health Economics) and communicating issues/priorities to the VA&P and cross functional teams. Developing and maintaining strong strategic partnerships with Access Strategy Leads to align, refine and enhance local access / HTA strategies and plans. Develop and maintain ethical external relationships with key decision makers and staff at the Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) to help facilitate HTA and reimbursement decision including clinical consultants as required. Manage Core Access Team (CAT) strategic planning and monthly meetings for allocated products to ensure market access strategy and tactics are effectively executed and adjusted cross functionally throughout the annual plan. Partnering with Brand Team including Marketing & Sales, Medical and Scientific Affairs, R&D and VA&P partners including project management in the development and execution of annual plans of action. Developing, and then on a monthly basis, managing and reporting, HEMA tactical budgets. Working with Senior Manager, Project Management as a liaison with the therapeutic area teams and/or brand teams to develop, implement, and communicate strategies and tactics to ensure alignment within the VA&P team on key cross functional priorities. Interacting with the Contracts and Pricing (C&P) group within VA&P to create innovative proposals to meet public and private payer needs, joining the negotiation process when appropriate. Supporting listing mechanics with RAMQ. Working on any relevant pipeline products to generate key evidence and value propositions. Being the lead on the creation of any INESSS, CDA, provincial submission requests, private payer submissions, including the adaptation of global value dossiers and