Description
The Associate Director of Market Access Insights plays a crucial role in supporting the Market Access customer-facing teams. This role involves compiling and evaluating customer performance metrics and market analysis to guide the strategic planning and execution of brand strategies.
Success requires an enterprise mindset, strong influence without authority, and deep understanding of the Market Access landscape. In this position, the AD will act as a key liaison between various Market Access customer segments, Contract Operations, Access Strategy, Portfolio Contract Strategy, AZ IT, technical vendors/consultants, and Brand Insights.
Collaborating closely with the Director of Market Access Insights, the AD will address ad-hoc data inquiries, identify desired outcomes, and make recommendations to enhance both the provided insights across Market Access and the tools and capabilities used to support planning, performance measurement, operational improvements, and enterprise-wide alignment on Market Access priorities.
Key responsibilities include:
Acting as the dedicated lead to liaise with Market Access stakeholders to identify insights across Market Access priority accounts and to inform comprehensive Market Access Portfolio & Enterprise and Pipeline strategies.
Proactively leveraging available analytical tools, market research, and other resources to identify key opportunities to increase access and understanding of the needs of Market Access customers.
Collaborating across Market Access, Access Strategy, Portfolio Contract Strategy, Legal, Medical, Compliance, Government Affairs, Corporate Affairs, Finance, Brand Teams, and Sales to provide clear and consistent insight and analytics as input into strategic business decisions.
Representing account team interests in internal forums to ensure alignment across Access Strategy, Portfolio Contract Strategy, Legal, Medical, Compliance, Government Affairs, Corporate Affairs, Finance, Brand, and Sales.
Working with service providers and AZ IT to create and deliver new analytical systems and tools that support key managed market business objectives.
Prioritizing workload across key customers to dedicate capacity time and resources accordingly.
Ability to manage and lead numerous projects at the same time, especially large-scale projects.
Effectively managing without authority and providing direction and coordination of strategic initiatives.
Identifying and proposing long-term improvements in internal processes, systems, and cross-functional collaboration.
Occasional travel may be required based on customer/account requirements and to attend key industry events.
Education, Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:
Essential qualifications include a Bachelor's degree, preferably in a related field, and 3-5 years of pharmaceutical or related healthcare business experience.
Desirable qualifications include an advanced degree in a related field, 5+ years of pharmaceutical or related healthcare business experience, and experience in analytics or insights, project management, market access, or technical data architecture.
The ideal candidate will have exceptional stakeholder management capabilities, understanding of Market Access and healthcare delivery, ability to perform analysis using multiple quantitative and qualitative sources, and strong Excel capabilities to transform raw data into strategic insight.
What you can expect: great working atmosphere empowering you to reach your full potential, endless development opportunities, and benefits like medical & life insurance, annual bonus, education cost reimbursement, occasional allowances, anniversary awards, additional time off, pension plan, business travel insurance, recognition program, and flexible working hours.
Why AstraZeneca? At AstraZeneca, you will be valued not only for your unique contribution, skills, and background but also because we recognize people are our greatest asset. We are dedicated to being a Great Place to Work, where challenging work goes hand in hand with development. With opportunities, recognition, and bright minds, there's no better place to unlock learning and build a long-term career. Most importantly, we do meaningful work that changes lives.