Global Market Access Managing Consultant/Associate Director

Is life sciences in your DNA? Breakthroughs in pharma are helping people live healthier lives, while medical devices enable patients to proactively maintain health – this is undoubtedly a transformative time for health care companies. Guidehouse's Life Sciences practice is an engine of innovation, helping pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and diagnostic companies develop custom solutions that tackle today's challenges, while anticipating tomorrow's. You will have an immediate impact by partnering with our clients across all levels, to deliver product planning, pricing, reimbursement, product commercialization, and regulatory and compliance solutions.

The Global Market Access team provides commercialization strategy and reimbursement services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics companies. Our client services range from pre-commercialization marketing strategies to determining and developing launch pricing and access strategies across major and emerging global markets.

Responsibilities

• Track record of success developing, leading, and delivering global (e.g., EU, APAC, LATAM) pricing and access/reimbursement projects, with subject matter expertise on HTA assessment frameworks, pricing & reimbursement archetypes, and national/regional pricing & reimbursement mechanisms.
• Support development and review of project deliverables to ensure proper framing of strategic issues, use of appropriate methods, and that materials as well as final deliverables fully meet or exceed client standards.
• Facilitate client presentations and manage ongoing relationships.
• Actively support in business development and project sales cycle.
• Manage and develop staff, including performance management.
• Create corporate- and product-level commercialization strategies for technologies in the early stages of the product development cycle.
• Lead qualitative/quantitative research with payers and HCPs including supporting the development of materials and facilitating discussions as required.
• Develop payer strategy including value proposition, global payer archetypes, and evidence generation expectations.
• Conduct pricing studies for new products, including determining pricing & reimbursement potential, list-to-net pricing dynamics, contracting considerations, etc.
• Perform market landscape assessments for our clients' technologies and their competitors, evaluating clinical literature, health economic and outcomes literature, payer access & reimbursement policies, and pricing dynamics.

Travel is project dependent but averages 20%.

What You Will Need For The Associate Director Role

• BA/BS degree in Science, Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare, Business or a related course of study.
• 6+ years of prior work experience in the healthcare industry; experience in market access, reimbursement, pricing, and/or health economics is required, with transferrable management consulting experience.
• 2-3+ years of experience managing the activities of a project team including workplan, staffing, deadlines scope and budget.
• Experience in leadership roles and people development/performance management.
• Demonstrated success supervising, coaching and mentoring more junior level staff and ownership and guidance of their career development.

What You Will Need For The Managing Consultant Role

• Requires a Bachelor's degree. A major course of study in science, biomedical engineering, or healthcare policy and planning.
• 4+ years of transferable consulting or work experience, with demonstrated experience in value, access, pricing and commercialization strategy projects for large global pharma, mid-sized pharma and/or biotech clients.
• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, including drug development and launch.
• The ability to analyze complex information, identify key issues, and develop effective strategies.
• Excellent communication skills to convey strategic recommendations to various stakeholders, including senior management.
• 2-3+ years of direct experience in client management and content delivery roles.
• Experience developing designing and executing value, pricing, and access strategy projects for pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies.
• Experience in leadership roles and people development/performance management.

What Would Be Nice To Have

• An MBA/MS/MPH/PhD preferred.
• Candidates should be able to clearly communicate the clinical and business implications of technically complex products and services.
• Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and a deep interest in healthcare, market access and reimbursement.
• We seek candidates with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Candidates should be strong team players, take initiative, and think strategically and creatively.

What We Offer

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.