Guidehouse

Associate Director – Life Sciences Advisory – Market Access

Guidehouse

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Illinois • Massachusetts • United States

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Salary

💰 $135,000 - $225,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • 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.
  • Associate Directors are key members of the Global Market Access teams and contribute to all levels of the consulting process.
  • Associate Directors are responsible for the day-to-day management of consulting staff, project quality, and integral in building and maintaining client relationships.
  • Specific responsibilities for the Global Market Access position include:
  • 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 on-going 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, which include evaluating clinical literature, health economic and outcomes literature, payer access & reimbursement policies, as well as pricing dynamics.

Requirements

  • BA/BS degree in Science, Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare, Business or 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' experience managing the activities of a project team including workplan, staffing, deadlines scope and budget.
  • Demonstrated success supervising, coaching and mentoring more junior level staff and ownership and guidance of their career development.
  • Must be willing and able to travel to client sites across the US, up to 20% of the time.
Benefits
  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Basic Life & Supplemental Life
  • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Student Loan PayDown
  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
  • Skills Development & Certifications
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
  • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
  • Mobility Stipend

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
pricing strategyreimbursement strategymarket accesshealth economicsHTA assessment frameworksqualitative researchquantitative researchpricing studiesmarket landscape assessmentsproject management
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingmentoringclient relationship managementbusiness developmentperformance managementstrategic thinkingcommunicationteam managementpresentation skills