About This Role
As the Senior Market Access Manager, you play a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of patient access to our innovative therapies locally. Leading the company's operations in Chile, you will be at the forefront of ensuring sustainable business growth and timely patient access, all while achieving strategic and financial objectives. You will manage a cross-functional team, overseeing areas such as access, commercial, medical, regulatory, and administrative functions. Your efforts will be crucial in developing strategic partnerships and fostering strong institutional relations and connections with patient associations. This role not only contributes to our company's objectives but also impacts the broader healthcare ecosystem in Chile.
What You’ll Do
Define and execute the local market strategy in alignment with broader objectives.
Implement market access strategies to secure reimbursement for therapies in public and private markets.
Lead a multidisciplinary team, promoting a culture of high performance, collaboration, and ethics.
Develop and implement pricing, reimbursement, and negotiation strategies with payers.
Represent the company with regulatory authorities and key stakeholders.
Foster relationships with patient associations and promote shared-value initiatives.
Identify opportunities for portfolio expansion and new product launches.
Manage budget and ensure business profitability, providing insights for demand planning.
Engage with KOLs, academic institutions, and strategic partners to strengthen collaborations.
Coordinate engagement initiatives with stakeholders to integrate access plans.
Who You Are
You have a strategic mindset with the ability to see the bigger picture while managing intricate details. Your adaptability and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment make you a natural leader. You possess a strong sense of empathy and sensitivity toward patient needs, which guides your decision-making. Your integrity and commitment to ethics underpin your professional conduct, and you excel in building and maintaining meaningful relationships across diverse groups.
Required Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences, Business Administration, Engineering, or related fields (MBA or postgraduate studies desirable).
7-10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, with at least 3-5 years in leadership roles.
Proven experience in market access, business development, and team management.
Deep knowledge of the regulatory and healthcare environment in Chile.
Advanced proficiency in English.
Strong business acumen related to the pharma/biotech industry.
Excellent negotiating skills and stakeholder management experience.
Preferred Skills
Strategic and innovative thinking.
Experience with alternative commercial agreements.
Ability to manage complex situations and accelerate market access initiatives.
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
Top Skills
What We Do
Through cutting-edge science and medicine, Biogen discovers, develops and delivers innovative therapies worldwide for people living with serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases.
Founded in 1978, Biogen is a pioneer in biotechnology and today the Company has the leading portfolio of medicines to treat multiple sclerosis, has introduced the first and only approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, and is at the forefront of neurology research for conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biogen also manufactures and commercializes biosimilars of advanced biologics.
With approximately 7000 people worldwide, we are truly a global organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is also home to our research operations. Our international headquarters are based in Zug, Switzerland and we have world-class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark. We offer therapies globally through direct affiliate presence in 30 countries and a network of distribution partners in over 50 additional countries.
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