Reimbursement, Director (Global Pricing Analytic Group)

Reimbursement, Director (Global Pricing Analytic Group)

In the context of a rapidly evolving pricing environment, Amgen's increasing emphasis on geographic expansion and acquisition/licensing as drivers of growth, and a commitment to demonstrate product value, Amgen requires an increasingly sophisticated pricing analytic capability to support strategic pricing as an important source of competitive advantage. The Global Pricing Analytics Group is a new team that will develop such an analytic capability to position Amgen for future success against this business-critical imperative. This position is a key leadership position in this new team.
The successful candidate will bring a comprehensive knowledge of the business, a keen understanding of the global (US and ex-US) payer environment, and outstanding technical and quantitative analysis skills to help establish and ensure the ongoing success of the group. Success will require deep collaboration with and achievement of synergies between Global Pricing and Payor Planning, ICO Pricing and Contracting, U.S Pricing and Contracts, and other key stakeholder groups.
Position Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
• Assists in the development of key aspects of the Global Pricing Analytics capability, including a ""business architecture"" defining how the capability will operate and an ""implementation roadmap"" which defines how the capability will be built out and deliver value over time.
• Provides commercial leadership over building and maintaining robust analytic platform architecture-including a global price and reimbursement outcomes database-to examine price as a key strategic lever across the portfolio and across regions.
• Assists in identifying or developing ""best practice"" analytic methodologies to address key issues like new product launch sequencing, price erosion impact, optimal emerging markets pricing, objective price assumptions in MA valuation/LRP, etc. and works to embed best practice approaches across the global organization.
• Leads collaboration between assigned stakeholder groups (GP3, ICO Pricing, US Pricing and Contracts, etc.) to ensure pricing analytics are based on a comprehensive view and create pricing and contracting strategies that are appropriately aligned.
• Leads on-time delivery of pricing analytic projects to support NACO, ICO, and GP3 end-users, including understanding implications of competitive price actions, emerging price/coverage/payment strategies, legislative proposals, cross-regional/portfolio price divergence, etc.
• Assess implications of price and contracting strategies on LRP, price bands, and price-to-value ratio by pressure testing regional assumptions and providing an objective assessment of the LRP as it relates to pricing in the context of global payer trends and evolving assessments of the value of products and innovation.

Basic Qualifications
• Doctorate degree & 4 years of directly related experience OR
• Master's degree & 8 years of directly related years OR
• Bachelor's degree & 10 years of directly related experience

Preferred Qualifications
• 6 years of direct managerial and/or leadership experience (leading teams, programs, resources).
• Proven ability to manage in a highly fluid, interactive, matrixed environment and build strong, successful business partnerships with regional and global colleagues.
• Ability to translate complex situation analyses of the external pricing and reimbursement environment and Amgen's product portfolio to develop relevant analytic questions.
• Ability to translate analytic output into potential price and contracting solutions (e.g., new pricing models, risk-sharing, etc.) with quantification of impact for Amgen, providers, and payers.
• Strong strategic thinker capable of translating analytic output into strategic insights that will drive the business and proactively define and develop new capabilities to ensure Amgen pricing success in the changing environment.
• Excellent conceptual problem solving skills with demonstrated ability to bring structure to vaguely defined problems, pragmatically scope problem solving approach, and manage execution.
• Excellent technical skills and fluency with spreadsheet model design and/or software development, database design, and pricing applications.
• Excellent oral/written communications skills and interpersonal skills with a credible ""Senior Management presence""; able to communicate at all organizational levels.
• Strong understanding of the US and global payer environment, including coverage and reimbursement, pricing, value drivers, formulary management, health technologies assessment, and health policy.
• Deep understanding of the U.S. Government and Commercial reimbursement environment.
• Previous international (ex-US) assignment and/or Business Development experience and/or emerging markets experience desirable.