Associate Manager, Payer & Channel Analytics - Market Access Patient Services

The Market Access Patient Services (MAPS) organization within APEX plays an instrumental role in shaping market access strategies for all of AbbVie’s domestic brands. As a member of this team, you will plan and execute standard and ad-hoc analytics to identify/ quantify payer opportunities and threats, make specific recommendations on the development of market access strategies and tactics, develop analytical capabilities, enable organizational learning, and ensure alignment of analytical insights with the broader commercial goals of each brand. The role requires foundational data analytics training and experience in the pharmaceutical or related industry. The role provides insights that directly impact patient and physician access to AbbVie brands through its influence on the development of pricing, contracting and other access strategies.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Execute standard / ad-hoc analyses on a key brands focused on providing insights that influence market access strategy through data analytics, customer insights and business knowledge. Assist in the development with U.S. Market Access commercial leaders, innovative Pricing and Contracting strategies to achieve optimal payer formulary access that maximize net sales for assigned brands. Identify through claims analysis, market dynamics that shape brand demand and build models to portray risks, opportunities, and sensitivities. Demonstrate foundational understanding of the U.S. healthcare landscape and key AbbVie therapeutic areas to identify and proactively address opportunities and threats. Build collaborative relationships with internal U.S. Market Access Sales and Marketing stakeholders. Align insights to Brand insight partners, that when integrated with HCP and Consumer insights, positively impacts brand decision making.

• Delivering analytics to inform GPO, Specialty Pharmacy, Health Plan and PBM contracting strategies for launch brands across payer channels through data modelling techniques, conveying analytical narratives that describe the opportunity and risks of stakeholder negotiations, and informing financial projections based on launch pricing and contracting strategies.
• Delivering brand specific market access analytical insights in response to specific market access issues / trends. Understanding the impact of utilization management, tiering and medical policy impact on overall demand, line of therapy and co-pay support. Conducting investigative analytics to validate and/ or quantify market phenomenon related to competitive or customer tactics. Identifying through quantitative methods, value drivers that guide clinical data development and value positioning.
• Demonstrating a foundational understanding of syndicated and AbbVie proprietary data, data science and modeling techniques and the ability to synthesize insights into compelling narratives. Under guidance, is proficient at supplier and stakeholder management, executing external analytics to deliver compelling learnings, and executing analytical strategies appropriate for the issue at hand.
• Responsible for effective communication of market access analytical insights to leadership.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4+ years of professional experience.
• 2+ years of related industry experience in analytic technologies such as: SQL, Python, R, SAS, Power BI, data warehousing.
• Hands on data querying, extraction, manipulation and analysis experience.
• Solid knowledge of analytics and advanced analytics techniques.
• Strong story telling skills; ability to distill complex information synthesized into concise and impactful messages and communications.

Preferred:

• Marketing / sales analytics experience.
• Healthcare industry experience.