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Health Access Specialist
Health Access Specialist-November 2024
Mexico City
Nov 22, 2024
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Pfizer is a pharmaceuticals and biotechnology company.
10,000+ employees
Biotechnology, Manufacturing
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About Health Access Specialist

  Job Title: Health Access Specialist (HAS)

  Reports to: Market Access Cluster Lead/ Sr. Manager Access Strategist

  Job Purpose

  The Health Access Specialist is Pfizer's primary representative to the payer organizations they are assigned to cover. Health Access Specialists' primary responsibility is to ensure optimal patient access to Pfizer's approved medicines by securing optimal coverage and formulary placement by the assigned payers. They are expected to achieve this by:

  • Establishing relationships with key stakeholders and decision makers (Payer's/HCP's) at different levels to understand payers' unmet needs and coordinating commercial & access inline health technologies' objectives, and long-term business objectives, to maximize access

  • Creating a customized value proposition for priority health technologies, based on a deep understanding of payer needs to secure access for new product launches, formulary inclusions, healthcare enhancement programs (e.g. disease awareness and education), and/or value based agreements, closely aligned with PHI team

  • Demonstrate access conditions effectively and constructively of prioritized health technologies within the frameworks permitted by the payer, aligning closely with relevant members of PHI and Commercial teams

  • Proactively identifying value-creating opportunities, including through innovative agreements, portfolio agreements etc. while rigorously managing compliance risks

  Key Accountabilities:

  The Health Access Specialist will be accountable for:

  • Maintaining regular contact with assigned payers and working to build deep partnership relationships with strategically prioritized payers

  • Coordinating and leading access value communications, formulary inclusion processes, identification of barriers, etc. to ensure optimal access for Pfizer health technologies with assigned payers, engaging Access Strategist, Value & Evidence Strategists, Pricing, Medical, Commercial, and other colleagues as needed and appropriate to support the process

  • Ensure that all activities are based in scientific / HEOR Access purposes, clearly separating from the commercial / negotiations / contracting roles

  • Tailoring value proposition of Pfizer health technologies to the payer's priorities and patient population, including development of targeted presentation materials, adaptation of simple health economic models (e.g. budget impact models) and tools, working with Access Strategists and Value & Evidence Strategists as needed and appropriate

  • Supporting the development and coordination of access strategies for prioritized Pfizer health technologies and portfolio in alignment with nationwide level access strategy

  • Designing innovative access approaches and agreements, in partnership with the payer, and with Access Innovation & Excellence Lead, Access Strategists and other colleagues as appropriate

  • Executing and following up on access agreements with the payer

  • Representing the voice of the payer within Pfizer, and promptly communicating challenges and opportunities relevant to Pfizer's portfolio to the relevant colleagues within Pfizer

  • Coordinating any involvement of payer representatives in Pfizer advisory boards or other consultation processes for approved products

  • Delivering value-based messages of Pfizer medicines and enhance access through exploring patient assistance programs, among others

  Health Access Specialists are not accountable for (and should not get involved in):

  • Engaging physicians or directly influencing clinical decision making

  • Processing orders of Pfizer medicines, or managing or monitoring distribution of medicines

  • Administering or monitoring payments for Pfizer medicines

  • Initiating or administering direct patient programs such as PSPs, PAPs or affordability programs

  • Any activities pertaining to unapproved (pipeline) assets or indications

  Job Specific Technical/Functional/Professional Competencies:

  The Health Access Specialist will be expected to demonstrate:

  • Strong commitment to patient focus and access to innovative health technologies

  • Strong understanding of the healthcare system, payer processes and payers' priorities and interests

  • Robust knowledge of the fundamentals of market access, including access strategy, pricing approaches, and fundamental concepts of health economics such as relative efficacy assessment, cost-effectiveness, budget impact analysis

  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate compelling value stories using data

  • Strong relationship-building skills

  • Strong project management skills

  • Demonstrated commitment to execution with integrity and Pfizer's values

  Knowledge/Requirements:

  • A Bachelor's degree or above in a relevant discipline such as Health Economics, Public Health, Pharmacology, Engineering etc. OR

  • A 3 to 5 years' experience in an analysis of access/health system information, development of access materials, and customer-facing access role within the pharmaceutical industry, or an access-related role within a healthcare organization (e.g. payer, HTA agency or hospital)

  • Professional qualifications in relevant disciplines such as pharmaceutical market access, health economics, epidemiology, finance will be an advantage

  • Excellent skills in key office programs such as Powerpoint and Excel. Experience using specialist value demonstration tools such as Basecase an advantage

  - intermediate English

  EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) & Employment Eligibility

  Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, or disability.

  Market Access

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