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Position Summary

The successful candidate for this position will play a pivotal role in formulating and executing a strategy to shape the access policy environment to ensure patients have access to BMS medicines.

An enthusiastic access or policy professional, they will be motivated by the goal of improving the lives of patients through enhancing access to medicines and contributing to the wider health policy environment.

They will engage with policymakers, stakeholders and partners with the ultimate aim of fostering a pro-innovation environment and optimizing patient access to innovative therapies.

Reporting to the Global Policy and Access Lead, they will lead a team of talented individuals with responsibilities spanning the access policy environment and BMS key areas of therapeutic focus including oncology, hematology, immunology and cardiovascular disease.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare, champion and execute activities to shape the ICON / Japan access policy environment to support patient access to BMS medicines.

• Develop specific strategies and activities to shape how national and EU level HTA bodies, assess medicines, advocating for processes and methods that support timely access to BMS medicines.

• Monitor, engage and shape policies that impact the price of BMS medicines in EU/ICON regions (including International Reference Pricing), horizon scanning external trends in the policy environment to elevate policy risks and opportunities to the BMS Global Policy council.

• Drive BMS external engagement and positioning on efficient and sustainable Health expenditure policies, monitoring cost containment initiatives and working with market colleagues to proactively engage with the political debate, legislation and national policies.

• Work with commercial, medical and market access leaders to proactively identify policy levers and barriers in the access environment that impact access to current and future BMS medicines. Build activities that address these barriers and levers in the access policy environment.

• Support the development of franchise specific initiatives that engage policy stakeholders on policy levers and barriers on prioritized BMS medicines and disease areas.

• Develop and maintain deep, trust-based relationships with a broad spectrum of external stakeholders including Policy Stakeholders, Thought leaders, Academics, NGOs, HTA bodies, Payers, Patient Advocates and influencers in the broader policy environment/

Qualifications & Experience

• You will have extensive (at least 15 years) experience in pharmaceutical/healthcare policy, market access, HTA and pricing with a proven track record of delivering high impact access and policy activities.

• You will have a Bachelor's or Master's degree.

• You will have a thorough knowledge and understanding of access policy with an in-depth knowledge of national market access processes and polices in EU and ICON.

• You will be able to summarize and translate complex access policies and trends into specific activities and strategies.

• You will have strong relationships with key external access policy thought leaders, policy-makers and stakeholders.

• You will be an experienced team leader, excelling at motivating and empowering individuals to be their best and with a demonstrable focus on people development

• You will be an excellent communicator, capable of absorbing and summarizing complex issues, using clear written communication tailored to the audience. Your presentation skills will be crisp and compelling, and you will be confident engaging with senior internal and external stakeholders.

The starting compensation for this job is a range from $182,000 - $228,000 plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility).

The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and the geographic location where work is performed.

Final, individual compensation is decided commensurate with demonstrated experience.

For more on benefits, please visit our BMS Careers Site (https://careers.bms.com/working-with-us) . Eligibility for specific benefits listed therein may vary based on job and location.

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On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com . Visit careers.bms.com/ (https://careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility) eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

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Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Req Number: R1587779

Updated: 2024-12-11 05:49:10.124 UTC

Location: Princeton-NJ

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