Global Market Access Lead

Biocodex is a French family-owned pharmaceutical company headquartered in Gentilly, near Paris, France. The company was founded in 1953 to develop and market the world’s first probiotic yeast strain, Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745®, discovered in 1923. Since then, Biocodex has evolved from a pioneer to a major international player in the microbiota realm. Meanwhile, Biocodex’s R&D center has focused on the central nervous system, developing an orphan drug, DIACOMIT®. At the end of 2019, Biocodex pursued its diversification with the acquisition of Laboratoires Iprad, a pharmaceutical company specialized in woman’s health.
Biocodex focuses its business on three main areas: Microbiota, Women’s Health and Orphan diseases.
With more than 1,700 employees, Biocodex generated net revenues of above €567 million in 2023, including 33% in France and 67% internationally. The group is present in 115 countries through wholly owned subsidiaries in 16 countries and a network of distributors worldwide.

We are seeking A Global Market Access, Pricing and HEOR Lead who will drive and implement the global market access plans, in line with the orphan division business objectives. More specifically, he/she is responsible for leading the pricing strategy (IRP impact, price revision, price increase) and market access initiatives (P&R dossier for new launches, payor value story adaptation, HE&OR evidence generation and HTA modeling) of the commercialized and pipeline assets of the division. This position reports to the Global Head of Market Access.
- Key Responsibilities :_
- Oversee market access and pricing-related activities associated with the global expansion opportunity and strategy
- Lead and do the corporate pricing research
- Make pricing recommendations to the executive team for the pricing optimisation of new assets and to avoid the price erosion of the established indications
- Lead the global and local market access and pricing operations to ensure delivery of optimal P&R for European markets and other ex-US markets as assigned.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge and expertise of payers and payer systems to build and maintain a solid understanding of external dynamics and trends in pricing, reimbursement, and HTA, and make regular internal communication
- Lead the Global Market Access meetings, in accordance with the orphan division governance principles
- Participate to the cross-functional corporate meetings with the ability to positively challenge and influence.
- Contribute to the development and execution of the cross-functional strategic and operational global market access plans and budget management.
- Lead the development and implementation of payer value stories through cross functional workstreams with the support of staff and external partner agencies.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of corporate HEOR evidence generation plans and health technology assessment (HTA)
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with other functional areas to drive alignment, consistency, and best practice
- Ensure that market access activities comply with all legal, regulatory, and corporate policies and guidelines
- Your Education, Expérience, Knowledge and Abilities:_
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

- Graduate degree in Business, Health Economics, and/or Health Policy
- 5+ years’ experience of developing, communicating, and delivering market access projects and strategies for orphan medications, gained in the Bio/Pharma industry;
- A global experience is preferred and relevant experience in pricing analytics and strategy will be favored
- Exceptional planning, priority setting, negotiation, project management, and relationship building skills
- Strong customer orientation as well as a passion for science-based brands that can dramatically improve patients’ lives
- Courage and conviction to navigate through cross-functional individuals and business strategy-related issues with the ability to influence senior leaders, peers, subordinates, and others to work toward the best solutions within acceptable and agreed-to risk parameters
- Results-oriented leader who conveys a sense of urgency and drives for closure
- Excellent leadership and management skills, and being solution-oriented
- Combination of strategic and operational experience with the ability to see the big picture, and to dive into details.

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