Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

Core Job Responsibilities

• Full responsibilities of Bulgarian Market Access issues

• Monitor changes and environment in order to anticipate risks and exploit opportunities.

• Define the strategic response to the anticipated changes in market environment, find innovative solutions on how to accelerate AbbVie’s products entering the market and maintain and optimize access of in-line products (ie customized value proposition, multi stakeholder strategic initiatives, etc)

• Propose to brand teams and provide training of analysis, tools, evidence, actions and programs to support and communicate the value propositions

• Develop pricing scenarios and P&R strategies, prepare submissions and objections handling, and monitor prices

• Maintain an awareness and understanding of the impact of Bulgarian decisions on AbbVie’s area and global business, and help to ensure area activities meet the needs of Bulgaria

• Actively participate in cross-functional task force (medical, regulatory, MA) to bring key insights for New products (prior to phase 3) and help better tailor clinical development to ensure optimized access and price

• Work closely with other functions such as Medical and Government Affairs to build networks, understanding and close relationships with decision makers and leverage influence through joint programs of action

• Provide strategic contribution to the NNLRP process and active contributor for the Future Fit implementation

• Work actively with the National Council for Pricing and Reimbursement (NCPR) in connection with:

• achieve reimbursement of new products;

• save/increase the percentage of reimbursement of the products included in PDL;

• prepare and submit documents for price registration and PDL inclusion.

• proactively communicate on administrative and expert level (primary contact) and assure effective back-up on decision making level

  • Work actively with the MoH to enable access of AbbVie products to tender procedures:

• proactively communicate on administrative and expert level (primary contact) and assure effective back-up on decision making level

  • Work actively with the NHIF to ensure the necessary reimbursement of AbbVie products.

  • proactively communicate on administrative and expert level (primary contact) and assure effective back-up on decision making level

• Maintain correspondence with MoH, NCPR, NHIF, Transparency Committee and other institutions.

• Prepare all legal documents (PoA, Affidavits, Declarations, etc.) necessary for the above described procedures

Qualifications

Skills

• Ability to interpret scientific data to assess its relevance to stakeholders and build into value messages

• Ability to analyze complex models and scientific data and draw out key messages

• Ability to think strategically to understand how to position a value-story in the context of brand and affiliate strategy

• Ability to effectively interface with customers in order to deliver value messages and gather insights

• Ability to lead/manage cross-functional projects in order to develop value propositions

• Ability to communicate effectively, in order to facilitate internal information sharing and brand team working

• Ability to collaborate with other MA functions and brand teams to collect and share insights to support the development of value propositions

Knowledge

• Has knowledge of established cost-containment measures used to manage pharmaceutical expenditure in Bulgaria.

• Has knowledge of Bulgarian market mechanics, healthcare policy and funding pathways

• Has knowledge of payer mindset and motivations in Bulgaria.

• Has knowledge of pharmaco-economic principles

Experience

• 3-5 years working in pharmaceutical industry or within healthcare payer/provider or academic institution

• Preferred: 2 years of specific market access experience

Additional Information

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.