Contracts & Pricing Strategy, Associate Director

Associate Director role leading U.S. pricing and contracting strategy for an obesity therapeutic area at a biopharmaceutical company. Develops integrated pricing recommendations across payers, pharmacy benefit managers, and distribution channels while managing gross-to-net forecasting and launch financial planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of U.S. pricing and contracting recommendations across commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid channels
• Own the obesity latest-estimate discount-rate process and maintain integrated gross-to-net and net-sales forecasts for planning
• Partner with consumer and employer teams to model patient contributions, fees, enrollment, utilization, and persistence across distribution channels
• Lead cross-functional pricing workstreams with finance, forecasting, compliance, and market access teams to identify risks and present governance recommendations
• Translate global pricing considerations into U.S. launch scenarios and extend pricing architecture to future indications

Requirements

• Doctorate plus 3 years in pricing, contracting, market access, finance, or analytics; or Master's plus 5 years; or Bachelor's plus 7 years; or equivalent
• Substantial U.S. pharmaceutical pricing and payer contracting experience
• Demonstrated ownership of enterprise forecasts or economic models integrating multiple stakeholder assumptions
• Knowledge of reimbursed, cash, employer, affordability, and government pricing flows
• Ability to manage eligible-life and membership cohorts across channels