Location: Yardley,PA, USA
Job Type Full-time Description Market Access Consultant Recently named as one of PA's Best Places to Work , Herspiegel Consulting is a management consulting firm focusing on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Our organization helps clients build successful brands from preclinical phases through launch and to formulate and implement brand-specific strategies and programs for in-line brands. Services include brand strategy, market assessment; brand positioning, launch planning, lifecycle management, thought leader identification and engagement, and identification/development of marketing programs and sales force training/communication. In this newly created position, the selected individual will play a key role supporting our Market Access Practice. Primary Responsibilities: • Interfacing with clients, while providing on-going subject matter expertise in support for development of deliverables • Support in designing, implementing, and delivering on a variety of project types and therapeutic areas, including: • Commercialization and market access strategy development • Value proposition creation (for client products to payers and providers) • Message testing/payer market research • Reimbursement and landscape assessments • Field force tools development and training (i.e., account manager tool kits) • Healthcare trend identification and impact analyses across the product lifecycle • Brand planning engagements • Market research including ad boards, focus groups and in-depth interviews • Market segmentation analyses • Account strategy • Pricing and contracting strategy • Commercialization strategy • Competitive simulation workshops • Push- and pull-through strategy • Participate in business and strategy development • Serving as a clinical content resource for the development of promotional materials (including content for advisory boards and value proposition materials) • Participate in project team meetings and collaborating with fellow team members to efficiently complete engagements within allotted number of hours by given timeline • Synthesize findings, develop recommendations and communicate results to clients and internal teams • Monitor trends and potential coverage and reimbursement issues, existing and emerging government and payer policies, competitive pricing and contracting strategies, and potential barriers to provider and patient access • Supporting goals for service line growth • Provide thought leadership and innovation within the Market Access practice • Therapeutic areas may include but are not limited to biotech/specialty products, orphan and ultra-orphan disease, oncology, and primary care • Demonstrate commitment to the firm and inspiring fellow employees to excellence in all matters of internal and external project work Requirements Education, Experience and Knowledge: • Advanced degree required, PharmD (preferred) or PhD. OR, MBA, MPH, or Master's in Health Economics or equivalent degree • 4-8 years of relevant experience within pharmaceutical industry or consulting market access • Structured and well organized, with a proven ability to simultaneously handle multiple workstreams with varying degrees of complexity and time constraints • Demonstrates knowledge of managed markets, reimbursement, and/or health economics • Ability to confidently communicate complex material in presentations and discussions in a clear and compelling manner, tailored to various audiences • Strong presentation skills for both internal and client communications • Functions well in a team atmosphere • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, successful consulting firm, which maintains high quality standards and demands excellence • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and associated software • Strong interpersonal skills in order to develop sound, long-term client relationships and an ability to influence clients without being overbearing • High emotional intelligence and willingness to expand beyond the role in order to help the team meet deadlines Additional Information: 25% travel may be required Candidates received unsolicited from Agencies are free referrals unless a formal Herspiegel Consulting Recruiting Agreement has been executed. Candidates from contracted agencies must be submitted via the agency portal and credit is assigned to the contracted agency who submits the candidate's bio, with candidate's knowledge, first.