Associate Director, Market Access Contract Analytics

This is what you will do

Turn payer and provider contract data into decisions that advance patient access and protect portfolio value. As Associate Director, Contract Analytics, you will evaluate the financial and access implications of contracts between Alexion and U.S. payers, PBMs, specialty pharmacies, distributors, health systems, and provider organizations. You will support pre-deal strategy, post-deal performance assessment, gross-to-net forecasting, and recommendations to Market Access leadership and account teams.

You will be responsible for

• Evaluating commercial payer, PBM, Medicare, Medicaid, specialty pharmacy, health-system, and provider contracting scenarios
• Assessing rebate exposure, discount structures, formulary access, utilization-management terms, volume assumptions, price-concession risk, and gross-to-net impact
• Developing pre-deal financial models, contract guardrails, walk-away thresholds, and approval recommendations
• Measuring post-deal performance against contracted access, utilization, share, revenue, rebate, and profitability assumptions
• Translating payer and account insights into contracting recommendations for Market Access leadership
• Partnering with Pricing, Finance, Government Pricing, Account Management, Forecasting, Legal, and Contract Operations
• Supporting governance or review forums for payer and provider contract decisions

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• 6+ years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years of direct manufacturer-side experience in U.S. Market Access, Pricing & Contracting, or Contract Analytics
• Demonstrated experience evaluating pharmaceutical manufacturer contracts before and after execution, including rebate or discount economics, access assumptions, gross-to-net impact, and return on investment
• Experience presenting contract recommendations, financial trade-offs, and risk assessments to Market Access, Pricing, Finance, or contracting governance leaders
• Direct experience within the Market Access function of a pharmaceutical or biotechnology manufacturer is required
• Working knowledge of U.S. commercial and government payer and provider business models, contracting strategies, and reimbursement under medical and pharmacy benefits
• Proven ability to use large data sets to model scenarios and communicate insights concisely to senior leaders
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, scenario models)
• Strong business acumen, a patient-focused mindset, and the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels
• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, highly accountable environment, individually and through cross-functional teams
• Up to 15% travel

Preferred Requirements

• MBA, MPH, or other advanced degree
• 7+ years’ experience in U.S. biotech, biopharma, or pharmaceutical market access analytics
• Rare disease contract analytics experience in biopharma or pharmaceuticals
• Experience completing quantitative and qualitative analyses of complex business proposals