Consultant - Market Access and Value Communications

<div><p>As a leading contract research organization (CRO), Labcorp Drug Development (formerly known as Covance) provides comprehensive drug development solutions for a range of industries. Our services cover the preclinical, clinical and post-market phases of drug development, the product life cycles for medical device and diagnostics and development services paired with regulatory support for the chemical testing and crop protection industries.</p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p></p><p>Labcorp Drug Development is a global leader in nonclinical safety assessment, clinical trial testing and clinical trial management services. Our unique perspectives are based on decades of scientific, medical and regulatory expertise.</p><p></p><p><u>Role Details</u>:</p><p></p><p>This is a fully <b>home-based </b>function.</p><p></p><p><span>The Consultant, Market Access and Value Communications, supports client engagements and internal requests, projects and business development efforts by doing the necessary research, data collection, analysis and interpretation; development of value messages, dossiers, reports and other written deliverables, modeling, educational materials; conducting stakeholder and market access research; working with programming and design; and presenting to clients as needed. Broad experience in payer value communications and pricing and market access is desirable. </span></p><p></p><p><span>The Consultant may mentor Associate and Senior Associate level colleagues on the team as well. </span></p><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><b>Content Development:</b></p><ul><li><p>Comprehensive knowledge of what the Value Demonstration group and Market Access Consulting as a whole, offer to their clients</p></li><li><p>Provide strategic, methodological, and conceptual approaches to projects according to Market Access Consulting best practice</p></li><li><p>Bring expertise in Pricing Reimbursement & Market Access (PRMA), payer value communication and other related specializations, with a good working knowledge of methodologies applied to payer insights and access type projects, including design and execution of landscape analyses, HTA review, stakeholder identification, primary research and similar projects. This will include expertise in development of, value dossiers and/or HTA submissions, payer value stories, payer value messages and payer value propositions, as well as demonstrable familiarity and experience in development of internal market access materials, such as toolkits and payer/ HEOR value decks   </p></li><li><p>Good understanding of the concepts of health economics, pricing and price referencing, reimbursement and market access, including reimbursement processes for key global markets (including EU5 and US)</p></li><li><p>Critically review work of more junior staff from a client’s perspective and provide constructive feedback</p></li><li><p>Mentoring of more junior team members</p></li><li><p>Co-ordinate schedules and timelines for multiple staff on their team/project team, and gather input required from other teams/personnel</p></li><li><p>Play a key role in group resource planning and tracking</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Business Development</b></p><ul><li><p>Understanding of where the Value Demonstration/ Market Access Consulting work fits with the client’s strategic goals</p></li><li><p>A good understanding of how a Market Access Consulting team should present itself and its range of services, relative to competitors</p></li><li><p>Proven ability to write proposals for a wide range of projects and make useful contributions in pitch meetings</p></li><li><p>Be able to identify where Market Access Consulting could offer additional services to help clients reach strategic goals</p></li><li><p>Proven ability to follow up on leads and opportunities in order to win business for Market Access Consulting</p></li><li><p>Work as a team with business development directors in order to win business and advance the Market Access Consulting teams commercial interests</p></li><li><p>Contribute to Consulting specific account plans, taking ownership of specific actions and follow up needs</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Project Management</b></p><ul><li><p>Manage projects, responsible for overall quality, direction and resource use</p></li><li><p>Co-ordinate schedules and timelines for multiple projects</p></li><li><p>Mentor and coach more junior staff within project teams</p></li><li><p>Track project profitability and proactively flag when issues are likely to arise</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Client Contact</b></p><ul><li><p>Develop good working relationships with clients</p></li><li><p>Comprehensive understanding of client roles, taking a consultative approach to projects and client requirements</p></li><li><p>Offer clients proactive and strategic advice</p></li><li><p>Act as the primary point of contact in client engagements</p></li></ul><p></p><p><u>Requirements: </u></p><p></p><p><b>Education</b>:</p><p>Life science undergraduate degree from a reputable university is required. Post-graduate qualifications such as MSc/MRes or PhD are preferred. Strong experience/ expertise in pricing and reimbursement, general market access, payer value communication, health economics, modeling, statistics, referencing, proofing etc.</p><p></p><p><b>Experience: </b></p><p>The successful candidate will typically have several years’ prior work experience in a similar environment within a consulting practice or a health products manufacturer, with specific experience of leading client engagements, particularly those in the payer insights and access space. In addition, solid experience of general market access/ payer value communications, plus a good understanding of general health economic concepts and principles is essential.</p><p></p><p><b>Language:</b></p><p>Excellent command of written and verbal English is essential, as all client deliverables will be in English and the incumbent may be required to write reports, dossiers and manuscripts to a professional standard.</p><p></p><p><b>Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:</b></p><p></p><p>As an EOE/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.</p><p></p><p>For <span>more information about how we collect and store your personal data, please see our </span><span><a href="https://www.labcorp.com/hipaa-privacy/web-privacy-policy" target="_blank">Privacy Statement</a></span><a href="https://www.labcorp.com/hipaa-privacy/web-privacy-policy" target="_blank"><span>.</span></a><span> </span></p>