Expert, Medical Value & Access, MA-US
Astellas

​​​​​​​Expert, Medical Value & Access, MA-US (MO, IA, WI, MN, ND, SD, NE)

Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at www.astellas.com.

Purpose and Scope:

The Expert, Medical Value & Access MA-US is accountable for managing and executing HEOR field medical responsibilities that support the US Astellas organization needs for in-line and development compounds. This position requires expertise in understanding the evolving US health care and managed care landscape and principles of health economics & clinical outcomes research. Specifically, this individual will:

• develop and cultivate collaborative medical relationships and lead scientific exchange/education with national and regional corporatized providers across multiple customer segments including, but not limited to, managed care organizations (MCO), integrated health systems (IHN), group purchasing organizations (GPO), pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) and Federal and State Medicaid.
• represent Astellas at relevant corporatized provider associations and meetings, coordinating appropriate resources and clinical input to facilitate opportunities and collaborations with these customers; and
• Establish effective communication with internal stakeholders to understand and support the field managed markets and HEOR needs of the business.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

· Proactively identify key medical issues within region and customize approach to meet needs of external customers in alignment with Astellas therapeutic strategy

· Develop and maintain professional relationships with regional/national customers to provide comprehensive medical and scientific support across the Astellas portfolio

· Facilitate ongoing scientific exchange with regional/national corporatized provider decision makers as it relates to product data, disease state, scientific discussions, health care quality and outcomes research

· Prepare and deliver fair balanced and comprehensive responses/information to address clinical and scientific concerns of policy/decision makers

· Act as a strategic interface with corporatized customers and home office to ensure voice of customer is represented in strategic HEOR and Medical Affairs, Americas (MAA) plans

· Demonstrate strong understanding and effective application of pharmacoeconomic and outcomes research methods and principals

· Leverage in depth research knowledge and expertise to identify customer research collaborations that generate data to support medical decision making and define value of Astellas products

· Champion and manage outcomes research related projects and investigator-initiated research proposals across various customer segments in alignment with MA US medical strategies

· Coordinate a large number of customers and projects simultaneously while ensuring work is prioritized work to meet business needs

· Provide medical expertise to internal stakeholders in training and interpretation of key scientific data to support decisions of corporatized providers/decision makers

· Appropriately partner with Health Systems field personnel to provide clinical support at strategic corporate accounts

· Represent Astellas on appropriate managed markets and health economic issues at regional and national forums, conferences, and professional associations, including monitoring and communicating activities by such bodies to internal stakeholders

Quantitative Dimensions:

The Expert, Medical Value & Access MA-US is responsible for collaborating with internal and external stakeholders across multiple products and therapeutic areas to provide managed markets and health economics expertise, assessment, and management. The Associate Director, MV&A will be accountable for engaging key opinion leaders and managing resources, priorities and workload across assigned area of responsibility. They will develop and implement objectives and strategies to support product plans. The results produced by the Associate Director, MV&A must be scientifically sound and in compliance with applicable regulations.

Organizational Context:

The Expert, Medical Value & Access MA-US reports to the Team Lead, medical Value & Access, MA-US. They will serve on multiple cross-collaborative project teams across all Astellas therapeutic areas. The Associate Director, MV&A will collaborate with the following colleagues:

• Medical Affairs, Americas: Medical Directors; Directors, HEOR
• Commercial/Health Systems: Directors, Managers
• Other: Director, Government Affairs
• External: Astellas partners, Vendors, National/Regional Health System key opinion leaders