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AmerisourceBergen Pharmaceutical Distribution and Strategic Global Sourcing

Associate Director Market Access- Client Services

AmerisourceBergen Pharmaceutical Distribution and Strategic Global Sourcing, Thorofare, New Jersey, us, 08086


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Job Details

What you will be doing:

Under general direction of the Director of Client Services, AoR Account Lead, and on behalf of clients, this hands-on role helps maintain and grow strong client relationships with assigned brands, contributes to product payer strategy development, develops and drives innovative managed market initiatives, works with internal teams to ensure the quality of deliverables and interactions with assigned clients, and ensures projects are completed on time and budget for assigned clients. Qualified candidate will have an attention to detail and be a proactive, critical thinker who is interested and able to work in a matrixed, team-oriented organization where all team members take responsibility for the quality and validity of the project. This role requires experience in the healthcare industry (client or consulting side). Depending on the candidate's experience this role may be filled at an Assistant or Associate Director level, roles and responsibilities will adjust accordingly.

A typical workday for an AoR Client Services Assistant/Associate Director may include:

Working hand in hand with lead account strategist, content expert, and project manager to develop an account strategy and execute on tactics

Serving as a main client point of contact and helping to coordinate activities for assigned client accounts

Interfacing with client on status calls, developing client contact reports, and providing ongoing follow-up for deliverables and client meetings

Acting as lead on project management oversight, providing clear guidance on timelines, budgets, and project management requirements

Assisting account and being onsite as needed to effectively manage the account and associated projects

Working collaboratively with market research team, managed markets team, reimbursement team, creative team, and health outcomes/scientific team to produce client deliverables

Managing team with internal trafficking/legal/regulatory approval process to ensure all client comments and changes have been incorporated

Approving purchases, contracting, expenses, and may manage vendor relationships

Helping to allocate human and financial resources as appropriate to ensure objectives are accomplished

Implementing and delivering on various project types, including but not limited to:

Brand planning engagements

Value proposition creation (for client products to payers and providers)

Message testing/payer market research

Field force tools development and training (i.e., account manager tool kits)

Sales aids (both payer and provider)

Market segmentation analyses

Digital marketing/sales aids

Reimbursement assessments

Account strategy

Market research including ad boards, focus groups and MCN events

Contracting strategy

Commercialization strategy

Pricing

Coordinating with sales organization to develop new business opportunities in assigned accounts

Working with procurement teams to ensure contracting with Cencora is easy for key clients

Contributing to proposal writing, contracting, client capabilities presentations, and pricing

Overall responsibility for timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of all services

Identifying areas for risk

What your background should look like

Experience and Education:

Minimum of 3 years of experience in payer or brand marketing within the pharmaceutical industry or a pharmaceutical agency of record. BS/BA required, advanced degree preferred

Structured and well organized

Demonstrated success within the consulting environment or pharmaceutical industry

Significant knowledge base of managed markets, reimbursement, and/or health economics

Ability to interact with and influence clients to drive existing and future business

Excellent writing skills as well as the ability to communicate complex material in presentations and discussions in a straightforward manner

Strong presentation skills for both internal and client communications

Strong interpersonal skills in order to develop sound, long-term client relationships and an ability to influence clients

Ability to work well in a dynamic, successful consulting firm, which maintains high quality standards and demands excellence

Fluent in Microsoft Office Suite tools

Willingness to travel to client sites (assume 15-25% of time)

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What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Equal Employment Opportunity

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The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

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