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Job Description
 

We currently have an opportunity for a field-based, customer-facing, cross-therapy Regional Market Access (RMAx) Manager role with a primary focus on ensuring and broadening access for current and future Gilead medicines in addition to optimising funding for service delivery at regional and hospital trust level across North East and Yorkshire NHS region. This role will sit within the UK & Ireland Market Access Function and will report to the Director of Regional Market Access.

Specifically, this role will involve:

• Leading and implementing the cross-portfolio Gilead market access strategy for the territory.
• Developing strong collaboratIve working relationships with relevant regional NHSE, ICS (Integrated Care Systems) and Local Authority stakeholders to enable implementation of Gilead access strategies.
• Accountability for the timely inclusion of Gilead medicines onto local and regional formularies.
• Identification of opportunities to optimise funding for service elements (e.g. patient pathways) primarily across Hepatitis C, HIV and Cell Therapy.
• Scoping opportunities for Gilead within the changing NHS environment, specifically ICS organisations, and bringing recommendations into the brand and market access teams.
• Identifying key ICS and Cancer Alliance decision makers with whom Gilead should be interacting.
• Articulating and refining brand value propositions through use of approved Gilead payer tools and messaging.
• Close proactive collaboration with Gilead cross functional xKAM teams to ensure alignment between national and regional/local plans.

Utilising a blend of face to face and virtual interactions, the candidate will be responsible for developing and sustaining highly effective, collaborative and compliant working relationships with the following external stakeholders:

• Regional and Area NHS England Specialised Commissioning teams.
• Integrated Care Board (ICB) members, Cancer Alliance members and other relevant decision makers.
• Provider Trust Level Budget Holders and HCPs.
• Regional and Trust level specialist and procurement Pharmacists.
• Regional CRG members.
• Regional and local Public Health Commissioners (Directors of Public Health, UKSHA, OHID etc.).
• Local Authority Commissioners and Sexual Health Facilitators.

Experience & Capability Requirements:

• University degree
• Market Access experience including Specialised Commissioning Payer experience with proven success in role desirable but not essential.
• Experience of developing strong and successful collaborative partnerships with NHS stakeholders.
• Experience of working within the Blood Borne Virus and Cell Therapy/Oncology therapeutic areas.
• Experience in the development and delivery of joint working projects desirable but not essential.
• Strong analytical capabilities.

Essential / Desired Behaviours & Skillsets:

• Delivery of successful outcomes in the payer environment.
• Evidence of self-motivation, accountability, integrity and teamwork.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally.
• Ability to lead and influence teams without authority.
• Deep understanding of payer environment, NHS Commissioning processes and Integrated Care Systems e.g. Core20PLUS5.
• Ability to prioritise and flex dependent on the needs of the business.
• Be comfortable with ambiguity and deal constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes.
• Ability to think strategically longer term and to influence internal managers to adopt new and innovative ideas and strategies.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

It is the policy of Gilead Sciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "Gilead" or the "Company") to recruit select and employ the most qualified persons available for positions throughout the Company.  Except if otherwise provided by applicable law, all  employment actions relating to issues such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, returns from layoffs, company-sponsored training, education assistance, social and recreational programs are administered on a non-discriminatory basis (i.e. without regard to protected characteristics or prohibited grounds, which may include an individual’s gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, medical condition, veteran status, and age, unless such protection is prohibited by federal, state, municipal, provincial, local or other applicable laws).  Gilead also prohibits discrimination based on any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

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