Senior Manager, Market Access – Government Affairs, Oncology

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About the role

  • Senior Manager leading AbbVie oncology market access and government affairs across Quebec and Atlantic Canada. Shaping reimbursement, policy, payer relationships, and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Lead AbbVie’s government affairs and market access strategy for Oncology products across Quebec and Atlantic Canada
  • Develop and execute regional government affairs, health policy, and market access strategies
  • Secure and maintain market access and optimal reimbursement for oncology products with provincial payers and cancer agencies
  • Build and manage relationships with ministers’ and premiers’ offices, deputy ministers, senior civil servants, policymakers, payers, drug plan managers, and health policy influencers
  • Monitor legislation, regulations, and policy developments; identify barriers and opportunities; and develop responses and policy recommendations
  • Translate AbbVie’s clinical, policy, economic, and patient value propositions into stakeholder engagement strategies
  • Develop annual regional customer plans, track execution and impact, and align with national priorities
  • Collaborate with Market Access, HEOR, Medical, patient engagement, communications, Commercial, and brand teams
  • Support provincial patient evidence submissions and advocacy initiatives
  • Lead multi-stakeholder projects addressing policymaker and public payer priorities
  • Provide policymakers and drug plan managers with clinical, health economic, outcomes research, and real-world evidence
  • Represent AbbVie on provincial and regional biopharmaceutical industry committees, including Innovative Medicines Canada and provincial life sciences organizations
  • Manage regional brand and corporate budgets and support financial planning cycles

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, commerce, science, public policy, health administration, or a related discipline
  • 10+ years of relevant experience in government affairs, market access, public or health policy, consulting, or the public sector/government
  • Pharmaceutical or other regulated-industry experience encouraged
  • Demonstrated success influencing legislation, regulation, health policy, or public reimbursement decisions
  • Strong policy analysis skills
  • Deep understanding of the Canadian healthcare and reimbursement landscape, including provincial governments, public drug plans, private payers, Canada’s Drug Agency, INESSS, and related approval and funding processes
  • Experience engaging senior stakeholders and payers in Quebec and Atlantic Canada
  • Understanding of health economics, pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research, and real-world evidence principles
  • Ability to foster strategic partnerships with external stakeholders
  • Exceptional government and stakeholder relationship management skills
  • Strong policy judgment and ability to anticipate and shape the external environment
  • Ability to convert business and brand priorities into strategic government affairs and market access plans
  • Ability to develop value propositions for policymakers, payers, and public healthcare stakeholders
  • Excellent written, verbal, presentation, negotiation, and strategic planning skills
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing capabilities
  • Strong storytelling and communication skills
  • Ability to operate in a complex, fast-paced, highly regulated environment
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and comfort using AI tools
  • Valid driver’s license and passport required
  • Advanced English skills required
  • French required
  • Ability to work within a matrix environment
  • Strong collaboration skills

Benefits

  • AbbVie Canada is described as one of the best workplaces in Canada
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Approximately 25% travel within Canada and 5% internationally

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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