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- Senior Manager leading AbbVie oncology reimbursement and government affairs across Quebec and Atlantic Canada. Building payer relationships and advancing health policy for innovative medicines.
Responsibilities
- Lead AbbVie’s government affairs and market access strategy for Oncology products across Quebec and Atlantic Canada
- Oversee public payer reimbursement of AbbVie Oncology products
- Develop and execute regional government affairs, health policy, and market access strategies
- Secure and maintain market access and optimal reimbursement with provincial payers and cancer agencies
- Build and manage relationships with ministers’ and premiers’ offices, deputy ministers, senior civil servants, policymakers, public and private payers, drug plan managers, and health policy influencers
- Monitor legislation, regulations, and policy developments; identify barriers and opportunities; 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 cross-functional 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
- Demonstrated success influencing legislation, regulation, health policy, or public reimbursement decisions
- Strong policy analysis skills, including assessing proposed legislation and health policies and responding quickly and effectively in writing
- Deep understanding of the Canadian healthcare and reimbursement landscape, including provincial governments, public drug plans, private payers, Canada’s Drug Agency, INESSS, and related drug 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 tailored to 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 effectively 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
- Pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical experience encouraged; related regulated-industry or strong policy experience from other sectors considered
Benefits
- AbbVie Canada is described as one of the best places to work in Canada
- Equal opportunity employer
- Approximately 25% travel within Canada and 5% internationally
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