• Contract Strategy Leadership: Set the vision and roadmap for US CVRM contracting across payer and channel segments; lead and develop Contract Strategy Directors and Associate Directors to deliver scalable, segment-focused offerings that align to launch and in-line brand strategies.
  
• Launch and In-Line Integration: Translate brand objectives into contracting platforms and deal archetypes; ensure early input into pre-launch planning and rapid iteration post-launch to secure access, optimize gross-to-net, and drive provider and payer pull-through.
  
• Value-Based and Innovative Models: Lead the design, approval, and field support of traditional and innovative value-based strategies; partner with customer-facing teams to enable effective negotiations and implementation with distribution channels and national/regional accounts.
  
• Continuous Strategy Optimization: Establish a disciplined cadence to re-evaluate contract performance, customer behaviors, and financial integrity; adjust strategies to maintain competitive relevance and protect long-term value.
  
• Market and Policy Sensing: Monitor market signals, policy shifts, and competitor moves; translate insights into proactive recommendations on pricing, coverage, and reimbursement strategies across commercial and government programs.
  
• Purchase Agreements Leadership: Build and supervise physician-administered contracting strategies for CVRM, ensuring specialty-specific pull-through in cardiology, nephrology, and endocrinology, with clear links to coding, medical benefit dynamics, and practice economics.
  
• Medicare Part B Strategy: Lead Part B strategies including WAC/ASP implications, coding, and reimbursement optimization to support provider-administered products; anticipate CMS policy changes and their operational impact.
  
• Medicare Part D Strategy: Lead formulary and benefit-phase strategies across tiers, coverage gap, and catastrophic phases for oral and self-administered therapies; integrate Part B vs. Part D dynamics to guide access decisions.
  
• Compliance and Operational Excellence: Partner with Government Pricing and Trade to ensure strategies meet CMS and Best Price requirements; supervise operational accuracy across rebates, chargebacks, government reporting, contract writing, and approvals.
  
• Enterprise Influence: Serve as a lead resource for Licensing and Business Development on US price and access assumptions; collaborate with Therapeutic Area leadership to deliver ROI-justified proposals and with Customer Experience to prioritize high-impact programs.
  
• Performance Management: Define success metrics, assess financial and access outcomes, and provide data-driven recommendations to Brand and Commercial leadership, moving from immediate pilots to enterprise-wide adoption where warranted.
  

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Marketing, Science, Economics, Finance, or related rigor).
  
• 8+ years of pharmaceutical or related healthcare business experience.
  
• Demonstrated experience in pharmaceutical sales, market access, and/or managed care contracting.
  
• Strong understanding of Market Access and healthcare delivery as it relates to the US Pharmaceutical industry.
  
• Hands-on experience with Purchase Agreements reimbursement models, including physician-administered product contracting, WAC/ASP dynamics, and specialty channel pull-through.
  
• Demonstrated expertise in Medicare Part B contracting, including provider reimbursement mechanics, coding strategy, and CMS policy implications.
  
• Demonstrated expertise in Medicare Part D contracting, including formulary strategy, coverage gap management, and CMS coverage/reimbursement requirements.
  
• Analytical skills including problem solving, forecasting, contract development, and financial modeling.
  
• Demonstrated negotiation and relationship-building skills.
  
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
  
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including a strong focus on customer service.
  
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities with experience managing and developing high-performing teams.
  

• MBA or advanced degree.
  
• Experience with both HCP and Consumer Marketing or Account Management.
  
• Multi-industry marketing practice experience.
  
• Thorough understanding of the AstraZeneca business model, including brand team operations, brand planning, and the sales model.
  
• Experience with innovative/outcomes-based contracting models.
  
• Familiarity with CMS final rules, inflation rebates, and drug pricing reform implications (IRA).
  

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