Associate Director PRA - Specialty And Neuroscience META And Gulf

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The primary purpose of this role is to assist in securing market access via demonstrating the value of Lilly products throughout the reimbursement life cycle. The Associate Director – PRA will work with the different functions across sales, marketing, access, Government affairs, medical to identify top risks and opportunities for the geography. He/she will be responsible for developing and implementing the strategic plan for access, developing best-in class product and pricing submissions and/or re-submissions to national/ regional bodies and private/local/ hospital payers/insurers. The Associate Director – PRA owns the value proposition/Payer Value message of Lilly products to payers at all levels, throughout the product lifecycle. He/she will act as point of contact between META and IBU. He/she will be responsible to develop all business cases from META and secure approvals from IBU. He/she will spend 60% of time on Gulf and 40% on META.

Key Responsibilities

Payer Marketing

• Understand Global Brand Payer Strategies for prioritized products for respective business unit and incorporate into local strategy/deliverables; provide local payer insights back into the product/Payer strategies through involvement in cross-functional brand teams and the brand planning process.
• Understand, and communicate internally, payer customer needs and insights for customers at national/regional/hospital level (voice of the customer).
• Tailor and test evidence-based value messages using payer messaging processes and based on payer need, benefit and a reason to believe that meets their criteria for credibility and business relevance.
• Address local payer needs by drawing on / supporting the selection of the most appropriate tools and information from the Toolkit and contributing new tools and Best Practices to the Toolkit for the benefit of other affiliates.
• Develop and support pricing / reimbursement business strategies based on modeling, including launch and post-launch Next Generation PRA and alternative access programs (AAP’s) as well as product development strategies (indication, dosage, potential payer prioritization, sequence launching, etc…).
  
  
  

Submissions

• Coordinate cross functional teams to develop best in industry formulary submissions to national / regional drug lists and private / local / hospital insurers for therapeutic areas of responsibility.
• Coordinate cross functional teams to carry out prelaunch activities, monitor the progress of submissions and support the resubmission process.
• Assist affiliates in obtaining needed data / information from other affiliates and / or IBU (PRA & Pricing, New Products Planning, Business Units Marketing, etc…).
• Share successes and failures with other affiliates.
  
  
  

Cross-functional Integration

• Identify and evaluate policy developments relevant to PRA and / or a product’s access.
• Liaise with and support corporate or affiliate lobbying efforts and integrated campaigns on PRA issues.
• Work very closely with KAM to support all institutional access efforts.
  
  
  

Integration With Payer Field Force (KAMs)

• “PRA is for KAM what Marketing is for Sales”.
• Incorporation of Strategic Account Management principles into payer resources and tools; ensure required resources are complete, compliant and available.
• Proactively identify and develop formulary related tools to assist representatives in securing access for all Lilly products.
• Develop information packages to support continued and expanded listing of current products
• Assist field-based personnel with analysis of customer needs and suggest negotiation strategies.
• Develop the most effective contracting options / economic solutions from among those solutions currently approved, in order to establish clinical value and remove access/reimbursement barriers with a specific payer while optimizing economic value of the product for Lilly.
  
  
  

META PRA Support

• Responsible for establishing and maintaining the right governance framework at the META level to ensure effective decision-making and compliance across all PRA activities.
• Proactively share learnings, best practices, and outcomes with META affiliates and relevant stakeholders to foster continuous improvement and knowledge transfer.
• Coordinate closely with IBU to ensure seamless collaboration, timely information exchange, and alignment on strategic priorities.
• Ensure clear META alignment and unified positions on key access and reimbursement topics, representing META’s interests in cross-regional discussions and negotiations.
• Develop robust business cases within META, and present these cases to IBU for approval and support.
• Equip META teams with a clear, actionable PRA strategy for each brand, tailored to local payer needs and market dynamics, and ensure consistent execution across the region.
  
  
  

Additional Information

• Position located in META
• Travel 20-30%
  
  
  

General

• A medical or pharmacist background would be desirable with evidence of business acumen, preferably with MBA.
• Excellent communication as well as prioritization skills with attention to detail.
• Previous PRA and access/sales/marketing management experience required.
• High level of motivation and a strong desire to find creative solutions to challenging situations.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with Medical / Marketing / KAM / Corporate Affairs at the affiliate level and also with Global resources.
• Strong learning agility.
  
  
  

Pra

• Experience and market knowledge of public and/or private payer customer segments.
• Understanding of payer market.
• Ability to systematically review clinical/scientific literature.
  
  
  

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