Associate Director, PAP - PSS Affordability COE
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Cambridge, MA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- BA/BS degree is required.
- 5+ years of experience in affordability program management, patient support services, case management, hub services, or a related field within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (MBA, MFin, MPH) preferred.
- Excellent understanding of patient affordability issues, access dynamics, policy and payer landscape in the U.S. healthcare system, and best practices in manufacturer free goods programs.
- Deep knowledge of regulations governing pharmaceutical free goods programs in the United States
- Ability to create compelling narratives via PowerPoint presentations
- Be a leader for change
- Ability to travel up to 25% of time.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders.
- Experience working in cross-functional roles and collaborating with leadership teams.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and analytical with the ability to identify trends and implement improvements.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to adapt to change in a high-energy and fast-paced environment.
- Ability to influence without authority, including presenting a business case / proposal for change to senior management.
- Ability to provide clear guidance to analytics and reporting teams to enable simple, yet effective and insightful, free goods dashboards.
Full description
Job Title: Associate Director, PAP - PSS Affordability COE
Location: Cambridge, MA
About the Job:
At Sanofi, we are dedicated to transforming patient health through chasing the miracle of science. As a prominent pharmaceutical manufacturer, our commitment extends beyond drug development, ensuring that patients can access and afford our therapies.
The Sanofi Patient Support Services (PSS) team is focused on supporting patients wishing to access Sanofi therapies. This is achieved by offering programs that provide reimbursement and logistics support, financial assistance, and patient education. In addition to the program offerings, the PSS organization is also home to field teams that provide education and support to patients and customers.
About the Team:
The Sanofi Patient Support Services (PSS) Affordability Center of Excellence (COE) is a team whose mission is to design and govern modular, flexible and scalable affordability solutions that deliver measurable value for both patients and the enterprise, while evolving with a rapidly changing policy and payer landscape.
Our team operates as strategic partners, program architects, operators, and problem solvers.
Position Overview:
The Associate Director, PAP will enable operational excellence and implement best practices to support PAP programs. This position will report to the Director, PAP & Free Goods Programs within the Affordability COE.
This role is responsible for the management and implementation of Rare Blood Disorders and Oncology PAP strategy. This role ensures that the PAP offering operates effectively and evolves in response to market dynamics, supporting patient access to therapies.
**About Sanofi :
**We're an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people's lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives.
Main Responsibilities:
Program Management & Operations
- Guide and enhance the management of PAP Program(s), including ensuring all SOPs, business rules, process flows and procedures represent best practices from an enterprise-wide Affordability COE perspective.
- Manage contracts with external vendors providing PAP and Free Good Services.
- Ensure smooth implementation of PAP services for new product indications.
- Monitor changes to Medicare/Medicaid policies and implement and refine processes and/or business rules that align with current landscape (e.g. Low Income Subsidy (LIS), Medicare Prescription Payment Plan (M3P)).