Director, Consumer Access & LOE Strategy

Compensation Data

This position offers a base salary typically between $200,000 and $316,000.  The position may be eligible for a role specific variable or performance-based bonus and or other compensation elements.  For an overview of our benefits please click here. 

Description

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

The Director, Consumer Access & LOE Strategy is a highly strategic, visionary leader responsible for shaping and delivering optimal brand strategy from the perspective of Supply Chain, Access, and Channel Dynamics. Operating at the intersection of innovation and execution, this role advances the organization's portfolio across competitive healthcare environments, maximizing brand valuation and profitability. In addition, this role will assess novel approaches to distribution, partnerships, DTC innovation and provide guidance to the organization on optimal next steps for portfolio and asset strategy.

The Director will drive change through strategic insights, effective collaboration, and the development of best practices that support a culture of shared accountability.

This role is based on-site at our Ridgefield, CT location with hybrid flexibility of 2-3 days per week on-site. 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborates and partners closely with Brand, Trade, Finance, Legal, and Compliance Leads to ensure comprehensive strategy alignment and execution.
• Develops best practices that accentuate organizational learnings and foster an inclusive, accountable culture.
• Utilizes a deep understanding of healthcare market dynamics, competitive environments.
• Assesses and recommends novel approaches to product distribution, strategic partnerships, and direct-to-consumer (DTC) innovation.
• Serves as a highly cross-functional partner, working with internal stakeholders across Brand, Access, Trade, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Account Management, and Executive Leadership to achieve strategic objectives.
• Recognizes and conceptualizes opportunities to drive innovation in market access strategies, programs, and engagement models.
• Ensures that strategic recommendations are fit-for-purpose and actionable for cross-functional pull-through.
• Drives the development, execution, and optimization of access and LOE strategies for mature and in-line products, ensuring asset objectives.
• Establishes and maintains the Loss of Exclusivity (LOE) strategy playbook, collaborating with brand teams to implement optimal peri/post LOE strategies for each brand’s objectives.
• Leverages insights to influence competitive positioning, access, and contracting decisions across the brand portfolio.
• DTC access strategy evaluation on partnerships – In partnership with various internal and external stakeholders, advises access specific access models, including the recommendation of distributors and other service providers, pharmacy or site-of-care networks, and recommending all supportive pricing and service programs required to compliantly execute these models.
• LOE evaluation and transition strategy – Leads LOE innovation, capabilities and planning within the organization by influencing thinking, behaviors and investments.
• Innovative approaches to V&A access strategy – Collaborates V&A partners on the development and strategic execution of enterprise-wide distribution strategies, and appropriate changes required for each new therapy and inline products.
• Establish budget and planning strategies – Delivers and creates budget and planning strategies using approaches that highlight the most pertinent information for key business partners and stakeholders and spur appropriate and timely execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred; Healthcare policy understanding preferred.
• Minimum eighty to ten (8-10) years in Pharma in areas of including strategic decision-making support marketing forecasting, market access, market analytics, marketing.
• Thorough understanding of US healthcare market dynamics and the drivers of pharmaceutical value.
• Deep understanding of payer dynamics, formulary access, rebating, and contracting practices.
• Experience analyzing complex situations and processes and effectively integrating and synthesizing data to form a complete, cohesive picture.
• Experience with partnerships is highly desired.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skill set with a proven ability for strong cross-collaboration across the organization.
• Ability to synthesize data and information to develop recommendations and ability to persuade/influence the organization’s pursuit of a recommended approach.
• Proven results-oriented approach.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
• Must be 18 years of age or older.