Senior Manager, Access & Stakeholder Relations, Quebec and Atlantic Canada
Job Description:
- Develop and implement regional strategies supporting timely and appropriate patient access to Pfizer medicines and vaccines
- Lead regional market access strategies for Quebec and Atlantic Canada
- Translate national reimbursement strategies into province-specific action plans
- Develop and execute cross-functional access and launch-readiness plans for pipeline, launch, and in-line products
- Identify reimbursement pathways, implementation dependencies, potential barriers, risks, and opportunities
- Provide regional perspectives to national reimbursement, evidence-generation, portfolio, forecasting, and launch planning
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with provincial public payers and health-system stakeholders
- Lead or support payer engagement throughout the product life cycle
- Provide provincial insight into health technology assessment, payer value propositions, reimbursement submissions, evidence-generation priorities, pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance negotiations, and product listing agreement planning
- Translate payer and health-system needs into actionable cross-functional recommendations
- Identify gaps between reimbursement decisions and patient or institutional access and develop practical solutions
- Serve as Pfizer’s primary field-based market access contact across Quebec and Atlantic Canada
- Develop strategic account plans, stakeholder maps, engagement objectives, customer insights, and follow-up actions
- Monitor regional health care, reimbursement, funding, procurement, and policy developments
- Build relationships with patient, professional, industry, academic, research, and life sciences organizations
- Coordinate regional engagement and connect customers with Pfizer subject-matter experts
- Lead cross-functional regional access planning and align internal teams
- Influence decisions and build shared accountability in a highly matrixed environment
- Partner with Government Relations and Policy colleagues on developments affecting reimbursement or patient access
- Provide market access insight for government engagement, policy submissions, advocacy, and stakeholder strategies
- Identify policy barriers and support solutions advancing patient access and health-system sustainability
- Conduct activities in accordance with Pfizer policies, applicable laws, industry codes, privacy and lobbying requirements, and adverse-event and product-complaint reporting procedures
Requirements:
- University degree in science, health sciences, pharmacy, epidemiology, economics, business, public policy, or a related discipline
- Minimum five years of relevant experience in market access, reimbursement, public payer engagement, pharmaceuticals, health care, government, policy, or a related sector
- Strong knowledge of Canadian public reimbursement, health technology assessment, public drug programs, and provincial funding processes
- Strong knowledge of Quebec and familiarity with Atlantic Canada preferred
- Demonstrated experience developing regional access strategies, supporting launches and reimbursement planning, and building trusted relationships with payers, funding decision-makers, and health-system stakeholders
- Experience with pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance negotiations, product listing agreements, formulary implementation, or public procurement is an asset
- Strong business acumen and ability to translate complex payer, clinical, economic, policy, and health-system information into clear recommendations
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional work and influence in a matrixed environment
- Strong project management, analytical, communication, presentation, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities across a broad geography
- Ability to travel regularly within Quebec, Atlantic Canada, and elsewhere in Canada
- Full professional proficiency in French and English, written and spoken, is required
- Ability to engage Quebec customers in French and collaborate with Atlantic Canada and national stakeholders in English
- Strong writing, presentation, and facilitation skills in both languages
Benefits:
- Inclusive teams and an equitable workplace
- Accessible candidate experience and recruitment accommodations
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion