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
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