Medical Science Liaison Hematology

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In Germany, Abbott has more than 4,000 employees working in manufacturing, research and development, logistics, sales, and marketing. They are located at Abbott’s German headquarters in Wiesbaden and its sites in Hanover, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wetzlar, Eschborn, Cologne, Jena, and Hamburg.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters and help people to live a healthier and fuller life, grow your career, and learn, be your true self. You will have access to:

1. Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
2. An attractive benefits package (e.g., a company bike, employee stock purchase program).
3. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
4. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
5. A challenging position in a fast-growing crisis-independent industry.
6. To become part of a dynamic, highly educated, highly skilled, and motivated team.
7. Flat hierarchies, open appreciative mentality, and efficient, constructive lines of communication.
8. Multi-national environment, where we foster the development of our talents within the enterprise.

Manager Market Access – DACH (m/f/d)

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Germany GmbH is recruiting an experienced Market Access professional to support its growing business in the DACH region, within the Infectious Disease Developed Markets (IDDM) business unit. The position will primarily focus on the German market and will require leadership of both national and local market access activities, to drive positive reimbursement outcomes. Gaining and increasing access to the primary care segment will be a core deliverable of the role.

The Role

As a highly experienced Market Access professional, you will use your experience within Germany and the other DACH markets to navigate the payer decision-making processes within the medical diagnostics sector. Leveraging your network and contacts within payer communities in these markets, you play a key role in influencing the decision-making process to drive successful development and commercialization of these markets.

Collaboration will be a key driver of success and working in close partnership with other functions within the group is essential to maximize the effectiveness of Market Access. Working closely with Medical Affairs, Marketing, and Commercial groups, you will need to be a strong leader, who provides market access expertise and is able to effectively communicate to use the wider team’s abilities and strengths to your advantage to achieve a common goal.

Key Responsibilities

• Development and implementation of comprehensive business plans to address reimbursement and funding issues in Germany. Mapping or defining with local payers, clear pathways to product adoption ensuring evidence aligns with local evaluation needs.
• Evaluate threats and opportunities arising out of legislation, regulations, health technology assessments from Governments, health authorities, public and private payers, and determine their implications alongside internal stakeholders.
• Lead the development of localized payer engagement tools to enable reimbursement for key product lines by public and private payers, with the intent to help commercial teams on key accounts to develop business.
• Where required, develop local evidence in collaboration with cross-functional groups from marketing, medical affairs, and commercial; translate evidence into usable payer tools to ensure successful funding outcomes.
• Construct and own strong relationships with key external payers and their influencers, as the primary point of contact; work cross-functionally to accumulate feedback from KOLs/payers to drive relevant market access activities.
• Ensure cross-functional alignment with other functional areas to ensure proper value communication with local payers via the different channels available.
• Shape and manage the external environment and the effect of payer/health policy through mapping the decision-making process, identifying the key stakeholders and influencing both the external and internal stakeholders to deal with them.
• Ensure full representation and participation of market access function in country commercial team meetings.

Qualification:

• Degree level essential, Masters level or PhD in a relevant field preferred (e.g., health economics).
• Significant experience working in the field of Market Access, specifically within Germany and with established networks with Payers.
• Detailed knowledge of the healthcare landscape, including payer/provider environment.
• Experience working within the Diagnostics sector preferred, ideally with experience working closely with payers to gain reimbursement for diagnostic solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage complex projects.
• Fluency in German and English is essential.

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