MCD McKesson Canada Corporation / La Corporation McKesson Canada is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to fill the position of Associate Director, Launch and Access Strategies. This role is a key part of our Strategic Consulting Pillar and will play a critical role in supporting our clients in the biopharmaceutical industry.

• Lead a team of market access professionals in building and delivering comprehensive market access strategies for clients looking to launch new biopharmaceutical products in Canada.
• Develop and deliver market entry strategies for client product launches, including assessments of market access trends, emerging issues, and opportunities for optimal product reimbursement.
• Provide deep strategic insights into market access trends, emerging issues, and opportunities for optimal product reimbursement, and communicate these insights to clients and team members.
• Assess, map, and advise on clients' effective advocacy plans with external stakeholders, including policy research and publications, external presentations, communications, and knowledge transfer.
• Lead primary research projects, including development of policy insights and guidance to clients, synchronous and asynchronous surveys and interviews with key opinion leaders, advisory boards, stakeholder, advocacy, and reimbursement mapping, and advising and leading reimbursement negotiation strategies for biopharmaceutical products.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with key external clients, payers, and other stakeholders to advance thought leadership and business solutions for the business.
• Collaborate and proactively build cross-functional relationships with other BPS teams that provide clients with innovative market access solutions.

• 8+ years of experience in market access, strategic planning, pricing, policy development, business planning, and negotiations.
• Strong strategic understanding of Canadian biopharmaceutical market access, along with an understanding of the global biopharma market.
• Direct experience leading and negotiating reimbursement agreements with drug programs is a requirement of this role.
• Exceptional communication skills, written and oral, and able to distill complex issues into clear, concise, and actionable advice for clients.
• A growth mindset, expert motivator of team problem-solving, strategic thinking, and analytical expertise are imperative for growth in this role.
• Must be fully comfortable and confident leading direct reports, collaborating with multi-stakeholder teams, and working cross-functionally with internal team members.
• Can build and maintain productive relationships with Canadian and global clients.
• Up to 15% time required for travel, domestic or international.
• A passion for leading market access and policy – for improving access to innovative and specialized therapies.