Manager Market Access Strategy

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott 

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: 

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. 

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. 

• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution 

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. 

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.  

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.  

The Opportunity

This position is a remote opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier, happier lives.   As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers.  Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan, so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels.

As a  Manager Market Access Strategy, you will be strategic, demonstrate strong cross-functional leadership, thrive in complexity and have a problem-solving mindset backed by strong analytical skills.  This role will lead the development and execution of payer marketing strategies aimed at securing, maintaining, and optimizing product access.

This is a Remote based opportunity with frequent travel to Alameda, CA.

What You'll Do

• Develop and implement payer marketing strategies to expand reimbursement and support new product launches
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Payer Account Management, HEOR, Medical Affairs, Sales, and Regulatory, to ensure alignment and integration of payer strategies.
• Conduct market research and analysis to identify payer needs, trends, and opportunities.
• Create and deliver compelling value propositions, messaging, and marketing materials tailored to payer audiences.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of payer marketing initiatives and adjust strategies as needed.
• Stay informed about healthcare policies, reimbursement trends, and competitive landscape.
• Participate in strategic planning initiatives and financial planning processes.
• Competition and Positioning: Thoroughly understand competitive offerings and provide teams with appropriate positioning and tools to differentiate product(s) versus the competition in a profitable manner that adds value to the customer.
• External Communication: Interface with consultants, marketing research firms, ad agencies, other vendors, and customers to effectively manage and grow business profitably, while maintaining a customer focus woven throughout all activities.
• Utilize market research, customer input, and other means to ensure profitable reimbursement and market access goals are achieved.
• The Manager is responsible for achievement of the goals and objectives of the Market Access organization.
• Must ensure compliance with the Quality System, and all Ethics/Compliance guidelines.

Experience You'll Bring

Required

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or a related field, MBA preferred, with 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or medical device industry or equivalent experience
• In-depth understanding of payer and reimbursement market dynamics, including commercialization, pricing and reimbursement
• Proven ability to manage vendors and agencies to deliver successful marketing campaigns
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to translate data into strategy
• Previous experience in marketing or managed care marketing
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to drive projects independently, establish budgets, and meet deadlines
• Ability to collaborate, influence, and work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to achieve results
• Experience managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines under business constraints
• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to craft and deliver compelling narratives
• Proven success in working collaboratively across the business to design and execute solutions to complex challenges preferred
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment

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Divisional Information

Medical Devices

General Medical Devices:

Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

CRM

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

Diabetes

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Vascular

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

Neuromodulation

Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

Structural Heart

Structural Heart Business Mission:  why we exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

EP

In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

HF

In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Diagnostics

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

Abbott Molecular is a leader in molecular diagnostics and the analysis of DNA, RNA, and proteins at the molecular level.

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key heath and therapeutic areas, including infections disease, cardiometabolic, informatics and toxicology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.

Nutrition

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives

The base pay for this position is

$129,300.00 – $258,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Market Access

DIVISION:

ADC Diabetes Care

LOCATION:

United States of America : Remote

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 50 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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