Executive Director, Global Pricing

**Company Overview**:
Founded in 2011, Covis Pharma is a private equity backed global specialty pharmaceutical company that markets therapeutic solutions in 50+ countries, for patients with life-threatening conditions and chronic illnesses. Our paramount concern is patient outcomes as we focus on improving the health of people with serious medical conditions. Apollo Global Management, with $455 billion AUM, is the private equity sponsor of Covis Pharma.

We are seeking a seasoned and experienced individual to join us as the global leader of our Pricing & Market Access organization. This opportunity presents a unique challenge to establish the global market access function by leveraging the heritage of our product portfolio and establishing a platform for future acquisitions and development projects, while simultaneously building a new, unique culture focused on growth, profitability, and long-term vision. What you can expect from this role is the opportunity to work in a start-up type environment where your position will be broad and hands-on, communication between departments is fast and effective and you will have significant responsibility and autonomy for your work and contribution. Covis is highly acquisitive of both commercial and late-stage development assets in the US, EU, and International.

You describe yourself as self-motivated and proactive in taking initiative. You can work efficiently on your own as well as in cross-functional teams. You have a proven record in defining market access strategies and successfully negotiation with different functions
**Scope of Responsibilities**:
Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

- With the COO creates, development, and implementation of Pricing, Reimbursement and Patient Access strategies across all therapeutics areas and geographies.
- Establishing a process to frequently assess an effective global price basket control system.
- Monitors price elasticity and reference price impact variations globally.
- Tracks developments & price evolutions of other competitive products; leverage best practices where practical.
- Monitors and evaluates effectiveness of products / access programs in each region.
- Collaborates with regional affiliates to develop effective Patient Access and reimbursement strategies including innovative pricing/portfolio approaches that achieve portfolio objectives for new product launches and existing product LCM.
- Directs payer and patient research activities to understand stakeholder requirements, key healthcare policies for chosen products/therapies, and health technology/assessment hurdles.
- Identifies, analyzes and prioritizes stakeholders for new and existing products.
- Oversees and conducts relevant payer/pricing market research and integrate clinical, market and payer information to develop and communicate the access plan.
- Supports due diligence efforts as required by the business development team in evaluating qualitatively and quantitively acquisition opportunities.
**Functional/Technical Knowledge & Skills**:

- Strong understanding of the payer environment, including coverage and reimbursement, pricing, health technology assessment, and health care policy.
- Command of market access dynamics by geography with ability to translate into financial impact and forecasts for annual operating plan.
- High working ethics and integrity.
- Ability to work cross-functionally.
- Ability to work with a wide variety of external stakeholders and represent Covis’ interests towards third parties.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with outstanding communication and collaboration skills.
- **What are we looking for?**
- Strong operational background and successful product launch experience at local and/or global level.
- Demonstrated ability to be creative / think “outside-the-box.”
- Strong organizational and project management skills with demonstrated ability to successfully drive projects to completion.
- Strong financial capabilities.
- Working commercial experience with specialty care/hospital products.
- Ability to operate effectively in a multi-tasking, dynamic environment, while maintaining focus and a forward-thinking, customer centric attitude.
- Strong x-functional mindset and experience in matrix management.
- Entrepreneurial spirit; comfortable with rapid change, resource constraints, and the need to be flexible about roles.
**OUR OFFER TO YOU**:
By joining Covis Pharma you will be a part of a dynamic and energized team where you will be able to provide input into impactful decisions and be a part of shaping our company’s future. The skills and business insight you gain will serve as an invaluable foundation toward developing your career with us.

Our inclusive company culture brings unique perspectives and embraces diversity of thought. We actively seek to hire and develop the best and brightest team members from all backgrounds ensuring our continued success into the future.
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