Director, Contract Forecasting

2 months ago


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States GlaxoSmithKline Full time
Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Durham Blackwell Street
Posted Date: Jul

The Director, Contract Forecasting & Payer Account Analytics, is a unique and highly visible leadership role within GSK US Market Access inclusive of a strong partnership with US Commercial Finance. Reporting to the head of US Market Access Contract Development & Analysis, the position is responsible for leading a best-in-class Contract Analytics team that utilizes advanced analytics to evaluate gross-to-net financials and develop contracting proposals for large Payer and Government accounts.

This role provides a dynamic leadership opportunity where communication, negotiation and matrix management skills are paramount to success. While a key member of the Market Access Operations & Analytics department, the position requires close collaboration with the customer-facing Strategic Account teams in addition to the Market Access Strategy and Pricing teams to achieve optimal access for GSK products and to closely manage return on rebate or discount investments. The aligned team is responsible for the development of Business Case Documents (BCD) in support of contracting proposals in addition to the development of the sales and gross-to-net forecasts for their contracts in conjunction with the Corporate financial planning cycle. This forecast information is also used to provide contract rebate estimates for government pricing calculations.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead the Contract Forecasting and Account Analytics team optimize contracting proposals that synthesize access strategies, government pricing policies, brand initiatives, distribution models and financial requirements into business cases that also balance independence and compliance.
  • Collaborate across Market Access and Finance on the delivery of Gross-to-Net financial forecasts on a bi-annual cycle inclusive of GTN system inputs and processes.
  • Provide insight to support continuous improvement of processes and analytical tools
  • Liaise with Operations & Analytics, Finance, Brand and Market Access Strategy teams to provide insights on strategic issues.
  • Liaise with other Contract Operations groups to ensure operational considerations of contracting proposals are fully vetted and documented.
  • Apply expert knowledge of existing process, third party data sources, revenue and analytics system functionality and capabilities to identify system and process enhancements.
  • Lead key projects and initiatives.
  • Provide input into brand access initiatives and pull through learnings in branded access strategy via the Operations & Analytics teams.
  • Develop, recruit, and retain the best people and be accountable for development plans and employee engagement.
  • Normal and customary supervisory responsibilities including budget management, performance evaluation, coaching, discipline etc.

Why You?

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related area
  • 5+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience focused on the following areas: financial analysis/business partnering, forecasting, contracting, and payer market access
  • 5+ years of experience and understanding of US Market Access business dynamics and customers (Payers, Purchasers, Providers, Retail, etc.) and US Market Access data analytics.

Preferred Qualifications :
  • MBA
  • 2+ years of Gross-to-Net Experience in Finance and/or Market Access
  • 3+ years of People Management Experience
  • US-based experience with market access payer strategies, account management interface, government pricing, contracting, reimbursement and distribution concepts.
  • Supervising, coaching, and evaluating teams in a leadership capacity.
  • Problem solving, systems modernization and/or change management experience.
  • Financial acumen and P&L mindset
  • Audit, Compliance and Sarbanes-Oxley experience
  • Ability to deal effectively with ambiguity and complexity.
  • Demonstrated financial and analytical skills using advanced modeling and forecasting tools.
  • Excellent proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint) and experience with PowerBI.


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GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

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