Italy Hub Pra Associate Director

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

**Organization Overview**:
Pricing Reimbursement & Access plays a crucial role in Lilly’s mission to help more people get better, faster. We work to eliminate barriers to access and affordability, improving lives through Lilly medicines. We are committed to understanding customer needs and the healthcare ecosystem, proactively identifying and removing obstacles to ensure a fast access both at National and Regional level. Our team embodies a collaborative spirit, strategic thinking, and a readiness to adopt change and technology for better outcomes

**Responsibilities**:
The position of PRA Associate Director will:

- Develop pricing and market access strategies for the reimbursement of new product, both with the National Regulatory Agency (AIFA) and the regional payers.
- Act as therapeutic area expert by understanding the treatment pathways, clinical data package, PRA environmental trends & keep up to date to competitors’ data & market access situation.
- Prepares AIFA price and reimbursement dossiers, coordinating cross-functional work groups.
- Anticipate and navigate key external policy changes and trends (e.g. European HTA) to ensure future proofing of our early access strategies.
- Create & maintain network within key stakeholders involved in access in Italy (think thank and HTA), to provide the best way to optimize market access strategy for Lilly’s new products
- Adapt of HTA models to support the economic value of the Lilly products in the portfolio.
- Develop early payer value proposition and drive market access strategy.
- Effectively contribute to dive projects and international Advisory Boards for optimizing access strategy for early development stage products.
- Work with regional team to understand subnational payer’s needs, guidelines impacting our access, opportunities and risks.
- Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge of the Payer needs in order to identify and anticipate future payer needs, constraints and requirements that impact the therapeutic area.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and integration of market access strategies with broader organizational objectives.
- Actively participate to affiliates Customer Counsel (CC) preparations and reviews.

**Requirements**:

- Degree - MD/MSc/MBA preferred;
- Primary language: italian (native speaker)
- Excellent English proficiency (C1)
- Managing complex projects
- Analytic skills
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally;
- Strong interpersonal & communication skills;
- Confidence and willingness to take on new challenges and manage multiple projects;
- Strong desire to find creative solutions to challenging situations;

**Additional Skills/Preferences**:

- Knowledge of the pharmaceutical market and significant experience in market access/commercial/medical area of a pharma company;
- National PRA, Regional Market Access, Health Economics knowledge and HTA and economic modeling skills as preferred;
- Understanding of payer environment;
- Business acumen;
- Strategic thinking;

**Additional Information**:

- Travel percentage: up to 30%
- Position based at Lilly Italy Sesto Fiorentino

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