Job Description
Sr. Director, Access & Policy
Moderna
Cambridge, MA 02139
The Sr. Director, Access and Policy is a key role in the Market Access & Pricing Organization who
supports Moderna’s commercialization strategies, market access and pricing objectives via leadership in the government affairs arena, making effective use of tools, channels & actors to build support and reduce opposition.
The Sr. Director, Access and Policy works across therapy areas and reports to the VP Market Access & Pricing and HEOR.
Here’s What You’ll Do:
The development, alignment and implementation of positions, strategies, and analyses in the field of market access, pricing and tendering including tiered pricing and manufacturer managed financing
Developing and implementing public affairs, government relations, and stakeholder outreach strategies for Moderna’s markets including geographic expansion into new markets
The representation of Moderna’s policy interests externally in professional associations, trade associations, and multi-stakeholder policy forums
The assessment of regulatory and political decisions with a potential impact on Moderna’s market access, pricing, and tender performance
Working with trade associations, which create opportunities to raise industry standards, exchange best practice and help foster framework conditions
Supporting Moderna to interact with the government, legislators, and interest groups
Coordinating legislative efforts
Utilizing government affairs channels to position an issue within the political spotlight
Supporting senior level policy and access negotiations with Government authorities, international organizations, nonprofit trade federation bodies
Supporting Corporate Social Responsibility with regards to access to medicines issues
Supporting national market access teams to implement coordinated Government Affairs/Public Affairs and market access strategies
Supporting and strengthening payer outreach programs through engaging experts in government pricing and reimbursement policies in key markets
Output/Deliverables:
Government Affairs and Public Policy strategy and tools
Development of Policy positions
Outreach activities including presentations
Policy mapping
Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table:
M.S. / MBA required; advanced degree in life sciences
Minimum of 10 years in a Public Affairs/Government Affairs role with a proven track record of addressing access issues
Knowledge of methods and principles of HTA reviews and drug evaluation as well as underlying public health goals
Well versed in pricing & reimbursement principles and practices across different healthcare systems
In depth knowledge of international trade (GATT) & IP rules as well as key national approaches towards enabling free trade and market access
Ability to apply marketing practices (segmentation; positioning; perception management) with regard to products and therapeutic areas in a political setting
Language skills:
Fluent spoken and written English
An Additional language is desirable
Required Leadership Competencies
Strategic Thinking - ability to evaluate relevant areas of operation, formulate objectives and set priorities in a contextually relevant way, and develop plans consistent with long-term organizational interests
Business Acumen – Ability to effectively use economic, financial, market, stakeholder, and industry-specific indicators to fully understand and improve business results
Judgement- The ability to draw logical conclusions based on acquired information and analytical rigor in problem-solving, the ability to make effective decisions even when information is ambiguous or incomplete
Team Leadership – Ability to build cohesive, high-performance teams that take accountability and achieve required results
Interpersonal relationships - treating others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect.
Change Leadership - The ability to demonstrate support and drive for innovation and organizational transformation
Personal Leadership - Personal leadership translates into courage, choice, and commitment through the pursuit of excellence, trust, and accountability. Ability to put patient, stakeholder, and organizational interests above personal interests
Drive -Takes the lead and initiates activities with a high degree of passion and commitment as well as the drive, desire and need to achieve challenging goals, to improve performance or to meet personal standards of excellence
Learning Agility – Ability to navigate first time/unfamiliar situations effectively by extrapolating from other areas of expertise and knowledge. Ability to continuously improve and develop self
Here’s What We’ll Bring to the Table:
On-site subsidized cafeteria or catered lunches
Company-provided iPhone
Free parking, monthly subway pass or a subsidized commuter rail pass
Free annual corporate membership to Bluebikes
Highly competitive healthcare coverage including: medical offered through BCBS (HMO/PPO), dental, and vision offered through VSP
Flexible Spending Accounts for medical expenses and dependent care expenses
16 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for all new parents
16 weeks 100% paid family caregiver leave
20 weeks 100% paid medical leave
Eligible for “Moderna Month” (one month paid sabbatical after five years of service and eligible for additional one month paid sabbatical every 3 years thereafter)
Adoption assistance and discounts to local childcare centers, as well as access to care.com
401k (traditional and Roth offered) with 50% match on first 6% deferred. Match is vested immediately
A suite of Moderna paid insurance coverage, including: life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
Voluntary legal assistance plan
15 days’ vacation and 7 sick days per year, in addition to a discretionary winter shut down and 11 company paid holidays (includes 2 floating holidays)
About Moderna:
In 10 years since its inception, Moderna has transformed from a science research-stage company advancing programs in the promising-but-still-unproven field of messenger RNA (mRNA), to an enterprise with its first medicine having treated millions of people, a diverse clinical portfolio of vaccines and therapeutics across six modalities, a broad intellectual property portfolio in areas including mRNA and lipid nanoparticle formulation, and an integrated manufacturing plant that allows for both clinical and commercial production at scale and at unprecedented speed. Moderna maintains alliances with a broad range of domestic and overseas government and commercial collaborators, which has allowed for the pursuit of both groundbreaking science and rapid scaling of manufacturing. Most recently, Moderna’s capabilities have come together to allow the authorized use of one of the earliest and most-effective vaccines against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Moderna’s mRNA platform builds on continuous advances in basic and applied mRNA science, delivery technology and manufacturing, and has allowed the development of therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, cardiovascular diseases and auto-immune diseases. Today, 24 development programs are underway across these therapeutic areas, with 13 programs having entered the clinic. Moderna has been named a top biopharmaceutical employer by Science for the past six years. To learn more, visit www.modernatx.com .
Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free and drug-free work environment.
Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Moderna will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.