Patient Services Manager - Mississauga, Canada - AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

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Mississauga, Canada

1 week ago

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Description

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation - ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week.

Our head office in Mississauga is purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.

Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work.

We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we're taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

Our Position
We believe we can make a positive impact for patients.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Patient Support Strategy, you will be a key member in building the Patient Centre of Excellence capability.

In this role:

You lead, implement and support the AstraZeneca Patient Services Team to ensure seamless delivery to patients and key partners while differentiating AstraZeneca as an innovative leader.
You work actively and reciprocally with cross functional teams to improve insights and adjust to the dynamics of the market to provide a seamless patient first approach
You identify, manage and improve third party vendor relationships to drive innovation and efficiency in the delivery of patient programs to positively impact the patient journey
You participate in the build and design of an overarching Patient Services vision and strategy (across therapeutic areas) and how they will enable success for patients
You are fully conversant with the current customer/market place, key dynamics and policies in addition to key competitors and strategies from a patient programs and services perspective
You build external relationships with customers or organizations that may play a critical role in the disease area. You work closely with key external leaders in the field to implement projects to optimize patient management and optimize patient outcomes
You partner with the Senior Manager, Patient Support Strategy, to implement all Budgeting, Procurement and Financial Reconciliations to ensure adherence to contracts in place with third party vendors
You build, evaluate and drive success of assigned patient services program
You support the development and delivery of a governance model for the overarching patient services process and issue management process across all portfolios

Your qualifications include:

Post secondary education, preferred in health sciences.
Minimum of 57 years of Patient Support Programs or pharmaceutical experience. Launch and operationalizing patient services/ patient support programs at a vendor level a strong asset
Knowledge of the Canadian payer landscape
Ability to lead without authority and an entrepreneurial leader with a passion for putting patients first
Strong aptitude to work on complex problems in ambiguous and dynamic environments
Selfstarter, highly motivated and accountable to deliver results at a very high standard
Strong project, time and financial management, analytical skills, communication and interpersonal skills
Adaptability and strong advocate for change, ability to influence internally and externally
Works well in a highly collaborative matrixed environment and crossfunctional approach
Ability to execute with strong attention to detail and organizational skills

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