Senior Economist

🔥 16 hours ago

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $97.7k - $137.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

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pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Logistics • Healthcare

pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance is a government-supported alliance that negotiates drug prices with manufacturers on behalf of federal, provincial, and territorial public drug plans across Canada. It aims to support the sustainability of publicly funded drug plans and improve health outcomes by securing cost-effective pricing and centralized agreements for brand-name, generic, and biosimilar drugs, and by providing negotiation frameworks, processes, and performance reporting.

📋 Description

• Develop negotiation strategies, establish mandates, and reassess offers and counteroffers between the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) and pharmaceutical manufacturers • Conduct comprehensive analyses of financial systems, medication utilization, and environmental scans • Identify and analyze regulatory issues, contractual dependencies, and legal implications related to negotiations • Conduct targeted cost-utility, cost-reduction, and budget-impact analyses • Critically assess manufacturers’ complex and confidential pricing proposals • Evaluate outcomes-based offers and their impact on the healthcare system • Lead or support quantitative research on the pharmaceutical ecosystem • Lead or co-lead negotiations with drug manufacturers on behalf of the pCPA • Develop and refine negotiation processes and structures • Lead project management activities and prepare deliverables, reports, implementation plans, and communications materials • Lead the preparation of training materials and resources • Collect, organize, and interpret data • Lead the development and assessment of reports and analyses • Prepare solutions, policy documents, slide decks, briefing notes, memoranda, and reports for senior management • Conduct consultations and liaise with public drug plans and external experts • Support the development of performance, risk, and negotiation-effectiveness indicators • Guide the development, review, or analysis of policies, programs, and initiatives • Maintain relationships with government bodies and external groups to establish coordinated interventions • Represent the pCPA on working groups and committees • Support the development of business plans • Stay current with industry trends • Reports to Management, Analytics

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in health economics, finance, business administration, a clinical or scientific discipline (including pharmacy, pharmacology, or medical sciences), or a related field • 3 to 5 years of experience in health economics evaluation and budget-impact analysis • At least 3 years of experience conducting detailed quantitative analyses • At least 3 years of experience working with data to support analytical, research, or strategic activities • Experience preparing reports, briefing notes, or presentations • Experience working in the pharmaceutical sciences, health services research, government, or regulatory sectors • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English • Demonstrated ability to deliver presentations to technical and generalist audiences • Strong verbal and written communication skills in French (an asset) • In-depth understanding of the Canadian pharmaceutical industry and government processes • Demonstrated ability to present to internal and external stakeholders • Strong problem-solving and independent decision-making skills, based on established procedures and relevant contextual factors • Ability to lead and build consensus without formal authority • Strong business and digital acumen • Legally authorized to work in Canada • Experience mentoring or coaching staff members (an asset) • Experience supervising working groups and project teams (an asset) • Experience supporting negotiation strategies through economic and financial expertise (an asset)

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive group benefits package effective on the first day of employment • Employment governed by the terms of the AMAPCEO collective agreement • Fully remote work environment within Canada • 36.25-hour workweek