Job Title: Pricing & Patient Access Program Lead

About Job:

The Pricing & Patient Affordability Program Lead designs, governs, and optimizes pricing strategies and patient affordability programs across the product lifecycle to enable equitable access and sustainability. The role partners cross‑functionally to balance value, affordability, and compliance, engaging external stakeholders and shaping related policy to improve patient outcome

Accountabilities:

• Pricing Strategy & Governance: Set and execute lifecycle pricing; run benchmarking and scenario analyses; lead governance, dossiers, and authority submissions; track EDA reviews and drive response actions.

  
  

• Patient Affordability Programs (PAPs): Design and operate PAPs (eligibility, benefits, guardrails); ensure sustainability and compliance with Finance/Legal/Compliance; monitor uptake, abandonment, and financials; optimize via KPIs.

  
  

• Cross‑Functional Enablement: Close patient‑journey gaps with partners; equip field and internal teams with compliant tools, training, and messaging.

  
  

• Policy & Stakeholder Engagement: Track pricing/affordability policy trends; convert insights into strategy; support payer negotiations with pricing cases and PAP evidence.

  
  

• Digital, Operations & Vendors: Manage PAP vendor ecosystem for experience, controls, and scale; advance digital enrollment and omnichannel integration to speed therapy start and transparency.

  
  

• Performance & Risk: Define/report KPIs (starts, time to therapy, abandonment, adherence, PAP use, cost per start, compliance); lead governance forums and communicate decisions; identify and mitigate pricing, design, data, supply, and reputation risks.

  
  

Essential Skills / Experience:

• 5+ years in market access, pricing, and key account management.

  
  

• Led pricing governance and EDA/UPA submissions; designed/optimized PAPs in Egypt.

  
  

• Skilled in pricing strategy, benchmarking, gross-to-net, affordability modeling, and scenarios.

  
  

• Deep EDA and global pricing policy knowledge; build pricing business cases for faster reimbursement/access.

  
  

• Strong on AZ compliance, local regs, anti‑inducement, data privacy, and vendor controls.

  
  

• Strategic, influential, cross‑functional leader with vendor management, persuasive communication, problem solving, and change management.

  
  

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we play a critical role in making our pipeline accessible to patients. Our research-driven approach means there's always something new to work on; new indications and securing access for new medicines to reach even more patients in need. Our knowledge of patients, combined with our forward-looking mindset and innovations, helps us spot opportunities, get involved earlier, and approach access sustainably. We thrive on autonomy and collaboration, combining expertise from across the business to challenge the status quo and innovate continuously. Our work ensures patients have access to our medicines, shaping the future of healthcare.

Ready to shape the future of healthcare with us? Apply now!

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.