Pfizer
Sr. Manager, Contract Development Manager
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Job Description
- Req#: 4892635
You will be expected to have a deep understanding of Managed Care (Commercial, Part D, Medicare, Medicaid, Healthcare Insurance Exchanges) Specialty Contracting channels (Specialty Pharmacies), Institutional systems (GPO, LTC, hospital), concepts of healthcare law and regulations, and how Government Pricing may be impacted by Commercial contracting, in order to develop contract proposals and agreements that maximize product utilization and profitability while ensuring compliance with all laws and regulations, pricing guidelines, portfolio management, and brand strategy.
You will develop contract proposals and agreements for Pfizer’s largest, most strategic and complex customers based on your product and market trending analysis, using Pfizer modeling systems, as well as Microsoft Office, Business Objects (BO), FLEX, and SAP, and present recommendations to upper management for approval. You may lead, in collaboration with additional Pfizer personnel, direct negotiations with Pfizer customers. You may need to provide additional analysis and documents based on said negotiations. You will administer the executed agreement and manage contracts during their term, develop any amendments or communications to the customer that may be necessary, track contract lifecycle and product offers, analyze contract performance and report the results to Management.
You will build and foster relationships with many cross-functional teams such as Contract Strategy, Legal, Trade, Sales, Account Management, Product Brand Teams, Compliance, Contract Operations, Business Technology, Government Pricing, Customer Service, Global Financial Services, Corporate Finance, Customer Analytics, and the Pfizer Business Units, in order to successfully manage the contract development lifecycle.
You will lead any of a number of special projects that may be collaborative or single contributor in scope. These special projects may be assigned or individually developed out of the need for process improvement, increased operational efficiency, or training needs as they may arise.
Required education: BA
Relevant work experience in the pharmaceutical or finance industry, managed care, or contracting: 7+ yrs if BA degree, 6+ if MS or MBA degree, preferred.
Comfortable working under constant deadlines, and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Comfort with ambiguity; ability to act without having the total picture
Ability to work effective collaboration with teams across an organization to drive processes and operations
Preferred education but not required: MS, MBA
Advanced skills in Excel, including proficiency with pivot tables, charts, and formulas, and strong proficiency in working with large data files
Demonstrated expertise in analytical modeling
Intermediate skills with MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Outlook
Demonstrated proficiency in contracting -related systems such as FLEX, Business Objects (BO), and SAP
Ability to travel domestically based on business needs.
Eligible for Employee referral bonus
ROLE SUMMARY
As a Sr. Contract Manager, you will be accountable for having a thorough and deep understanding of the pharmaceutical and managed care industries. You will be responsible for preparing contract offers based on complex data analysis, identifying risks, and developing strategic recommendations for presentation and approval to upper management. You will be responsible for your specific assigned accounts and contract lifecycle management. This role is project management oriented in that you will work with a large cross-functional team. You will work within the laws and regulations of the pharmaceutical industry and Pfizer Policies.
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OTHER INFORMATION
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
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