.Market Access Senior Manager - SpainAbbott Rapid Diagnostics is recruiting an experienced Market Access professional to support its growing business in the Iberian region, within the Infectious Disease Developed Markets (IDDM) business unit. The position will primarily focus on the Spanish market and will require leadership of both national and local market access activities to drive positive reimbursement outcomes. Gaining and increasing access to the primary care segment will be a core deliverable of the role.The Role As a highly experienced Market Access professional, you will use your experience within Spain to navigate the payer decision-making processes within the medical diagnostics sector. Leveraging your network and contacts within payer communities in these markets, you play a key role in influencing the decision-making process to drive successful development and commercialisation of these markets. Collaboration will be a key driver of success, and working in close partnership with other functions within the group is essential to maximise the effectiveness of Market Access. Working closely with Medical Affairs, Marketing, and Commercial groups, you will need to be a strong leader who provides market access expertise and is able to effectively communicate to use the wider team's abilities and strengths to your advantage to achieve a common goal.Key Responsibilities Development and implementation of comprehensive business plans to address reimbursement and funding issues in Spain. Mapping or defining with local payers clear pathways to product adoption ensuring evidence aligns with local evaluation needs.Evaluate threats and opportunities arising out of legislation, regulations, health technology assessments from Governments, health authorities, public and private payers, and determine their implications alongside internal stakeholders.Lead the development of localized payer engagement tools to enable reimbursement for key product lines by public and private payers, with the intent to help commercial teams on key accounts to develop business.Where required, develop local evidence in collaboration with cross-functional groups from marketing, medical affairs, and commercial; translate evidence intousable payer tools to ensure successful funding outcomes.Construct and own strong relationships with key external payers and their influencers, as the primary point of contact; work cross-functionallyto accumulate feedback from KOLs/payers to drive relevant market access activities.Ensure cross-functional alignment with other functional areas to ensure proper value communication with local payers via the different channels available.Shape and manage the external environment and the effect of payer/health policy through mapping the decision-making process, identifying the key stakeholders and influencing both the external and internal stakeholders to deal with them
