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Job Summary:
Senior Manager, Pricing & Contract Analytics is responsible for developing and executing financial analyses that support pricing, contracting, and market access strategies across Sun Pharma's U.S. innovative medicine portfolio. This role serves as a key analytical partner to the Managed Markets Accounts Team, Finance, Brand Marketing, Government Pricing, Trade, Legal, Contract Operations, and Forecasting by providing data-driven insights that support strategic business decisions. Reporting to the Director, Business Pricing Strategy & Contract Analytics, this position independently leads pricing and contract modeling efforts for commercial, Government payer opportunities, evaluates the financial implications of contracting strategies, and develops recommendations that optimize portfolio performance. The Senior Manager supports both in-line and pipeline products across multiple therapeutic areas, including Biologics, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Cutaneous Oncology, Long-Term Care, and Specialty products.
Responsibilities
Pricing Strategy & Contract Analytics:- Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models supporting commercial and government payer contracting decisions.
- Evaluate Channel contracting opportunities such as GPO, IDN, specialty pharmacy, and buy-and-bill opportunities through comprehensive financial analysis.
- Perform scenario planning, sensitivity analyses, and simulation modeling to evaluate pricing, reimbursement, contracting, and market access alternatives.
- Manage Lifecycle Pricing strategy from launch to loss of exclusivity. Create models to identify the financial impact of pricing changes, rebate structures, utilization assumptions, and market access initiatives.
- Support pricing and contracting evaluations for pipeline products, lifecycle management initiatives, and business development opportunities.
- Independently manage complex analytical projects from business questions through recommendation, providing clear, data-driven insights that support strategic decision-making.
- Evaluate pricing and contracting opportunities across the product portfolio to optimize profitability, market access, and Gross-to-Net performance. Business Analytics & Decision Support
- Serve as the primary analytical partner for assigned business initiatives, translating complex analyses into actionable recommendations.
- Develop financial analyses that identify business risks, opportunities, and tradeoffs associated with pricing and contracting strategies.
- Support Gross-to-Net forecasting by evaluating pricing assumptions, rebate projections, utilization trends, and contract scenarios.
- Build executive-ready financial models and presentations that clearly communicate assumptions, financial implications, risks, and recommended actions.
- Conduct post-implementation analyses to assess contract performance, validate business assumptions, and incorporate lessons learned into future pricing strategies.
- Research competitive pricing strategies, reimbursement policy changes, payer dynamics, and market access trends to proactively identify opportunities and risks.
- Define, monitor, and continuously improve key performance indicators used to evaluate pricing strategy effectiveness and contract performance. Reporting, Innovation & Process Excellence
Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, KPIs, and recurring business reports that monitor pricing, contracting, and portfolio performance. Design, build, and continuously enhance reusable financial models, analytical tools, dashboards, and decision-support resources that improve scalability and consistency across the organization including supporting SOPsLeverage automation, AI-enabled technologies, and advanced analytics to improve forecasting accuracy, financial modeling efficiency, reporting capabilities, and business decision support.
Education & Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analytics, or related analytical discipline required. MBA, Master's degree, or other advanced degree preferred.6-9 years of progressive experience in pharmaceutical pricing, contracting, market access, commercial finance, forecasting, or business analytics. Demonstrated experience building sophisticated financial models supporting pricing and contracting decisions. Experience supporting commercial and/or medical payer contracting strategies required. Experience within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry required. Experience presenting analytical recommendations to senior leadership and cross-functional business partners preferred. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including development of sophisticated financial models and scenario analyses. Strong PowerPoint and executive presentation skills. Experience utilizing healthcare data sources such as IQVIA, Symphony Health, MMIT, Evaluate Pharma, or similar healthcare datasets. Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Alteryx, Python, or other business intelligence and analytics platforms preferred. Familiarity with AI-enabled productivity and analytics tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, or similar technologies) and the ability to leverage them responsibly to improve analytical efficiency and business insights. Strong understanding of U.S. pharmaceutical pricing, contracting, reimbursement, and market access. Knowledge of commercial payer, GPO, IDN, specialty pharmacy, and buy-and-bill contracting. Working knowledge of Gross-to-Net forecasting and commercial financial planning. Familiarity with ASP, AMP, Best Price, Medicaid, Medicare, 340B, VA/FSS, and related government pricing methodologies preferred. The presently-anticipated base compensation pay range for this position is $127,000 to $155,000. Actual base compensation may vary based on a number of factors, including but not limited to geographical location and experience. In addition, this position is part of the Annual Performance Bonus Plan. Employees are eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs which include medical, dental and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; 401(k) savings plan; flexible spending accounts; and the employee assistance program. Employees also receive various paid time off benefits, including vacation time and sick time. The compensation and benefits described above are subject to the terms and conditions of any governing plans, policies, practices, agreements, or other materials or documents as in effect from time to time, including but not limited to terms and conditions regarding eligibility. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company, or individual department/team performance, and market factors. The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees as assigned to this job. Nothing herein shall preclude the employer from changing these duties from time to time and assigning comparable duties or other duties commensurate with the experience and background of the incumbent(s).We provide equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, military or veteran status, generic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law. Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Sun Pharmaceuticals (Sun) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Sun employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Sun. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral.#LI-hybrid
