Abarca Health is hiring a
Manager

Summary

Join Abarca as Manager of Trade Relations and ignite a revolution in healthcare by analyzing data to formulate strategies around pharmaceutical manufacturers, negotiating rebate opportunities, and providing insights for financial analyses and sales initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related area of study, or equivalent combination of education and/or related work experience
• 8 years of work experience in a strategic, analytical, or consulting role in healthcare; preferably in health plan or PBM setting
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience managing challenging conversations and presenting to senior audiences (such as executive level staff)
• Experience with applying project management to operational areas in pharmacy benefit management. (i.e. project timelines, KPI’s/metric tracking, visualization of results)
• Experience ideating, developing, driving and taking ownerhsip of strategic initiatives
• Experience with data visualization tools such as but not limited to Excel, PowerBI, or other similar tools
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.  

Responsibilities

• Analyze Abarca client data to inform rebate negotiation strategy and to identify client savings opportunities
• Deliver, with assistance from trade analyst, financial analyses of manufacturer rebate proposals and operations including sensitivity analyses, competitive offer assessments, performance tracking and scenario building
• Complete cost modeling and analysis to determine optimal coverage strategies and to support rebate negotiation
• Manage industry relations analyst(s) and guide their completion of rebate modeling
• Serve as day-to-day relationship owner and contact person for pharmaceutical manufacturers
• Negotiate and implement rebate agreements
• Triage any pharmaceutical manufacturer inquiries and ensure we provide responses in a timely manner
• Work with legal to revise and execute pharmaceutical manufacturer contracts
• Serve as rebate contract SME within Abarca, and provide support during regulatory change management process around regulatory changes impacting rebates
• Lead the completion of annual rebate RFP and client formulary reviews, which includes financial analysis, opportunity identification, net cost modeling, and responding to inquiries
• Research, compile, and analyze rebate and trending data for internal stakeholders including finance, client account teams, and underwriting
• Manage and collaborate on high prioritie needs as necessary

Benefits

• We are proud to offer a flexible hybrid work model which will require certain on-site work-days (Puerto Rico Location Only)
• This position requires availability to work in a specified time zone or working schedule, accommodating the business needs of our clients and team members