Strive to Bring a Profound Difference to our Patients

At Avidity Biosciences, we are passionate about the impact of every employee in realizing our vision of improving people’s lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics. Avidity is revolutionizing the field of RNA with its proprietary AOCs, which are designed to combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the precision of oligonucleotide therapies to address targets and diseases previously unreachable with existing RNA therapies. If you are a committed, solution-oriented thinker, join us in making a difference and become part of our growing culture that is integrated, collaborative, agile and focused on the needs of patients. 

Avidity Biosciences, Inc.'s mission is to profoundly improve people's lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics - Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™). Utilizing its proprietary AOC platform, Avidity demonstrated the first-ever successful targeted delivery of RNA into muscle and is leading the field with clinical development programs for three rare muscle diseases: myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Avidity is broadening the reach of AOCs with its advancing and expanding pipeline, including programs in cardiology and immunology through internal discovery efforts and key partnerships. Avidity is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information about our AOC platform, clinical development pipeline, and people, please visit www.aviditybiosciences.com and engage with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

The Opportunity

The Vice President of Global Market Access will help prepare Avidity for successful global product launches across a portfolio of pipeline products. This individual will be an integral member of the global commercial leadership team. Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, this role will drive market access strategy, value generation and demonstration, pricing and launch plans for target regions globally. Success will require excellence in teamwork and cross functional collaboration. This position will work cross-functionally especially with clinical, medical affairs, patient advocacy and regional commercial partners.

What You Will Contribute

• Hire and lead a global team to achieve market access goals
• Develop a comprehensive global market access strategy tailored for rare diseases, considering regional variations in regulations, pricing, and reimbursement for development and commercial products
• Seek payer input through formal HTA advice, payer advisory boards or other mechanisms to help inform development strategy and HEOR strategy
• Conduct payer and market research to identify patient populations, healthcare systems, and key stakeholders in each target market
• Drive health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) initiatives that identify and address payer evidence gaps and establish value for each product
• Represent the payer perspective and share global market access expertise with internal teams including clinical development, patient advocacy, launch and commercialization teams
• Identify payer value drivers and barriers to patient access. Create evidence generation and demonstration and pricing plans that lead to successful and timely reimbursement
• Create global value dossiers, cost-effectiveness and budget impact models and market entry plans for in-country Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and pricing & reimbursement submissions, within product development timelines
• Collaborate with policymakers and authorities to navigate the specific requirements for orphan drugs and rare disease treatments in each market
• Support country teams in securing access through generation of collateral and resources, including global value dossier, AMCP dossier, CE and Budget Impact models
• Contribute to and drive global pricing strategies to consider the value proposition and affordability for patients and healthcare systems
• Create and chair a global pricing committee
• Develop training programs to educate internal and external partners on market access and pricing strategies
• Support commercial readiness resourcing and launch plans, establishing foundational market access strategies and launch excellence goals
• Monitor the global market access landscape and incorporate relevant trends into Avidity plans, identifying potential future opportunities and threats related to patient access
• Track the performance of the market access strategy and adapt it as needed based on new data or changes in the healthcare landscape

What We Seek

• Minimum of 15 years’ experience working in pharmaceutical market access. Must include 10+ years in HEOR and/or global payer strategy and pricing
• Proven track record of successful reimbursement negotiations with European Health Technology Assessment (HTA) bodies and pricing authorities for rare disease therapies
• Experience successfully creating and executing HEOR plans and tactics in rare disease
• Ability to understand and summarize complex scientific information and present it in a clear, concise, and scientifically accurate manner to external audiences
• In depth knowledge of, and experience with, HTA submissions and processes in multiple markets
• Expertise in the global market access landscape and regional payer decision-making trends
• A passion for achieving goals as a member of the team. Proven track record of strong communication and collaboration skills, including recognition by cross-functional partners.
• Ability to operate in compliance with Avidity’s policies and code of conduct
• Willing to take on additional responsibilities determined to be required for this position
• Team leadership experience within a cross-functional matrix environment
• Ability to travel as needed up to 50% globally

What We will Provide to You:

• The base salary range for this role is $300,000-350,000. The final compensation will be commensurate with such factors as relevant experience, skillset, internal equity and market factors.
• Avidity offers competitive compensation and benefits which includes the opportunity for annual and spot bonuses, stock options and RSUs, as well as a 401(k) with an employer match. In addition, the comprehensive wellness program includes coverage for medical, dental, vision, and LTD, and four weeks of time off.
• A commitment to learning and development which includes a variety of programming internally developed by and for Avidity employees, opportunities for job-specific training offered by industry, and an education reimbursement program.