Job description
Arvinas is a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to improving the lives of patients suffering from debilitating and life-threatening diseases through the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies that degrade disease-causing proteins. Arvinas uses its proprietary PROTAC® Discovery Engine platform to engineer proteolysis targeting chimeras, or PROTAC® targeted protein degraders, that are designed to harness the body’s own natural protein disposal system to selectively and efficiently degrade and remove disease-causing proteins.
In addition to its robust preclinical pipeline of PROTAC protein degraders against validated and “undruggable” targets, the company has three investigational clinical-stage programs currently enrolling: vepdegestrant for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer; ARV-102 for the treatment of patients with neurodegenerative disorders, and ARV-393 for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and potentially other lymphomas.
In April 2024, Arvinas entered into a transaction with Novartis, including a global license agreement for the development and commercialization of the clinical stage PROTAC® androgen receptor protein degrader ARV-766 for the treatment of prostate cancer. The transaction closed in May 2024.
#TeamArvinas is made up of approximately 450 passionate and curious employees, whose diverse thoughts and perspectives are highly valued. Arvinas employees embrace the freedom to pursue innovation, think creatively, and give back. They are driven by the company’s values and mission – to improve the lives of patients with serious diseases by pioneering therapies created with our revolutionary PROTAC® protein degradation platform. We’re really excited about the work we’re doing inside and outside of Arvinas, and think you will be, too. But don’t just take our word for it – learn more about life at Arvinas and what employees have to say.
For more information, please visit www.arvinas.com.
Position Summary
Arvinas has an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to join our Medical Affairs team. The Medical Value & Access Liaison (MVAL) is a field-based scientific expert who applies clinical, health economic, managed care, and health policy expertise to engage in peer-to-peer scientific and clinical value discussions with top key national and relevant regional decision makers. This includes, but is not limited to, Managed Care Organizations (MCO), Specialty Pharmacies (SP), Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers (PBM), Integrated Delivery Networks (IDN) and pathway providers. This position will cover the Eastern United States.
This position reports to the Director & Team Lead, Medical Value & Access Lead, and can be based remotely from a location within the U.S.
Principal Responsibilities
Key responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:
- Identify key national and regional population health decision makers.
- Proactively maintain and broaden professional relationships with managed care thought leaders.
- Provide clinical and scientific education to key decision makers within managed care organizations and health systems.
- Deliver in-depth healthcare economic information to population health decision makers.
- Effectively engage payer and access stakeholders in clinical and scientific dialogue in the context of product value; present standard HEOR models (budget impact, cost effectiveness, formulary design) and outcomes analysis (PROs, indirect treatment comparisons, etc.)
- Actively assesses the medical landscape by meeting with payer and access stakeholders to understand external customer needs and expertise.
- Attend medical and access conferences as well as local/regional meetings that serve as venues and forums for access stakeholders and health systems decision-makers. Collect and provide impactful medical insights back to Arvinas to be actioned in support of the strategy development.
- Generate National Account Field Medical Affairs plans to identify collaborative opportunities with population-based accounts and institutions.
- Serve as a resource of clinical and scientific information for internal cross-functional partners.
- Respond to unsolicited requests for medical information.
- Ensure and maintain compliance with all company policies, laws, industry, and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of relevant clinical or pharmaceutical/ biotech experience with 3+ years of related experience in a MVAL role required.
- Oncology therapeutic experience required.
- Drug launch experience required.
- Strong scientific knowledge as well as excellent presentation and teaching skills
- Ability to interpret and communicate scientific data to various audiences.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
- Proven ability to develop external relationships with scientific experts.
- Ability to comply with all credentialing requirements for any healthcare institution which is part of the MVAL territory, including, among other things, routine background checks, medical testing (i.e., Tuberculosis test) or proof of immunizations, training on facility policies, and adherence to confidentiality and/or HIPPA agreements.
- Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record and ability to pass a complete background check.
- Ability to travel frequently (up to 40% of time), including the ability to travel overnight and occasionally on weekends.
- Arvinas will not be providing VISA sponsorship for this position. You must have the ability to work without a need for a current or future VISA sponsorship.
- The duties of this role are generally conducted in a home office environment. Employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours.
Education
- MD, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent in a relevant scientific or healthcare discipline preferred.
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Arvinas is proud to offer a competitive package of base and incentive compensation as well as a comprehensive benefits program designed to support the health, wellness and financial security of our employees and their families. Benefits include group medical, vision and dental coverage, group and supplemental life insurance, and much more. To learn more about Arvinas, please visit www.arvinas.com
Arvinas is an Equal Opportunity Employer
