Associate Pricing & Planning Director

Position Overview

The Associate Director, Pricing, Forecasting, and Contracting leads pricing strategy, payer and channel contracting analytics, gross-to-net decision support, contract rebate bid modeling, and supports brand forecasting for Amneal's Specialty Medicine portfolio. This Market Access role serves as a strategic partner to customer‑facing Account Directors, Market Access leadership, Finance, Gross‑to‑Net Team, Commercial Operations and Analytics, and Sales to develop pricing and contracting strategies that optimize access, revenue, profitability, and long‑term brand performance.

The incumbent reports to the Senior Director, Pricing, Forecasting, and Contracting and supports development of launch Wholesale Acquisition Cost (WAC) recommendations and annual price action analyses. The role requires deep expertise in specialty pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement dynamics, including AMP, ASP, 340B, URA, and IRA implications, price protection, rebate economics, and government pricing sensitivity. The ideal candidate is a highly strategic and fiercely analytical pricing leader with deep branded specialty experience, strong business judgment, and the ability to connect detailed quantitative analysis to broader portfolio, access, and brand strategy.

• Serve as the analytical lead for commercial payer and other strategic contract opportunities, developing bid models and contract recommendations that balance expected brand growth, access improvement, and net revenue impact; calculate break‑even and return‑on‑contract scenarios; evaluate payer proposals and contract offers using plan‑level utilization data; develop customer‑ and segment‑specific value/rebate frameworks; present recommendations to senior leadership; support Market Access account directors with compelling bid modeling.
• Provide strategic guidance on pricing and contracting decisions by assessing implications for AMP, ASP, 340B, URA, Best Price sensitivity, IRA‑related considerations, and price protection exposure; partner with GTN, Finance, and Government Pricing stakeholders; support quarterly accrual processes and ongoing GTN forecasting; identify and communicate pricing and contracting risks associated with government reporting, reimbursement, and policy changes.
• Lead development of short‑ and long‑term pricing strategies for inline and pipeline specialty brands; develop launch pricing recommendations, scenario modeling, analog assessment, competitive benchmarking, and evaluation of access, reimbursement, and GTN implications; support annual price action analyses and build communications for price actions.
• Access and analyze payer and customer invoice data; extract actionable insights; develop and maintain dashboards, tools, and analytical frameworks; build repeatable analytical approaches; identify data gaps and improve methods.
• Act as a strategic partner to Market Access, Brand, Finance, GTN, Compliance, and Commercial Operations teams; support annual planning, pricing committee discussions, and contract governance; influence stakeholders; mentor junior team members and elevate analytical rigor.

• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all company policies and standards.

• Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS) in a business‑related function – Required
• Master’s Degree (MBA) in a business‑related function – Preferred

• 10 years or more in relevant experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries, with a preference for prior industry brand, forecasting, and pricing experience.
• 8 years or more in direct experience in branded pharmaceutical pricing, market access, contracting analytics, GTN, forecasting, or related functions.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex pricing or contracting decisions for branded specialty products in the U.S. market.
• Hands‑on experience in branded specialty pharma where the individual was directly responsible for pricing and bid modeling or within a payer organization where the individual was directly responsible for bid review and acceptance for product formulary placement.

• Deep knowledge of U.S. pharmaceutical pricing and…