Manager, Commercial Contracts

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* Title:

** Manager, Commercial Contracts
** Company:
** Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc.
** About Ipsen:
** Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas:
Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation. Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries.

We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

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* Job Description:

** The Manager, Commercial Contracts is responsible for supporting the contract administration process by partnering with Ipsen’s Government Pricing (GP), Value & Access (V&A), Gross-to-Net (GTN), Accounts Payable (AP) and Trade operations teams.  The Manager will serve as a point of contact in the contract price re-tiering, generating reports on commercial contract performance, knowledge of regulations that impact U.S. Federal Pricing Programs (Medicaid, Federal Supply Schedule and PHS
340B), monitoring activities on chargeback reports as well as collaborating with the implementation of systems and procedures that are in accordance with corporate objectives.

Additional responsibilities include risk management by assisting with internal/external audits on historical commercial rebate payments, reviewing results of paid rebate payment packages, and ensuring department policies and procedures reflect current best practices.
** Main Responsibilities
*** Partner with internal stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and review Contract/Rebate strategies (review of contract documents including, but not limited to Contract Terms and Conditions, automated capabilities to administer contracts in partnership with Ipsen’s BPO partner EVERSANA, ensure contract language includes required data needed to process rebate payments, clarity regarding membership eligibility.  Shared best practices in contract administration.
* Assist Associate Director, Commercial Contracts with internal audits on historically paid rebate payments and support analysis and management of Hospital Re-Tier process in conjunction with Associate Director, Commercial Lead
* Liaison to the V&A and Trade teams.  Responsible for understanding current and future needs relative to current or proposed contract management activities and requirements to automate the administration process in partnership with Ipsen’s BPO partner EVERSANA.
* Collaborate with Ipsen’s GTN team to evaluate the accuracy and completeness of data used to support GTN forecasts.
* Develop effective reports and analytics that provide decision makers with access to critical metrics and insights into contract performance.
* Maintain contract and rebate tracking reports.
* Partner with the team’s BPO, EVERSANA, to automate contract administration efforts.
* Contribute to development of and monitor compliance to Ipsen’s Contract Policies and Procedures manuals.
* Ensure SOPs are current and in compliance with laws and Ipsen’s policies.
* Ensure adherence to all Membership, Contracts, and Rebate process requirements.  Responsible for communication of key process updates.  Partner with internal/external customers to ensure data and/or requests (invoice packages) are submitted in accordance with contract terms; identify areas for improvement and provide actionable feedback.
* Keep abreast of information which could have an impact on forecast drivers, i.e., contracted volume trends, contracted pricing trends, changes…