At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive market access strategies and build relationships to enhance diabetes care.
- Company: Join Abbott, a global leader in healthcare innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and a diverse workplace culture.
- Other info: Remote position with travel opportunities across Canada.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in diabetes management and improve patient lives.
- Qualifications: Bachelor's degree required; experience in stakeholder relations preferred.
The predicted salary is between 120000 - 168000 $ per year.
About Abbott: Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
Working at Abbott: At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
The Opportunity: This position is field based and works with the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life‑changing products that provide accurate data to drive better‑informed decisions.
What You’ll Do:
- Drive market access strategies that advance the Diabetes Division's business objectives across Canada by developing and executing market access strategies to secure and optimize coverage, reimbursement, and funding for ADC products across public and private healthcare systems.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with public payors, government stakeholders, HTA organizations, healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders (KOLs), patient advocacy groups, and other influencers to support ADC's objectives and strengthen its position as a trusted healthcare partner.
- Partner with commercial, medical, marketing, and global market access teams to ensure payor and market access perspectives are integrated into the Diabetes Division's product strategies, evidence generation plans, and commercialization activities.
- Monitor and assess reimbursement, HTA, market access, and health policy developments across Canada to identify risks and opportunities and provide strategic recommendations that support ADC's growth objectives.
- Serve as the Diabetes Division's subject matter expert in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) by evaluating reimbursement decisions, interpreting policy trends, and developing strategies to optimize patient access and mitigate business impact.
- Develop innovative value propositions and funding strategies that demonstrate the clinical, economic, and system value of ADC products and support differentiated reimbursement pathways for new technologies.
- Lead strategic planning and stakeholder engagement initiatives that align organizational priorities with evolving healthcare system needs and improve patient access to ADC innovations.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field such as Public Policy, HTA, Clinical Epidemiology, Health Economics, Political Science, Communications, Business Administration or Healthcare Management.
- Master’s Degree or PhD (preferred) in Public Policy, Health Economics, Clinical Epidemiology, HTA, Business Administration (MBA), or a healthcare-related field.
- Minimum five plus years of experience in stakeholder relations, government relations, public affairs, or external affairs within the healthcare, medical device, or pharmaceutical industry.
- Strong understanding of public policy, HTA, and regulatory environments.
- Experience engaging with government policy makers and advocacy organizations is critical.
- Significant experience in building and maintaining long term professional relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Experience in managing external agencies or consultants, budgets, and multistakeholder projects.
- Familiarity with the healthcare ecosystem at a national or provincial level.
- Proven proactive work ethic.
- PC literate including Word, PowerPoint, Excel skills.
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (~25%+).
Additional Information: The annual base salary for this position ranges from $120,000.00 to $168,000.00 CAD. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Manager Stakeholder Relations – Diabetes Care in Vancouver employer: Abbott
Abbott is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Ottawa where innovation meets healthcare excellence. With a strong commitment to employee development and diversity, Abbott provides numerous opportunities for career growth while fostering a collaborative culture that values every team member's contributions. Join us to be part of a globally recognized company that not only leads in medical science but also prioritizes the well-being and professional advancement of its employees.
