Job Description

Nous sommes fiers d'être une entreprise qui embrasse la valeur de rassembler des personnes diversifiées, talentueuses et engagées. La façon la plus rapide d’innover est de rassembler des gens de diverses opinions dans un environnement inclusif. Nous encourageons nos collègues à remettre en question avec respect les problèmes de réflexion et d’approche de l’un et de l’autre. Nous sommes un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi et nous sommes déterminés à favoriser un milieu de travail inclusif et diversifié.

Required Skills:

Adaptability, Adaptability, Business Administration, Clinical Program Management, Cost Analysis, Data Analysis, Developing Pricing Strategies, Finance, Health Economic Modeling, Health Economics, Internal Auditing, Market Access, Market Development, Market Research, Negotiation, Networking Relationships, Pharmaceutical Compliance, Pharmaceutical Pricing, Pricing Administration, Pricing Processes, Pricing Strategies, Product Management, Regulatory Compliance, SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), SAP Project System (PS) {+ 2 more}

Preferred Skills:

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Specialist, Pricing Operations - Strategic Pricing, Contracting & Negotiations

Are you a financial and systems expert with a passion for precision and compliance? We invite you to join our team as a Specialist, Pricing Operations. This position offers the unique opportunity to act as our SAP superuser, lead internal audits, and drive process optimizations that have a significant impact on our Canadian operations. If you thrive in a dynamic, cross-functional environment and are ready to be a key resource for our patient access team, we encourage you to apply.

Reporting to the Director, Strategic Pricing, Contracting & Negotiations, the Pricing Specialist will be a key resource in managing pricing operations, financial controls, and system architecture. The Specialist is responsible for managing PMPRB submissions, overseeing customer rebate payments, leading internal pricing audits, and serving as the Canadian expert and superuser for SAP pricing systems.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Regulatory Compliance & PMPRB: Lead all PMPRB (Patented Medicine Prices Review Board) filing requirements, adapting continuously to changing guidelines. Maintain all provincial filing requirements.

• Contract Management: Act as first point of contact for contract reviews and manage the final quality control through to signatures.

• Financial Management & Invoice Resolution: Manage all customer rebate payments and validations, soliciting adapted methodologies for validation when necessary.

• System & Technical Leadership: Act as the Canada SAP superuser and primary trainer for the pricing department. Manage augmentations and rollout of improvements (e.g., online catalogue, GTN implementation). Address SAP system issues directly with local finance or the global IT organization, serving as a key resource to evaluate the unintended consequences of system changes.

• Audit & Internal Controls: Serve as the Pricing department internal controls expert and audit lead. Manage all audit activities with pricing colleagues, auditors, and finance, ensuring all documentation and internal control processes strictly meet requirements.

• Tender & Price Increase Operations: Continuously monitor all requests for proposals (e.g., PSPC, CAG) and communicate requirements to appropriate internal colleagues to maximize tendering opportunities. Serve as an expert in external tendering systems. Lead all price increase activities, including coordination with external departments (e.g., order desk) and managing the external pricing communications vendor.

• Project & Team Leadership: Make decisions within guidelines to impact priorities and allocation of time. Appropriately push internal colleagues to be accountable for deadlines. Apply team effectiveness skills by integrating diverse perspectives and seek the continuous optimization of processes to shorten the processing time of transactions.

Qualifications Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or its equivalent is preferred

• Previous experience working in pricing, finance, or pharmaceutical compliance is highly preferred

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) with advanced Microsoft Excel preferred

• Advanced knowledge and "superuser" proficiency in SAP systems is preferred

• Strong working knowledge of PMPRB guidelines and external tendering systems (SEAO, CanadaBuys) is a strong asset

Language:

• Fluency in French is required

Competencies:

• Ability to work independently with a moderate level of guidance; quick learner

• Very high attention to detail.

• Marked aptitude for teamwork, communication, and interpersonal relations, with the ability to persuade others in straightforward solutions

• Capacity for tactful, diplomatic communication with clients.

• Ability to utilize technical and business knowledge to analyze possible solutions using standard procedures, and confidently escalate complex issues

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to organize, evaluate, and report relevant financial and regulatory data to stakeholders

• Ability to prioritize workload effectively and push for cross-functional accountability

• Skilled at identifying automation opportunities and working with IT to pilot/implement solutions

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

04/29/2026

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