Job ID294426BRPosition TitleGlobal Market Access Director, MS (80-100%*)Apply to Job
Job Description
70-year history and sustained commitment in neuroscience, Novartis brought landmark therapies to patients with e.g. Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Epilepsy, Depression and Migraine. We have a world class pipeline in neuro-inflammation, neurodegeneration, neuromuscular, pediatric neurology and refractory psychiatric diseases.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Develop a global integrated Market Access & Payer strategy (for 1 – 3 compounds/brands) aimed at delivering the product differentiation most relevant to payers (e.g. target patient population, clinical end-points, clinical comparators, outcome measures, utility instruments, Health Economics data, etc.)
• Ensure that at launch, Novartis brands are supported by a robust payer value proposition including 3 core elements - ‘Value for money’ story, strong evidence package and a pricing strategy maximizing the life-time value of the brand (including existing and future evidence to justify and maintain price)
• Establish and lead a cross-functional Value & Access Team (V&AT) and ensure close alignment between insights into the patient journey, payer evidence needs, and plans to generate evidence (clinical, HEOR, etc.) to support payer value proposition and pricing strategy
• Represent Market Access & Payer perspective on the Global Brand Teams (GBT)
• Be accountable for the Market Access & Payer perspective being appropriately reflected (integrated) in the overarching product development, medical affairs and commercial strategy
• Disease Primers, pricing research, etc.) Gather Region/Country input and/or feedback and integrate into the Market Access strategy
Minimum requirements
What you’ll bring to the role:
• Postgraduate degree in medicine, pharmacology, sciences, business administration health policy, health economic or other relevant qualification
• 8+ years relevant experience acquired at pharmaceutical companies, HTA, physician associations or health care consultancy companies
• Deep understanding of payer/HTA environment and evolution across countries/regions
• Ability to work and lead (a cross-functional team) in a matrix environment, communicate effectively and motivate team alongside having a persuasive and credible presentation style at all levels of organization
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to draw insights/derive viable strategic options for payers that offer opportunities to align cross-functionally to deliver superior value from the analytical research
Desirable requirements:
• Knowledge of the disease areas within the Business Franchise of Neuroscience
• Strong solution-orientation & a very collaborative mindset
Why consider Novartis?
799 million. That’s how many lives our products touched in 2019. And while we’re proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people’s lives?
We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are brought together in an inspiring environment. Where you’re given opportunities to explore the power of digital and data. Where you’re empowered to risk failure by taking smart risks, and where you’re surrounded by people who share your determination to tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges.
Imagine what you could do at Novartis!
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.
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*Some restrictions on flexible working options may apply and will be discussed during interview if applicable.DivisionPHARMABusiness UnitGLOBAL PRODUCT & PORTFOLIO STRATEGYLocationSwitzerlandSiteBaselCompany/Legal EntityNovartis Pharma AGFunctional AreaMarket AccessJob TypeFull TimeEmployment TypeRegularShift WorkNo
