Market Access Director (12 months fixed contract)

Location:

Ørestad – Denmark

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Contract

Start Date:

As Soon As Possible

Contract Period:

To Be Confirmed

Main Industry:

Search Information Technology Jobs

Other Industries & Skills:

Management & Executive, Science

Job ID:

131060954

Posted On:

07 September 2024

   

Do you want to drive the planning and execution of market access strategy, payer engagement and HTA submissions in region North West Europe? Can you navigate in a network with many stakeholders and a wealth of data points while looking for the optimal solution for both internal and external parties? Do you enjoy working in cross-functional teams across geographies? Then you might be our temporary Market Access Director. Join us. Apply today.

The position
As our temporary Market Access Director, you will work in close collaboration with regional and affiliate colleagues to drive the development of market access strategy and tactics supporting engagements with payers and related stakeholders across the region. You will work to secure the best possible access for products across the portfolio, and to make sure diabetes and obesity are prioritized by payers and health systems. You will have opportunities to shape overall engagement and payer strategies as well as dive into the details of actual payer engagements, price negotiations and HTA submissions.

Your responsibilities include:

-Develop and implement market access strategies, HTA submission plans and payer value stories
-Lead region NWE handling of price approval processes (incl. PBC handling, reference pricing, parallel trade)
-Co-develop price business cases with affiliate colleagues and present recommendations for internal approval processes (NWE, IO, global)
-Stay in close contact with affiliate market access colleagues and provide strategic sparring and support them in the implementation of market access activities
-Assist affiliates with reimbursement submission packages and payer engagement preparations
-Drive launch preparation activities from the market access perspective with global, IO and affiliate colleagues
-Develop and inspire affiliate access colleagues by implementing best practice sharing, workshops, and skills trainings
-Drive the coordination of market access activities and planning in the regional office across therapy area team
-Monitor the payer and HTA landscape developments in European markets and use to influence global and regional access strategies, evidence development and launch planning
-Lead the pricing life-cycle management strategies for mature brands (incl. generic/biosimilar insights)
-Support affiliate and regional office colleagues with analytics and recommendations in key business processes (incl. AB/RE, LTF)
 

Qualifications

-Minimum 7 years’ experience in pharmaceutical market access from a regional, affiliate, or global role
-Previous experience with development and execution of pricing and reimbursement submissions and negotiations to/with payers and HTA bodies
-Ability to work collaboratively on project execution with a variety of internal and external stakeholders across different geographies
-Demonstrated ability to translate payer insights and clinical and economic evidence into payer value arguments, engagement strategy and payer tactics
-Strong project management skills
-Fluent in written and spoken English on a professional level
-Master’s degree in relevant field, e.g. health economics, public health, science, or pharmacy
-Experience with payer engagements and submissions in markets covered by region NWE is an advantage
 

About the department

In External Affairs, we lay the foundation for strong relationships with external stakeholders and optimise patients’ access to products across our portfolio. As access is increasingly important for the commercial success of our products, a key challenge is to get decision makers across health systems to support funding of innovative medicines. In collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, we establish strategies and tactics for engagement with stakeholders in the European health systems such as payers, policy makers and HTA bodies and subsequently support the implementation in collaboration with our local counterparts.

Working at Novo Nordisk Region North West Europe
The Novo Nordisk Region NWE was established in April 2020 and covers UK, France, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Finland, Austria, Portugal and Ireland. Region NWE employs about 2,100 colleagues who are dedicated to making Novo Nordisk’s innovative medicines available to patients with chronic conditions throughout the region’s geography. You will join a dynamic, international, and innovative environment, where a team of highly skilled colleagues work closely together to make our vision for external engagements and patient access come true.

Contact
For further information Peter Bech at pgbenovonordisk

Deadline

September 16th 2024. Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so please apply as soon as possible.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

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