The Access Strategy Head drives commercial growth by developing pricing, reimbursement, and access strategies while ensuring sustainable patient access and payer engagement. Responsibilities include leading external stakeholder engagement and tracking access performance across brand portfolios.
Job Description Summary
The Access Strategy Lead is responsible for driving commercial growth by identifying and prioritizing Value & Access opportunities across priority brands and the portfolio. The role leads the development and execution of pricing, reimbursement and access strategies, ensuring sustainable patient access and strong payer engagement across the product lifecycle.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities- Define and drive national access, pricing and reimbursement strategies across portfolio
- Embed Value & Access strategies into integrated brand and portfolio plans
- Generate payer, policy and healthcare system insights to inform strategy
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Finance and Account Teams
- Lead external stakeholder engagement with payers, health authorities and institutions
- Support lifecycle access activities including launch, renewals and line extensions
- Track access performance, pricing and reimbursement milestones
- Drive continuous improvement and best practice sharing across teams
What You’ll Bring
- 5–8 years experience in Market Access, pricing or reimbursement
- Strong understanding of national healthcare and payer systems
- Experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare environments
- Proven stakeholder management and negotiation skills
- Ability to translate evidence into compelling value propositions
- Experience across product lifecycle including launches
- Strategic thinking with strong analytical capabilities
- Ability to lead and influence without formal authority
Education
University degree in life sciences, economics or related field. Advanced degree is an advantage.
Join Novartis to help reimagine medicine and improve lives. Work in a collaborative, innovative environment focused on delivering sustainable access and impact at scale.
Skills Desired
Access And Reimbursement Strategy, Access And Reimbursement Strategy, Agility, Analytical Skill, Analytical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer-Centric Mindset, Employee Development, Finance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Health Economics, Health Policy, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Influencing Skills, Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, Lcm Strategy, Market Access Strategy, Negotiation Skills, People Management, Pricing Strategy, Process Management, Product Launches, Project Management {+ 7 more}Novartis London, England Office
The WestWorks, White City Place, London, United Kingdom, W12 7FQ
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