Job Description Summary

The TA Access role is responsible for executing and coordinating access activities that sup-port launch, lifecycle, and in-market brand performance. It gathers payer, stakeholder, and market insights; translates global guidance into locally relevant access plans; and supports the development and refinement of value propositions, submissions, and healthcare system readiness activities. The role works cross-functionally with Medical, Commercial, Regulatory, Policy, Field, and HQ teams to align inputs, track progress, and ensure access plans are im-plemented effectively.

 

Job Description

Major accountabilities:

Integrated Access & Pricing Plan

• In line with HQ guidance oversee access plans, value proposition, and positioning
• Translate global access guidance into locally relevant plans
• Identify barriers to access, adoption, and payer acceptance
• Lead on Healthcare System Readiness plan development and integrate healthcare system shaping considerations into overall access plan
• Consider private market access approaches e.g. Out of Pocket; Private Insurance Companies, Alternative Funding (rare disease))
• Where required, act as cross-functional coordinator for early activities including consolidating cross-functional inputs from Medical and Commercial to support various assessment activities, decision making and early preparation activities

 

Cross‑Functional Coordination of Access Plan

• Support cross‑functional creation and execution of integrated access plans
• Partner with Therapeutic Area Leads, Medical, Commercial, Regulatory, Policy, and Field Teams to achieve favourable access outcomes
• Gather and integrate insights from field teams and stakeholders to refine strategies
• Foster effective ways of working within matrix and portfolio environments
  
  

Stakeholder Engagement & External Advocacy

• Maintain relationships with payers, health authorities, and access‑relevant stakeholders
• Integrate external stakeholder feedback into plan refinement
• Collect, interpret, and channel market insights into access plans
  

Portfolio Maintenance & Lifecycle Management

• Maintain and evolve the value proposition for in‑market brands
• Oversee and support lifecycle access activities (submission renewals, HTA updates, line extensions)

 

Business Insight and Performance Management

• Provide V&A input into business cases and portfolio decisions
• Monitor access performance using defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Share best practices and lessons learned across brands and teams
• Support continuous performance review and optimization

Key Performance Indicators:

• Access Success & Coverage: Proportion of products achieving reimbursement and breadth of payer or institutional access.
• Speed to Access: Time taken from regulatory approval to reimbursement or listing decision. 
• Pricing Performance: Achieved price compared with the approved target price across the portfolio.
• Impact of V&A Plans: Revenue and portfolio growth enabled through successful access outcomes.
• Quality & Effectiveness of V&A Delivery: on‑time delivery of V&A solutions and feedback from internal and external stakeholders.
• Patient access impact
• Launch excellence
• Portfolio growth
• Stakeholder engagement outcomes
• Organizational capability development

Background:

Education:

·       University degree in life sciences, economics, or related field

·       Advanced degree is an advantage but not mandatory

 

Languages:

·       English

·       Country language required

 

Experience / Professional Requirements

• 3-5 years in market access, pricing, or reimbursement roles

• Experience within pharmaceutical or healthcare environment

• Proven exposure to national access or payer negotiations

• Experience across product launch and lifecycle phases

Leadership & Functional Skills

• Strong understanding of pricing and reimbursement systems

• Ability to translate evidence into access value propositions

• Experience working with HEOR (Health Economics and Outcomes Research)

• Solid project and stakeholder management skills

• Analytical thinking

• Ability to lead without direct authority

• Comfort managing complexity and ambiguity

• Influencing skills across internal and external stakeholders

 

Skills Desired

Analytical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Finance, Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Key Account Management, Market Access, Process Management, Product Positioning, Public Affairs, Real World Evidence (RWE), Value Propositions, Waterfall Model