Ta Access Manager

**Job Description Summary** The TA Access role is responsible for executing and coordinating access activities that support 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 implemented effectively.   **Job Description** **Job Dimensions**  **Number of associates:**  Varies by country; extensive leadership in a matrix  **Decision making:**  Makes access recommendations and executes agreed TA access activities within governance. Guides access plan design, scenario assessments, and stakeholder engagement plans, ensuring alignment with HQ, business priorities and market dynamics.  **External/internal stakeholders Interface:**   Close partnership with HQ, Commercial, Medical, HEOR/HTA, Pricing, Public Affairs, Policy, Communication & Patient Engagement and global/regional teams as needed; direct engagement with payers, health authorities, and system stakeholders  **Impact on the organization:**  Long‑term market access competitiveness across the portfolio  **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** (Suggested priority KPIs \*_italicized_)  **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.  **Ideal 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 Requirement:**  **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