Market Access Lead
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About the Role
Lead market access activities, develop strategies, build relationships with stakeholders, and provide insights to enhance patient access in Saudi Arabia.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and implement national market access strategies and plans supporting launch readiness and long term access
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with public payers, private insurers, hospital procurement teams and other local stakeholders
- Identify access barriers and design practical, evidence led solutions including local pilots or partnership programs
- Lead preparation of reimbursement dossiers, value stories and evidence summaries aligned with local and regional needs
- Provide regular market and payer insights to inform commercial, medical and policy decisions
- Work across functions to ensure coordinated execution and compliance during negotiations, tenders and contracting processes
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in pharmacy, life sciences, health economics, public health, or related field
- 2 3 years of experience in pharmaceutical market access, government affairs, or commercial roles within healthcare or pharma industry
- Saudi national
- Fluent Arabic and good working proficiency in English
- Basic understanding of Saudi healthcare system including public sector payers, hospital procurement, or private insurers
- Exposure to tender processes, account management, or payer facing activities is an advantage
- Advanced degree in health economics, business or pharmacy is a plus
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Overview
- GSK Saudi Arabia is committed to supporting Vision 2030 and the Saudi Arabian National Agenda including Saudization.
- As Market Access Lead you will lead market access activities in Saudi Arabia to secure sustainable patient access across public and private healthcare settings.
- You will work closely with cross functional colleagues, payers, government bodies and healthcare professionals.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement national market access strategies and plans that support launch readiness and long term access.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with public payers, private insurers, hospital procurement teams and other local stakeholders.
- Identify access barriers and design practical, evidence led solutions, including local pilots or partnership programs.
- Lead preparation of reimbursement dossiers, value stories and evidence summaries aligned with local and regional needs.
- Provide regular market and payer insights to inform commercial, medical and policy decisions.
- Work across functions to ensure coordinated execution and compliance during negotiations, tenders and contracting processes.
Basic Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor's degree in pharmacy, life sciences, health economics, public health, or a related field.
- 2 3 years of experience in pharmaceutical market access, government affairs, or commercial roles within the healthcare or pharma industry.
- Saudi national.
- Fluent Arabic and good working proficiency in English.
- Basic understanding of the Saudi healthcare system, including public sector payers, hospital procurement, or private insurers.
- Exposure to tender processes, account management, or payer facing activities is an advantage.
- Good analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and contribute to value communication and business cases.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills
- Advanced degree in health economics, business or pharmacy.
- Experience preparing reimbursement submissions, health economic models or budget impact analyses.
- Existing network with Saudi health authorities, national procurement bodies or major hospitals.
- Experience managing tenders, pricing or contracting in the public sector.
- Previous work in vaccines, specialty medicines, or large pharmaceutical companies.
Workplace
- This is partly a field based role in Saudi Arabia with some traveling across the country and occasional regional engagement.
Why GSK?
- Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
- GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
- We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade.
- We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases.
How to apply
- Please submit your CV in English.
- We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage people with diverse experiences to apply.
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