Market Access Manager - Vaccines
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About the Role
Develop and execute market access strategies for pharmaceuticals and vaccines, ensuring optimal pricing and reimbursement while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and implement market access strategies for in line products and new launches to achieve favorable pricing, reimbursement, and formulary inclusion
- Lead pricing and reimbursement submissions, including preparation of value dossiers, BIA, HEOR components, and payer materials
- Conduct pricing analyses such as international reference pricing and scenario modeling
- Partner with Medical Affairs and HEOR teams to develop health economic and real world evidence
- Conduct stakeholder mapping and develop engagement strategies with payers, HTA bodies, and policy makers
- Collaborate cross functionally with Marketing, Medical, Regulatory, and Finance teams
- Track market access KPIs and continuously improve pricing, access, and reimbursement performance
Requirements
- Experience in market access, pricing, and reimbursement within pharmaceutical or healthcare industry
- Knowledge of health economics and outcomes research (HEOR)
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
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Role Overview
- As the Market Access Manager, you will be responsible for developing and executing market access strategies to ensure timely, sustainable patient access to our company's in line and pipeline pharmaceutical and vaccine portfolio.
- The role ensures optimal pricing, reimbursement, and formulary positioning by translating scientific, clinical, health economic, and real world evidence into compelling value propositions for payers and healthcare decision makers.
- You will partner closely with Medical, HEOR, Regulatory, Policy, Marketing, and Regional/Global Market Access teams, and plays a critical role in new product launches, lifecycle management, and policy shaping.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement market access strategies for both in line products and new launches to achieve favorable pricing, reimbursement, and formulary inclusion.
- Define evidence based access pathways, pricing frameworks, and execution plans aligned with payer expectations and patient value.
- Support new product planning (NPP) activities up to 24 months pre launch, including competitive landscape analysis, access risk assessment, and early stakeholder engagement.
- Lead or independently execute pricing and reimbursement submissions, including preparation and coordination of value dossiers, BIA, HEOR components, and payer materials.
- Conduct pricing analyses (e.g., international reference pricing, internal/external benchmarking, scenario modeling) to optimize commercial outcomes.
- Contribute to tender strategies, contracting approaches, and access negotiations where applicable.
- Partner with Medical Affairs and HEOR teams to identify and develop health economic and real world evidence aligned with access needs.
- Support local adaptation of economic models, validation of assumptions, incorporation of local data, and development of manuscripts or publications.
- Translate complex data into clear, payer focused value messages that demonstrate innovation, outcomes, and system value.
- Conduct stakeholder mapping and develop engagement strategies with payers, HTA bodies, policy makers, hospitals, and key healthcare institutions.
- Collaborate with Policy / External Affairs to help shape a conducive pricing and reimbursement environment.
- Build and maintain trusted, compliant relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support sustainable access.
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