Infield/Market Access Manager

Job Description

Role Purpose

The Infield/Market Access Manager supports optimal and sustainable patient access through ownership of assigned reimbursement dossiers and market access projects, in-field stakeholder engagement, strategic involvement in tendering, and representation of the company in pharmaceutical trade associations and relevant healthcare policy forums.

The role connects technical market access execution, external stakeholder engagement, institutional access strategy and healthcare policy insights. Initially, leadership responsibility is limited to assigned products, indications and dossiers.

Key Responsibilities

1. Market Access & Reimbursement +/-50%

• Lead the development and execution of market access strategies for assigned products, indications and reimbursement dossiers.

• Prepare, coordinate and manage reimbursement submissions, value dossiers and supporting evidence packages for assigned products.

• Develop product-specific pricing and reimbursement recommendations in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

• Generate and articulate evidence-based value propositions, budget impact narratives and stakeholder materials.

• Collaborate with Medical, Regulatory, Commercial, HEOR and Public Affairs colleagues to ensure high-quality submissions and access plans.

• Monitor healthcare policy developments and evaluate implications for assigned products and future access opportunities.

• Contribute analysis, insights and recommendations to broader portfolio market access discussions and strategic planning.

2. In-Field Market Access & Strategic Tender Support +/-25%

This role strengthens and complements the company’s current in-field market access and tendering capacity, bringing additional strategic market access expertise, stakeholder engagement and support for selected tender opportunities.

• Build trusted relationships with hospital pharmacists, procurement stakeholders, payer organizations, healthcare authorities, HTA stakeholders and hospital networks.

• Identify regional and institutional access barriers and opportunities, and gather field insights to inform national access strategies.

• Provide market access expertise to key account plans and support account-specific and institutional access initiatives.

• Contribute to the development of tender strategies across hospital and institutional channels, aligned with market access and portfolio objectives.

• Partner with Commercial, Key Account Management and other relevant functions to support tender preparation and execution.

• Provide strategic market access input into tender positioning, value propositions, stakeholder engagement plans and competitive differentiation.

• Co-lead selected high-priority tender opportunities where market access considerations are a critical determinant of success.

• Analyze tender opportunities, competitive dynamics and award criteria to identify risks, opportunities and differentiating strategies.

• Support the negotiation and implementation of contracts and access agreements as required.

• Contribute to innovative access approaches, including value-based agreements, service offerings and partnership models that may strengthen tender competitiveness.

3. Pharma Trade Association & Policy Engagement +/-25%

• Support representation of the company in pharmaceutical industry associations and relevant working groups.

• Participate actively in selected task forces or working groups related to market access, pricing and reimbursement, procurement and tendering, healthcare financing, rare disease policy and innovative medicines.

• Build and maintain relationships with key external stakeholders and industry peers.

• Contribute to healthcare policy discussions in a compliant manner and in line with company objectives.

• Coordinate industry association positions internally and translate external policy developments into actionable business recommendations.

• Support public policy initiatives that contribute to sustainable patient access and healthcare system objectives.

Experience Requirements

Essential

• Approximately 7-10 years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience, including at least 5 years in Market Access, Pricing & Reimbursement, Health Economics, Healthcare Policy or a related function.

• Demonstrated experience preparing, coordinating or supporting reimbursement dossiers, pricing submissions and payer value communications.

• Experience supporting, coordinat