(Senior) Market Access Manager

To drive general medicine key product patient access to government sector with funding. To connect healthcare policy makers to Novartis innovations and together to fill un-met medical needs for HK community. To build Novartis as partner to Hong Kong healthcare system’s stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities：

• To identify and to lobby healthcare policy decision makers with strategic outreach actions for key brand patient access.
• To leverage on HK healthcare system policy directions and to shape where applied to support key brands’ patient access in the future.
• To drive for key product access with government funding, such as: reimbursement, Samaritan Fund, Community Care Fund or related access resources.

• To build and enhance partnership with key decision makers and key opinion leaders in government institutions, medical associations, patient groups, key accounts, and other business partners.
• To lead and to bring in new access through innovation pricing model, risk sharing program, utilization on HE&OR or Real World Evidences.

• Key product strategic listing plan through brand planning process.
• To align with local, regional and global on pricing implementation in HK.
• Excellent strategic thinker with demonstrated operational, analytical, negotiation and consensus building skills.
• Track record of being a leader in market access, policy-setting environments such as in trade association or a relevant government agency, with skill managing projects or working groups.

Essential Requirements:

• Tertiary qualification in the related field
•  Fluent, spoken and written English and Chinese
• At least 10 years experiences in pharmaceutical industry, preferable in policy and access related functions.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and to work in (and cultivate) highly collaborative and cross-functional teams (internal and external).
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.