Job Description

Your impact begins here

As Director, Market Access and Pricing, Region APAC, you will lead the regional agenda and team to expand sustainable patient access and optimise pricing across Asia Pacific. You will set strategic direction across reimbursement, funding, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), health policy, pricing and contracting, ensuring access considerations shape portfolio choices, launch readiness and lifecycle management. Working with global, International Operations (IO) and affiliate leaders, you will translate value strategies and evidence into market-relevant solutions, strengthen execution across diverse healthcare systems and influence the decisions that determine how quickly innovative treatments reach patients.

What you'll bring

You are an enterprise-minded leader who combines deep access and pricing expertise with analytical rigour, sound judgement and the ability to mobilise teams across a complex region. You will bring:

• An advanced degree in Health Economics, Public Health, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Business or a related discipline.
• Substantial senior experience in market access, pricing, reimbursement, HTA, health policy or related disciplines, with a strong track record across multiple APAC markets.
• Demonstrated success in developing and executing integrated access and pricing strategies that improve patient access and deliver sustainable business value.
• Deep knowledge of APAC payer systems, reimbursement and funding pathways, HTA requirements, healthcare policy and pricing dynamics.
• The credibility to advise and influence senior global, regional and affiliate leaders, payers, policymakers and other access decision-makers.
• Strong capability in value demonstration, health economics, outcomes research, real-world evidence and payer value communication.
• Proven experience setting pricing direction, assessing price–volume trade-offs, governing affiliate pricing and shaping innovative contracting approaches.
• Exceptional leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build capabilities, create alignment and drive accountable execution in a matrix organisation.

What you'll do

You will own the APAC Market Access and Pricing agenda, connecting strategy, evidence, policy and execution across the portfolio. You will:

• Set and execute the regional Market Access and Pricing strategy, defining priorities and frameworks that improve sustainable patient access and support portfolio value across APAC.
• Lead regional reimbursement, funding and HTA strategy for priority assets, partnering with affiliates to anticipate barriers, strengthen launch readiness and deliver market-specific access plans.
• Shape regional evidence and value strategies together with the regional medical team, adapting value propositions, economic evidence, real-world evidence and payer tools to local HTA and reimbursement needs.
• Establish regional pricing strategy and governance, guide launch and lifecycle price decisions, challenge affiliate assumptions and advance contracting solutions that balance access, affordability and long-term portfolio value.
• Anticipate payer, policy, regulatory and competitive developments across APAC, and partner with Corporate Affairs and country teams to shape an environment that supports equitable and sustainable access.
• Serve as the senior APAC partner to global and regional stakeholders; build a high-performing access and pricing community, promote best-practice sharing and ensure disciplined execution, clear accountability and continuous capability development across markets.

Who you'll work with

You will lead the Regional APAC Market Access & Pricing team and closely collaborate with IO Pricing and Market Access (P&MA) as well as Region APAC Marketing & Medical, Supply Chain and Business Development. You will also lead the Market Access & Pricing community across APAC.

Externally, you will represent Novo Nordisk in senior engagement with payers, reimbursement agencies, health economic opinion leaders, medical associations and other healthcare stakeholders. You will build trusted partnerships, shape policy and access dialogue, and lead strategic negotiations that support equitable and sustainable patient access. Operating across markets, functions and organisational levels, you will create alignment, accelerate decisions and strengthen Novo Nordisk’s regional influence. This position reports to the Associate VP, Finance and Operations APAC.

What you can expect here

You will work in an international environment where your expertise shapes strategic decisions across markets and your leadership is trusted. This role offers the opportunity to pioneer new access approaches, apply advanced analytics to value communication, mentor senior colleagues and broaden your regional impact. You will be supported to perform at your best while making a meaningful difference for patients across APAC.

Start now

Your impact begins today. If you are ready to lead market access and pricing across APAC and help more people access innovative treatments, apply for the Director, Market Access and Pricing role by 10 October 2026. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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