Job Description

As a Market Access Manager (m/f/d) Pharma Lifecycle, you are co-responsible for prioritization of products, identifying interactions between different products and development of potential mitigation strategies.

The conceptual planning and active participation in GBA consultations, oral hearings and in price negotiations are also part of this role. In this way, the Market Access Manager Pharma Lifecycle significantly contributes to a successful launch, price and overall access strategy of existing and new products, and thus to the success of the company.

Your Main Responsibilities:

• Develop a product specific access strategy, including label wording, launch sequencing and potential mitigations
• Prepare forecast together with pricing team
• Prepare product specific strategy and actively participate in oral GBA hearing
• Close collaboration with national stakeholders and execution of EIFs
• Strategic planning and participation in price negotiations
• Monitoring of the health policy environment and legal framework conditions (AMNOG, IQWiG, EU-HTA), as well as their assessment for current launch products, ensuring that the product specific access strategy fits the overall product strategy
• Responsible for budget planning and monitoring
• Close collaboration with cross-functional teams (New Products/BU, Medical, Regulatory, Pricing, Policy) and regional/global teams (Market Access, Medical)

Please note, the list of tasks & responsibilities is exemplary and not exhaustive. The assignment of other or additional tasks is therefore not excluded.

What you will bring:

• Degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Natural Sciences, Health Economics, or Business Administration
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry in the areas of Market Access, ideally Experience in GBA consultations, oral hearings and price negotiations
• Very good knowledge of national healthcare structures and legal frameworks (AMNOG, EU-HTA, GBA)
• Ideally experience in cardiometabolic and/or pulmonary therapeutic areas
• Emotional intelligence, strategic planning, ownership & accountability and decision making are key for this role
• Excellent communication skills, enjoyment of negotiations and negotiation techniques
• Strong analytical skills
• High level of teamwork abilities
• Solution-oriented thinking
• High level of self-reflection
• Fluent in German and in English

People with severe disabilities and their equivalents will be given preference if they are equally qualified.

Additional location(s) Compensation Information:

Required Skills:

Agile Project Management, Analytical Problem Solving, Analytical Thinking, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, Environmental Scanning, Feasibility Studies, Financial Acumen, Headcount Forecasting, Innovation, Project Management, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking, Team Leadership

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

11/19/2026

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