Job Description

Reporting into the Regional Market Access leader for Asia Pacific, you will partner with markets to ensure successful execution of access, tender, and pricing strategies consistent with the integrated business plan for critical assets within the company’s Vaccines & Infectious Disease product portfolio.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Enable the development of tailored value propositions and Access, pricing and negotiation strategies for Vaccines and Infectious Disease Assets across Asia Pacific.
• Working directly with Markets and Cross Function Teams, manage the development of strategic responses to external economic, regulatory and political environments.
• Represent the AP region to provide input to the development of global access and pricing strategies for Vaccines and Infectious Disease assets.
• Liaise with the Global Market Access and Commercial teams to lead the execution of the global access strategy for assets within the Vaccines & Infectious Disease portfolio across AP Markets.
• Plan and execute landscape and pricing research to support and build market access strategies for products and indications. Ensure appropriate pricing, access, and negotiation strategies to achieve optimal reimbursed access as well as enhance Access in private markets.
• Design and implement regional access initiatives supporting local short- and long-term objectives and outcomes.
• Support markets in implementation of strategic projects to identify evidence requirements. Proactively generate insights through the use of local & other data sources, drive data generation to address data gaps, partner on study/model design, generate locally tailored value messages to relevant stakeholders and support development and the implementation of reimbursement proposals that address payers’ challenges.
• Support and guide country price approval proposals and supporting business cases Analyzing pricing levels, pricing research, interfaces with HQs, creation and implementation of tools to support price management.
• Guide Market affiliates as they develop their local access plans, including optimal approaches with governmental agencies and payers, and help them prepare for new product/indication launches.
• Develop and Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the Payer landscape (including barriers and opportunities) across the region, as well as policy objectives, health priorities, and planned initiatives of governments throughout the region, in so far as they may impact on Access for products, together with the Policy, Communication, and Medical teams.
• Demonstrate market access subject matter expertise in key Therapy/Capability Areas, including HTA, Tendering, Negotiations, Contracting and Affordability Solutions.
• Partner with the Learning & Development team and other stakeholders to augment executional excellence and pricing, access, negotiation and health economic capabilities of affiliates to support the value and access strategy.

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

We are seeking a collaborative, innovative, and adaptable leader who is capable of earning the trust and confidence of peers and leaders, and accustomed to working in a dynamic region and within a matrix structure.

To be successful in this role, you will also have:

• BA/BS degree in business administration, health policy, or health economics (or equivalent) from an accredited university. A Master’s degree is preferred.
• Strong experience in market access, health economics, outcomes research and pricing in the pharmaceutical industry at Regional level.
• Strong commercial acumen and leadership skills, including the ability to collaborate effectively across the organization and establish influential relationships with key stakeholders to formulate payer collaborations.
• Ability and proven capability in synthesizing and integrating strategic information from across commercial functions.

Required Skills:

Business Acumen, Business Acumen, Consulting, Cross-Cultural Awareness, Executive Presence, Financial Acumen, Healthcare Reimbursement, Health Economics, Health Policy Research, Infectious Disease, Insight Generation, Market Access, Market Access Strategies, Market Development, Market Entry Strategy, Marketing Strategies, Market Management, Market Opportunity Identification, Market Positioning, Market Research, Pharmaceuticals Marketing, Pricing Policy, Pricing Processes, Pricing Research, Pricing Strategies {+ 9 more}

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

11/9/2026

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