**Summary**:
Associate Access Directors are dedicated to supporting co-developing innovative and winning market access strategies, optimizing the payer value proposition and access-relevant evidence packages for assets, in partnership with countries and International cross-functional teams.
- In this role you will partner with the regional director/executive director, develop and implement transformative access solutions serving strategic disease areas (DAs) within Neuroscience, with a focus on our priority geographic markets, major HTA archetypes and Budget Impact archetypes.
- The main purpose of the Associate Access Director is to:
- Shape Strategy
- With International TA and support of the TA Access Directors, develop and deliver all aspects of access strategy and execution for compounds/brands across the R-D-C continuum.
- Enable asset strategy to translate science into payer and HCS value propositions and solutions, securing access, affordability, and contribute to wide scale patient access and efficiencies at scale.
- Facilitate Cross Functional Collaboration
- Represent access with internal partners and external stakeholders.
Internally, support the execution of our vision, provide expert support throughout the Access community (International, Regions, Countries) and with key partners (CPS/International, Development, Biomedical Research, Operations, S&G;, Regions and Countries).
- Collaborate and partner with TAs, Medical Affairs, Development and Biomedical Research to enhance the value proposition, access strategy and access-relevant evidence packages.
- With the commercial organization and Pricing team, (co-)create the international pricing strategy and guidance.
- Create collaborative partnerships internally and externally to break down silos, partner across the value chain and shape the future of healthcare and markets.




- Collaborate with S&G; and Development to drive consistent and access-optimal approaches to product shaping, value propositions and HCS value creation.
**About the Role**:
**Major Accountabilities**:
- Maintain the Integrated Product Access strategy throughout the product lifecycle which clearly articulates the product strategy and differentiation most relevant to payers (e.g., well-defined target population, clinical endpoints, comparators, outcome measures, utility instruments, Health Economics data), patients, and HCS stakeholders worldwide.
- Support countries for their payer negotiations.
- Timely delivery of the materials in support of countries
- Ensure Access input is reflected in TPPs, clinical programs (including IEPs), BD&L; assessments, asset maximization and indication sequencing
- Identify evidence, in addition to registration studies, required to meet the needs of medical experts and institutions involved in reimbursement & access decisions for key geographies.
- Collaborate with the HEOR & PCO team to ensure full integration of adequate HEOR/evidence deliverables in high quality cross-franchise strategy.
- Manage Access community and budgets
- Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt
- Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)
**Key performance indicators**:
- Reimbursement/listing status, price versus targets,



time to reimbursement/access
- Revenue, market availability/access
- Management of relevant local systems and processes to secure optimal patient access
**REQUIREMENTS**:
Must have:
- 2+ years of experience in market access roles
- Experience working early in drug development lifecycle OR product launch experience
- Cross functional and matrix influential experience across a team of multiple stakeholders
- Experience in driving commercial strategy driven through access or HEOR or pricing expertise
Preferred:
- 5+ years of experience in market access roles
- MBA, Ph.D., M.D. or RPh
- 2+ years general OR ex-US experience
- 2+ years of experience in a relevant therapeutic area
**Key Leadership Capabilities required**:
- Demonstrates strong communication skills and can influence across a range of diverse stakeholders to drive
**Skills**:
- Access And Reimbursement Strategy.
- Agility.
- Analytical Skill.
- Analytical Thinking.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration.
- Customer-Centric Mindset.
- Employee Development.
- Finance.
- Go-To-Market Strategy.
- Health Economics.
- Health Policy.
- Health Technology Assessment (Hta).
- Healthcare Sector Understanding.
- Innovation.
- Inspirational Leadership.
- Market Access Strategy.
- Negotiation Skills.
- People Management.
- Process Management.
- Project Management.
- Public Affairs.
- Real-World Evidence (Rwe).
- Regulatory Compliance.
- Risk Management.
- Value Propositions.
**Languages**:
- English.
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Division
International
Business Unit
Marketing
Location
Mexico
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