Director, Market Access Strategy, Cardiovascular – Metabolic

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Serving as the primary contact for US Integrated Product Strategy Teams (IPST), representing the market access function in all pertinent product/platform meetings and ensuring the involvement and presence of other Market Access functions as needed.

• Creating, developing, and implementing a comprehensive 3- to 5-year strategic access plan in collaboration with market access sub-functions, which encompasses the integration of both short- and long-term access strategies/tactics within an annual product planning framework.

• Collaborating with Novartis Patient Support, Integrating Marketing, and Customer Engagement Organizations to ensure efficiency and seamless execution of market access strategies.

• Partnering with Payer, Pricing, and Channel Strategy to guarantee that annual forecasts are precise and reflect the latest developments in the market.

• Communicating US market access product/platform strategies as necessary with Executive Leadership, ensuring the US Leadership Team remains informed about access opportunities and challenges at any time.

• Collaborating with brand and other Market Access teams to secure annual budgets and ensure that tactical plans are aligned with Market Access product strategies.

• Engaging closely with Legal, Compliance, Brand, and Marketing teams to ensure that tactics are aligned and executed promptly and in compliance with regulations.

• Mastering the NVS Material Approval Process, including the FUSE platform, compliance with pharma/FDA marketing regulations, and vendor payment systems.

• Overseeing the development of essential market research, including qualitative and quantitative studies, and identifying core go-to-market principles to achieve optimal product commercialization.

• Responsible for managing multiple budgets and deliverables, including organizing interim project updates to ensure cross-functional alignment and confirming that deliverables remain within the allocated budget.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; an MBA, Health Policy, or equivalent is preferred.

• At least 7 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry focusing on Marketing/Sales, Market Access, or Managed Care Finance.

• Comprehensive understanding of and experience with US healthcare dynamics and the factors influencing pharmaceutical value.

• Proven success in commercial pharmaceuticals with a history of effective execution and results.

• Ability to identify complex relationships and market dynamics, synthesizing them into clear, direct, and impactful communications.

• Strong interpersonal, communication, influencing, and analytical skills, coupled with the ability to collaborate successfully across a matrix organization.

• Demonstrated capability to manage multiple projects with potentially interdependent findings and deadlines.

• Engage with a diverse group of individuals across product, marketing, and customer experience domains.

• Capacity to implement programs that yield improved business results in a timely manner, along with the flexibility to adapt to changes in both internal and external environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Life and disability benefits

• A 401(k) plan with company contribution and matching

• A generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays, and other leaves