Major Accountabilities

• Drive early market access &pricing strategy and create a compelling strategy, value proposition and supporting messages, considering the Target Product Profile.
• Evaluate product, healthcare system and identify potential access challenges, HTA data- gap analysis and propose actions to mitigate potential risks and to remove access barriers to adoption.
• Develop and execute on actionable strategies and plans to address pain points identified and develop solutions beyond the molecule.
• Use the insights from key opinion leaders to ensure appropriate tailored value propositions, including health economics.
• Engage in close collaboration with Medical Affairs, HCS Engagement and RWE in data generation projects to close specific data gaps and provide powerful clinical and economic evidence base.
• Early engagement with HTA experts and key access stakeholders to build payer advocacy and identify education needs namely on the disease area, unmet need, disease burden, clinical trials data.
• Provide critical and relevant inputs to the brand pre-launch strategy.
• Support business planning process, providing assumptions on prices and launch times for Novartis products and their competitors.
• Ensure the Value and Access perspective is clearly understood and integrated in the RWE, HEOR and Clinical Development plans.
• Partner with medical to explore early access programs.
• Go upfront, collect all the information, understand what market access strategies are needed to ensure early launch readiness.
• Identify and analyses key market access trends to inform decisions on upcoming pipeline.
• Understand the Healthcare system and how will it evolve. Work closely with HCS Engagement Lead to ensure that there is a strategy in place to secure the necessary funding and healthcare infrastructure to enable eligible patients to receive Novartis treatments.
• Develop an early HE&OR evidence strategy, namely disease burden, outcomes of healthcare interventions, social impact and budget impact analysis.
• Manage alignment within cross-functional teams (e.g. medical, marketing, finance, region/global functional teams) and build strong networks with external stakeholders (e.g. authorities, relevant associations, access/HE&OR experts)
• Anticipate business impact of current and future legislation in close collaboration with Public Affairs and provide input into policies and industry association on relevant topics to contribute to a favorable environment for the pipeline assets.
• Partner with RWE and medical affairs teams to provide access insights and support evidence gap analysis for HTA process.
• Partner with HCS Strategy & Engagement to ensure that the necessary funding and healthcare infrastructure are in place to enable eligible patients to receive Novartis treatments.
• Interact with others in a positive and constructive way, being open to diversity and aligned with corporate guidelines, in order to guarantee Novartis has a working environment free from all forms of discrimination and harassment as well as contributing to a positive and inclusive working environment.
• Work within Integrity and Compliance policies and ensure those around him/her do the same, complying with job Excellence Standards to contribute to the alignment with Novartis Global procedures and objectives.

Additional Specifications

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Faster time to reimbursement/access
• Readiness & Quality of market access strategy
• Revenue, market availability/access
• Shortening product(s) time to market and time-to-market compared with the benchmark with other Portuguese pharmaceuticals
• Improvement/expansion of patient access
• Feedback from internal and external stakeholders

Ideal Background

Education & Qualifications

• University degree in Health Economics, Science or health care related
• Advanced degree in scientific/ economic/HE&OR or similar background preferred

Languages

• Local language
• Fluent in English

Experiences and requirements

• Experience in Market Access or substantial business experience in similar functions in pharmaceutical companies (Min. 3 years).
• Experience with HTA processes and knowledge of reimbursement processes
• Experience in Market Access and launching pharmaceutical products
• Demonstrated entrepreneurial thinking by generating and implementing innovative access strategies.
• Understanding of market access, pharmaco-economy, HTA requirements & procedures and experience identifying payer's needs.
• Strong analytical skills, accompanied with the ability to understand and clearly communicate scientific and economic topics.

Technical / Functional Skills & Knowledge

• Understanding of National Healthcare system, regulatory environment of P&R, including pharmaco-economy and listing processes
• Scientific background
• Knowledge in Health Economics
• Outside-in mindset and innovation management
• Market, customer and competitor expertise
• Disruptive & strategical thinking