Head of Market Access

Do you possess a winning personality that thrives on external engagement and can drive change in the healthcare environment? Do you have solid experience in market access and can formulate effective strategies as well as communicate persuasively with stakeholders? Novo Nordisk has opened a role for Head of Market Access, based in Bangkok, Thailand. Be part of our life-changing careers and apply now!

About the department
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 100 years of innovation in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and abilities that also enable us to help people to defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases.
Novo Nordisk in Thailand has been working closely with the stakeholders for more than 40 years. Our purpose in Thailand is to defeat diabetes, obesity, and other serious chronic diseases, as it is globally. Novo Nordisk Thailand is certified as the “Best Place to Work in Thailand in 2020-2023 and Best Place to Work for Women 2022 and 2023”. 
For us, it involves offering an inclusive and diverse working environment where everyone can bring their whole self to work. We believe that diversity and inclusion drive value for Novo Nordisk by enabling a diverse line of thought, increasing innovation and stronger risk management. These beliefs are core to who we are and an integrated part of our Novo Nordisk Way. 

The position
This position directly reports to the Director of Market Access & Public Affairs (MAPA). In this role, you will guide and oversee the development and implementation of market access strategies at both the national and hospital levels. The main scope of accountabilities includes but is not limited to:

• Develop and implement comprehensive market access strategies that align with the company’s business objectives. Provide calculated counsel to related parties on market access issues and opportunities. Oversee both national and field market access activities to ensure cohesive and effective execution.
• Conduct national efforts to secure product listing, reimbursement, and pricing agreements with health insurers, government health agencies, and other payers. Develop and implement field market access strategies to enhance local product uptake. Manage and help a team of field market access managers to engage with local healthcare providers, regional payers, and local health authorities.
• Coach, monitor and develop a team of mid- to senior-level managers fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. 
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, including healthcare providers, payers, and government officials.
• Study market access data and trends to inform strategy development, prepare and present regular reports to senior leadership, and utilize data-driven approaches to optimize strategies and improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in pharmacy, health economics or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in market access roles in pharmaceutical industry in Thailand, and with strong team management experience (people management). 
• Expertise in health economics, pricing strategies, and payer engagement. Established good track record of securing product listings, reimbursement, and favourable pricing agreements. 
• Thai proficiency is required with good communication in English both written and spoken.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can live a life of chronic disease.

Contact       
Please send your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

 
Deadline
Until the completion of recruitment. Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

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