Head of Strategic Market Access

Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of millions of patients? Do you have a passion for developing market access strategies and driving commercial success?

We are looking for our new Head of Strategic Market Acces for Cardiovascular & Emerging Therapy Areas (CETA) to join our Market Access Management team at Novo Nordisk. If you are a strategic thinker with a strong background in early access, read on and apply today for a life-changing career.

The Position

As the Head of Strategic Market Access for CETA, you will have the opportunity to develop and deliver the access to market strategy for future portfolio launches on cardiovascular & new therapeutical assets (such as Alzheimer, Liver disesases...), working closely with other Market Access & Public Affairs (MAPA) functions, Medical, and Commercial teams.

You will orchestrate Access Strategy shaping the market towards shaping healthcare ecosystem system readiness on new therapeutic areas to define a holistic customer-centric plan. Providing input on local market insights to regional and global strategies for pipeline products.

Among your responsibilities you will:

• Leading strategic market access initiatives, working together with public affairs functions to develop policy shaping, access narrative, health technology assessment, and patient advocacy, to realize future commercial opportunities.

• Coordinating the execution of MAPA cross-functional market access strategy development.

• Build capabilities for future HTA/Access strategies based on general trends in the healthcare field.

• Defining clear insights-based market perspective and position on future market opportunities for each individual product/therapy area.

• Coordinating the MAPA CETA budget and ensure appropriate resource allocation.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you have a degree in science, Health Economics & Pharmacoeconomics or equivalent education. On top of what we would expect:

• Strong experience in a Market Access Management role within the Pharmaceutical industry (Access strategy development and planning, marketing and market development, public affairs, commercial operations…)

• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing early launch Market Access strategies.

• Experience in Cardiovascular, Central Nervous System and/or Renal Therapeutic Areas will be an advantage.

• Previous experience as People Manager will be an advantage.

• Fluency in Spanish and Ensligh

You are a strategic thinker with excellent problem solving skills and the ability to work with senior management and communicate effectively to the highest level. You have proven ability to build strong collaborative relationships. Strong decision-making skills through demonstrated ability to leverage evidenced-based insights, foresight and sound judgement into strategy development, deployment and optimization

About the department

You will be part of the Market Access Management team and report to the Sr. Director of Market Access & Public Affairs (MAPA). Our passion for helping people live better lives and our award-winning product pipeline can only be as effective as our ability to provide life-changing medicines and services to the right patient in the right place at the right time.  As our Head of CETA Access Strategic Planning, you can ensure that the latest therapies and products reach the people who need them most, by creating an environment where innovation and chronic disease management drive optimal health outcomes.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 63,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact

If you believe you are qualified, and are willing to take the challenge, please send your application via our online application tool. We also recommend to include a COVER LETTER explaining why you are the right candidate for this role and your motivation.

Deadline

Apply before 9th May

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.