Market Access Team Lead

Job Description
Market Access Team Lead (Associate Director Level)
Exciting Permanent Full-Time role
Line Management opportunity
Role to be based in our award winning office in Macquarie Park, Sydney
Our Value and Access team develop solutions to give patients access to our medicines. We act as both educators and advocates for our products, processes, and practices that help us revolutionize how our medicines create value in society.
The Opportunity
This role of a Market Access Team Lead is to be accountable for the delivery of high-quality access strategies and submissions to achieve optimal national & hospital Market Access for our Company’s products. In this role you are expected to take a broad approach to your activities, working in a cross-functional matrix with local, regional and global stakeholders, both internal and external. You will also have responsibility to identify and develop future Access Leaders and support the broader Value and Access Department’s objectives/priorities.
What will you do:
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Co-ordinate industry leading HTA submissions, and hospital formulary submissions whilst ensuring alignment to company policy positions.
Strengthen the Australian value proposition of new and existing compounds by contributing to Value Evidence and Implementation Plans.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to project and resource plan, develop reimbursement strategies for new and established products / indications.
Lead discussions with global and regional stakeholders on clinical development programs and provide quality advice on health economic and pricing matters.
Prepare clinical and economic evidence to support reimbursement or pricing requirements, including development of access / outcomes research studies to address identified needs.
Horizon scanning and proactively monitoring the external environment to identify risks and opportunities.
Embed a high performing culture within the team that enables the growth and development of future Access Leaders
What should you have:
Education:
Undergraduate degree in life sciences and/or health economics.
Training/experience in epidemiology, economic modelling and/or statistics is desirable.
Post-graduate degree in health economics, epidemiology or health sciences would be an advantage.
Experience:
At least 7 years’ Market Access experience (industry, consultancy, government, academia), with a track record covering a diverse range of submission types to various funding bodies.
Experience in one of the following therapy areas would be valued: oncology, infectious diseases/vaccines, primary care.
Our Human Health Division maintains a “patient first, profits later” ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, Market Access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.
Who we are:
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
What we look for:
Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.
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