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Global Market Access Director

Poland · Full time

About The Position

Medison is a rapidly growing global pharmaceutical company with a strong global presence, operating in 5 continents and over 30 countries. Our mission is to provide access to highly innovative therapies to patients who suffers mainly from cancer and rare diseases, in many international markets. If you are passionate about making a difference and want to be part of our mission, join us!

We are seeking a highly skilled, experienced, and strategic professional to assume the global position of Market Access Director. In this position, you will be responsible for driving and helping to develop pricing and reimbursement strategies for our products as well as management of subsequent activities (extensions, revision etc.). In addition, you will design and manage access project management tools, processes and platforms at global level. You will also ensure local functional leads are trained and equipped with guidance to define their access and reimbursement plans and ensure that functional roll-out of activities is performed in a timely manner. This global role requires expertise in market access and reimbursement topics across ex-EU5 and ex-US countries. In this position you’ll report to the Global Market Access function. The position may require regular business travel across four continents.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute optimal price and access strategies for Medison’s products including IRP considerations and launch sequencing design.
  • Cross-functional leadership of the local Market Access, Price and Reimbursement Teams.
  • Guide a diverse global team, promoting collaboration across different regions with Medison’s partners as well as local and global colleagues from Business Development, Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, Medical and Market Research, to ensure alignment on market access strategies.
  • Guide negotiations with local Access teams with authorities to secure optimal access and pricing.
  • Monitor and analyze legislative and regulatory developments to identify opportunities and risks.
  • Plan and oversee various access and reimbursement workstreams across several countries and products (both internal and involving external stakeholders, including Medison’s partners).
  • Coordinate local actions and ensure the collection and analysis of useful observational or market research data serving access and reimbursement decisions.
  • Develop ONE Medison access and reimbursement governance, processes and platforms (incl. potential systems) and drive implementation and potential needed evolution.
  • Foster a collaborative and inclusive environment, encouraging knowledge sharing, best practice sharing, and continuous improvement across the Medison organization.
  • Identify opportunities from a health policy, healthcare funding or governmental initiatives perspective that may be beneficial to Medison and guide senior leadership on how to engage in these initiatives
  • Communicate effectively with senior management and key stakeholders, providing updates on projects progresses and roadblocks enabling the organization to proactively anticipate delays and risks and adequately solve for them.

Requirements

Skills and Qualifications

  • Demonstrates high ethical standards, fostering trust and integrity.
  • Displays strong experience and knowledge in successfully managing and completing complex access and reimbursement initiatives.
  • Demonstrates excellent analytical skills, leveraging data to inform access and reimbursement materials and decisions.
  • Possesses a global perspective, understanding of access and reimbursement modalities in a wide range of non-EU5 and non-US countries, including countries Medison operates in.
  • Adaptability to deal with frequent changes in the work environment with calmness and confidence, adjusting approaches to fit evolving situations.
  • Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time and deliver high-quality outcomes in a changing environment.
  • Excellent communication skills enabling effective communication of complex ideas with cross-functional teams, senior leadership, and external stakeholders.
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills with an excellent business judgement and a collaborative mindset.
  • Ability to cope with ambiguity and growth that accompanies a fast-growing company.
  • Highly collaborative team player that can respectfully provide valuable relevant feedback and manage conflict constructively.

Requirements

  • University degree (background in science, pharmaco/health economist or related, alternative background in finance/ business can also work).
  • Extensive experience in leading complex market access projects (minimum 10 years).
  • Strong strategic and analytical skills with the ability to gather and interpret data, identify dependencies and think strategically.
  • Excellent leadership and team management abilities, with a focus on motivating cross-functional project teams.
  • Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Proven ability to convene multisectoral stakeholders towards consensus-driven solutions
  • Fluency in English; additional languages are highly desirable.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.
  • Willingness to travel as required for the role.