Market Access Manager

Takeda; Lavamünd; Hybrid; EUR 140.000 - 193.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Takeda in Zurich seeks an Access Manager to advance market access strategies, pricing, and reimbursement across the portfolio. You will partner with multiple functions to ensure value propositions are understood by payers and authorities.

Engage with health technology assessment and decision-makers, lead pricing initiatives, and shape country access plans. Fluency in English and German is essential; French or Italian is a plus.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in life sciences, health economics, business, or a related field.
• Proven experience in market access, pricing, and reimbursement.
• Knowledge of national pricing and reimbursement systems, HTA, health economics, and payer decision-making processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and coordinate cross-functional teams without formal authority.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent English and German; French or Italian advantageous.

Aufgaben

• Develop and execute market access strategies aligned with country objectives.
• Lead market research and pricing studies to support access decisions.
• Provide expert guidance to cross-functional teams on market access strategy and implementation.
• Conduct economic and access analyses to improve outcomes.
• Support pricing and reimbursement negotiations with external stakeholders.

Kenntnisse

Market access

Pricing strategy

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or Master's in life sciences/related field

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

About the Role

As an Access Manager, you will play a key role in improving patient access to treatments across the assigned portfolio by shaping and advancing market access strategies. Working within the Market Access team, you will help ensure that pricing, reimbursement, and access approaches support country objectives while enabling broader patient reach. This role serves as a strategic partner across multiple functions, providing expertise, insight, and leadership on market access matters. You will contribute to the development of effective access solutions, support engagement with healthcare decision-makers, and help ensure that the organization’s value proposition is recognized by payers and authorities. Through a combination of strategic thinking, market understanding, and stakeholder collaboration, you will help drive sustainable access outcomes for patients and the business.

How You Will Contribute

• Develop and execute market access strategiesthat support country objectives and address complex access challenges.
• Lead market research and pricing studiesto generate insights that inform access and reimbursement decisions.
• Provide expert guidance to cross-functional teamson market access strategy and implementation.
• Conduct economic and access analysesand recommend improvements that strengthen access outcomes.
• Support pricing and reimbursement negotiationsand represent the organization with external stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Design and implement pricing and reimbursement approachesaligned with country access plans.
• Communicate compelling value propositionsto help stakeholders recognize the benefits of the portfolio.
• Ensure compliance across all access activitieswith applicable legal, ethical, and company standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in life sciences, health economics, business, or a related field.
• Proven experience in market access, pricing, and reimbursement.
• Knowledge of national pricing and reimbursement systems, health technology assessment, health economics and outcomes research, and payer decision-making processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and coordinate cross-functional teams without formal authority.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build productive relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• German is the mother tongue or of equal proficiency and fluent written and spoken English is mandatory; additional skills in French or Italian are advantageous
• Strong commitment to compliance, ethical standards, collaboration, accountability, and delivering results.

Locations

Zurich, Switzerland

Base Salary Range:

CHF132,000.00 - CHF181,500.00

For information about our benefits, please click here.

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time