Manager Global Market Access

Cochlear; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cochlear in Sydney seeks a Manager Global Market Access – Commercial Access to shape reimbursement strategies across international markets. You will lead market access workstreams, assess payer environments, and develop payer-facing tools to support launch planning and access activities.

The role requires 5+ years in market access in medtech/pharma, global experience, and strong stakeholder engagement. You will partner across Commercial, Regional, Clinical and Market Development teams to

Qualifications

• Essential: 5+ years’ experience in market access roles within medtech or pharmaceutical sectors.
• Essential: At least 2 years’ experience in a global market access environment.
• Essential: Strong understanding of payer systems, reimbursement pathways, coding requirements and funding models.
• Essential: Experience conducting market access assessments, payer research and reimbursement feasibility analyses.
• Essential: Proven ability to translate market access insights into practical commercial recommendations.
• Essential: Experience working within complex global matrix organisations.
• Essential: Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead defined market access workstreams and contribute to launch readiness and market adoption.
• Evaluate reimbursement environments, funding routes and coding considerations for Cochlear solutions.
• Develop payer-facing materials and tools for regional and country teams to support access activities.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Regional, Clinical and Market Development teams to reflect access considerations in launch planning.

Skills

Market access experience

Global market access

Stakeholder engagement

Payer/reimbursement knowledge

Market access research

Cross-functional collaboration

Presentation skills

Education

Degree in scientific discipline/health economics/healthcare management/public health

Job description

Cochlear’s mission is to help people hear and be heard. As the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, Cochlear is dedicated to helping people with moderate to profound hearing loss experience a world full of sound. We aim to transform the way people understand and treat hearing loss and innovate to connect people with future technologies. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping more people to experience a lifetime of hearing.

Cochlear has an opportunity for a full‑time Manager Global Market Access – Commercial Access based in our Sydney office.

This role has a strong commercial access orientation, focusing on how payer systems, reimbursement pathways, funding opportunities and market access dynamics can be translated into practical recommendations that support launch readiness, market adoption and commercial planning across international markets.

Working within the Global Market Access team, you will contribute to and lead defined market access workstreams, conducting market access assessments, evaluating reimbursement and funding opportunities, and generating payer insights that help inform access approaches for Cochlear solutions and services. You will assess reimbursement environments, funding routes, coding considerations and market‑level dynamics to identify opportunities, constraints and commercially relevant implications that may affect adoption across different healthcare systems.

You will also develop practical market access tools and payer‑facing materials that regional and country teams can adapt to support reimbursement execution, funding discussions and access‑related activities within their markets. Working closely with colleagues across Commercial, Regional, Clinical and Market Development teams, you will help ensure market access considerations are appropriately reflected in launch planning and market adoption activities.

Success in this role requires strong market access expertise, commercial awareness, analytical capability and the ability to translate complex payer and reimbursement insights into practical, actionable outputs that support business priorities in a global environment.

What makes this opportunity unique?

This role offers the opportunity to influence global access to innovative hearing solutions by shaping reimbursement and funding strategies across multiple international markets. You’ll work at the intersection of market access and commercial strategy, partnering with cross‑functional teams to help drive adoption of technologies that meaningfully improve people’s lives. The position provides exposure to global product launches, payer engagement strategies and commercial planning initiatives that have a direct impact on patient access worldwide.

About You.

As we grow our operations, we are looking for people who share our passion for delivering quality hearing solutions to our customers. To add value to Cochlear in this role, you’ll be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

Essential:

• Degree in a scientific discipline, health economics, healthcare management, public health or a related field.
• 5+ years’ experience in market access roles within the medtech or pharmaceutical sector.
• At least 2 years’ experience in a global market access environment.
• Strong understanding of payer systems, reimbursement pathways, coding requirements and funding models.
• Experience conducting market access assessments, payer research and reimbursement feasibility analyses.
• Proven ability to translate market access insights into practical commercial recommendations.
• Experience working effectively within complex global matrix organisations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and presentation skills.

Ideal:

• Experience with funding innovation, alternative funding mechanisms or value‑based procurement models.
• Exposure to external stakeholder engagement, including payers, reimbursement bodies or HTA‑related organisations.
• Experience supporting global commercial product launches.
• Knowledge of service‑related funding approaches and market‑specific access models.
• Experience developing payer‑facing value propositions and access narratives.
• Demonstrated success influencing cross‑functional stakeholders across international markets.

How we recognise your contribution

At Cochlear we value and welcome the unique contributions, perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds of our employees and aim to build a culture that celebrates and leverages these differences, creating a sense of belonging and enabling our people to realise their full potential. Through our internal programs and employee benefits, we aim to create an environment where our people will feel value and supported. Whether your focus is on continuous learning, professional development or simply finding an environment which enables you to thrive whilst balancing family or personal life commitments, then we have several programs in place to support you.