Market Access Lead

Health and Aged Care Professionals; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work environment

Global biopharma exposure

Senior leadership exposure

Market Access focus

Job summary

Health and Aged Care Professionals in Sydney, NSW seeks a senior leader to head Health Economics and Market Access. You will lead a small team, shape reimbursement strategy and work with Commercial and Medical teams to align evidence, pricing and access across assets.

The role offers Melbourne-based relocation with transition support and a hybrid working arrangement to influence portfolio strategy and stakeholder decisions.

Qualifications

• Established strategic and hands on experience within Health Economics and Market Access.
• Strong understanding of Australian HTA and reimbursement, including PBAC.
• Demonstrated experience developing reimbursement and Market Access strategy.
• Strong technical Health Economics foundation with the ability to interrogate economic models.
• Ability to translate complex technical information into commercially relevant recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead reimbursement and Health Economics strategy across designated pipeline and in‑market assets.
• Lead and develop Health Economics professionals, setting priorities and building team capability.
• Shape PBAC and broader HTA submission strategies.
• Partner with Commercial and Medical teams on early asset and portfolio planning.
• Provide strategic Market Access input into indication prioritisation, evidence requirements and future access opportunities.
• Translate HTA, pricing and reimbursement issues into clear commercial recommendations.
• Develop reimbursement and pricing strategies aligned with portfolio objectives.
• Monitor evolving reimbursement and policy environment and translate changes into portfolio strategy.

Skills

Health Economics leadership

Market Access strategy

Cross-functional partnering

People development

HTA PBAC expertise

Education

Health Economics degree or related

Job description

Health and Aged Care Professionals – Sydney NSW

Full time

Hybrid

Benefits

• Join a market-leading global biopharmaceutical organisation with a rapidly developing portfolio of innovative therapies
• Influence early portfolio, evidence, pricing and reimbursement decisions
• Take a leading role in shaping reimbursement and access strategy for important future pipeline assets
• High visibility across senior Commercial, Medical and Market Access stakeholders
• Opportunity to retain strong technical Health Economics involvement while broadening your commercial and strategic leadership
• Melbourne-based, with opportunity for relocation assistance and transition period.
• Flexible hybrid working environment.

About the Company

Our client is a leading global biopharmaceutical organisation with an established Australian presence and a strong commitment to bringing innovative medicines to patients.

With a rapidly evolving pipeline and significant investment in future therapies, the organisation is strengthening its Market Access capability to ensure reimbursement strategy, evidence planning and commercial decision-making are integrated early in the development of future assets.

About the Role

This is a key strategic leadership appointment within an established Reimbursement and Pricing function, combining Health Economics leadership, people development and senior business partnering.

Leading a small team of experienced Health Economics professionals, you'll shape reimbursement and pricing strategy across an exciting portfolio of emerging and established therapies. You'll work closely with Commercial, Medical and Market Access leaders to assess future opportunities, identify evidence requirements and help determine the strongest access strategies across multiple assets and indications.

You’ll retain strong technical involvement while translating complex HTA and reimbursement issues into clear commercial recommendations for senior stakeholders. Longer term, the role provides opportunity to continue developing towards broader functional leadership.

Note this is a Melbourne-based role, with potential for relocation assistance and a period of transition to relocate.

Duties

• Lead reimbursement and Health Economics strategy across designated pipeline and in-market assets
• Lead and develop experienced Health Economics professionals, setting priorities and building team capability
• Shape high-quality PBAC and broader HTA submission strategies
• Partner closely with Commercial and Medical teams on early asset and portfolio planning
• Provide strategic Market Access input into indication prioritisation, evidence requirements and future access opportunities
• Translate complex HTA, pricing and reimbursement issues into clear commercial recommendations
• Develop reimbursement and pricing strategies aligned with broader portfolio and business objectives
• Critically assess economic models, assumptions and evidence strategies
• Lead responses to payer and HTA feedback throughout the reimbursement process
• Partner with global and regional Market Access and evidence teams
• Manage external consultants and vendors where specialist support is required
• Build productive relationships with relevant government, industry and external stakeholders
• Monitor the evolving reimbursement and policy environment and translate changes into portfolio strategy

Skills and Experience

• Established strategic and hands on experience within Health Economics and Market Access
• Strong understanding of Australian HTA and reimbursement, including PBAC
• Demonstrated experience developing reimbursement and Market Access strategy
• Strong technical Health Economics foundation with the confidence to interrogate and critically assess economic models
• Ability to translate complex technical information into commercially relevant recommendations
• Strong cross-functional business partnering experience across Commercial, Medical and other senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated leadership capability, including experience developing and mentoring technical professionals
• Tertiary qualifications in Health Sciences, Economics or a related discipline

Highly regarded

• Formal people-management experience within Health Economics or Market Access
• Experience influencing early pipeline, launch or portfolio strategy
• Postgraduate qualifications in Health Economics or Public Health

Culture

Join an experienced and technically strong Market Access function where expertise is valued and leaders are expected to contribute beyond their functional remit. The culture is collaborative, intellectually curious and commercially focused, with an emphasis on developing people, challenging established thinking and translating technical expertise into better business and patient-access decisions.