Market Access Manager, Oncology

GlaxoSmithKline; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global biopharma company is seeking a Market Access Manager for Oncology to secure market access for its innovative brands in Canada. The successful candidate will drive market access strategies, engage with cross-functional teams, and lead negotiations to enhance patient access while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech experience (Market Access, Pricing, Sales, Brand Marketing).
• 3+ years of market access experience in Specialty Pharma/Biotech.
• In-depth knowledge of the HTA (CDA and INESSS), pCPA and private payer processes in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of market access strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute market access initiatives.
• Develop negotiation strategies to optimize product reimbursement.

Skills

Market Access

Strategic Leadership

Collaboration

Negotiation

Health Economics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science, health economics, epidemiology/pharmacy or equivalent

Job description

Site Name: Mississauga Milverton Drive
Posted Date: May 29 2025

Join GSK as a Market Access Manager, Oncology and play a pivotal role in securing market access for our innovative Oncology brands in Canada. You will lead the development and execution of comprehensive market access strategies, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and provide strategic leadership to achieve business objectives and enhance patient access.

If you have a strategic mindset, strong commercial background, and experience in market access, we want to hear from you!

JobPurpose

• The Market Access Manager, Oncology, reporting to the Oncology Market Access Lead is responsible for securing market access for Oncology brands in GSK’s Canadian portfolio.
• This role leads the development of comprehensive market access strategies to deliver patient access for Oncology products.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams across the business, including market access, commercial business unit, medical affairs, health economics, pricing, patient engagement, external affairs and policy to strategize and execute market access initiatives for public and private markets.
• In Canada’s complex Health Technology Market, the Market Access Manager, Oncology provides strategic leadership to achieve short- and long-term business objectives and shape the brand market access agenda.

Key Attributes:

• Lead the development and execution of market access strategies, including pre-launch planning and HTA/private payer submissions, to communicate brand value to payers.
• Co-lead evidence generation assessment and planning with the health economics and outcomes research team to support market access goals.
• As a core brand team member, provide market access expertise to meet brand objectives and contribute to commercial brand planning.
• Represent market access on regional and global teams to ensure Canadian market access needs are included in brand strategies for optimal patient access.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of health policy and the access environment, proactively sharing and acting on trends or changes.
• Seek payer insights to understand value drivers, the payer decision-making process, and product profile perception to enhance reimbursement submissions and payer strategy.
• Develop negotiations strategies to optimize public and private payer reimbursement of assigned products and monitor existing product listing agreements for continued optimized patient access.
• Partner with GCA field-based team to align and implement reimbursement and negotiations strategies, creating clear messages and customized tools for external engagements.
• Uphold the highest standards of governance and comply with GSK policies, procedures and applicable healthcare laws and regulations.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree in science, health economics, epidemiology/pharmacy or equivalent.
• 5+ years pharmaceutical/biotech experience(Market Access, Pricing, Sales, Brand Marketing, etc.)

• 3+ years of market access experience and/or related function (HEOR)within the Specialty Pharma / Biotech sector.
• In-depth knowledge of the HTA (CDA and INESSS), pCPA and private payer processes in Canada preferred
• Strong commercial and business background is an asset
• Bilingual (English and French) written and verbal skills an asset.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preferredadvanced degree in life sciences, health economics, epidemiology, PharmD, MBA or equivalent.

• Proficient in understanding and critically appraising clinical data, and effectively communicating the outcomes and their implications to HTA and payers.
• Solid understanding of health economics and outcomes research and its implications on payer decision-making
• In-depth understanding of the Canadian healthcare system, including key trends, issues, opportunities, and stakeholder/payer priorities.
• Strategic mindset with the capability to develop and implement complex strategies, balancing both short-term and long-term objectives.
• Proven experience in collaborating with and influencing cross-functional partners (including leaders), both internally and externally, with diverse perspectives.
• Excellent interpersonal skills (authentic, trust builder), with the ability to lead cross-functional teams collaboratively and achieve results through others, while setting ambitious goals and having the courage to engage in constructive, difficult conversations.
• Demonstrated ability to comprehend business strategy and translate it into market access strategies that align with the company's business objectives.
• Proactive, resilient, trustworthy, intentional, and unafraid to challenge the status quo.
• Solution-oriented, with a talent for offering creative options for problem-solving

Why GSK?

Our values and expectationsare at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.
• Sustaining energy and well-being
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, honest and open conversations.
• Budgeting and cost-consciousness

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*Please note: Deadline for internal applicants / referrals is June 10th, 2025.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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