Patient Access Senior Manager (Market Access)

Novo Nordisk; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare company is seeking a Patient Access Senior Manager in Mississauga, Canada. In this role, you will drive market access strategies and ensure reimbursement for innovative pharmaceutical products. Candidates should have a Master's degree and at least 5 years of market access experience. This position requires strong collaboration with cross-functional teams to enhance patient access to life-saving treatments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant pharmaceutical industry Market Access experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Canadian pharmaceutical payer environment.
• Experience with Canadian reimbursement and external affairs is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of market access brand strategies.
• Create payer value communication tools.
• Develop and submit reimbursement packages.

Skills

Market access strategies

Payer negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication tools development

Healthcare economics

Education

Master’s degree in health economics, pharmacy, or science

Job description

Patient Access and Public Affairs

Mississauga, Canada

Are you passionate about driving market access strategies? Do you want to lead impactful initiatives that ensure public and private reimbursement for innovative pharmaceutical products? If you are ready to make a difference in the lives of patients, we invite you to join Novo Nordisk as our new Patient Access Senior Manager in Mississauga, Canada. Read on and apply today!

Your new role

As a Patient Access Senior Manager, you will lead the development of market access brand strategies and payer value stories in collaboration with cross‑functional teams. Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Develop payer value communication tools such as slide decks, leave‑behinds, and Q&A documents for payer and HTA engagements.
• Lead the development and submission of reimbursement packages, including clinical dossiers and budget impact models, tailored to jurisdictional requirements. Optimise reimbursement strategies based on insights from external analysis.
• Lead the creation of brand payer value stories with clinical and economic key messages for payer interactions and submissions.
• Develop negotiation strategies and participate in payer negotiations alongside the Patient Access team.
• Present to payers, HTA bodies, and advisory boards while monitoring developments in the reimbursement landscape.
• Represent Patient Access in cross‑functional brand launch teams and ensure alignment with Canadian needs.
• Align with local HEOR and pricing partners to execute HEOR and pricing tactics supporting patient access strategies.

Your Skills and Qualifications

• A master’s degree in a related field (health economics, pharmacy, science, or alike).
• Minimum 5 years relevant pharmaceutical industry Market Access experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in Canadian pharmaceutical payer environment.
• Canadian reimbursement and external affairs experience strongly preferred.
• Nice to have experience with Market Access strategies in chronic care/chronic diseases.

Your new department

As part of International Operations, you will join our largest operational unit. Covering 194 countries and 95% of the world's population, more than 18,000 of us work passionately to serve 35 million patients each day. With a promise to outperform the competition, we continue to be the growth driver for Novo Nordisk, and to improve health at scale across the globe.

The Patient Access department is based in Mississauga, Canada, and this is an onsite role. Our team is dedicated to ensuring patients have access to life‑changing treatments by driving reimbursement strategies and collaborating with stakeholders. The department fosters a dynamic and collaborative atmosphere, where innovation and teamwork are at the forefront. You will be part of a fast‑paced environment, working alongside passionate colleagues committed to making a difference in patients' lives.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

More information

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Deadline

Please apply before December 2nd, 2025.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long‑term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.