Manager, Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA), Mid-Sized Markets

Johnson Johnson

Zug

On-site

CHF 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Johnson & Johnson, Zug, Switzerland, is seeking a Manager, Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA) for mid-sized markets. You will lead market access strategies for the Surgery portfolio, develop value propositions, and partner with sales, marketing and clinical teams to secure reimbursement and timely access.

You will work closely with payers and healthcare professionals across Switzerland and Austria, shaping evidence generation and local adaptations of HEMA tools to support market access

Qualifications

Advanced degree in health economics or related field.
Solid HTA and health economics understanding.
3+ years in medical devices/healthcare/pharma industry or HTA payer setting.
Ability to lead through influence in cross-functional teams.
German language proficiency required.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute market access strategies for new technologies and existing portfolios.
Support the development of HEMA tools, translating complex messages into simple statements.
Build and maintain relationships with payers, healthcare professionals, and governmental bodies.
Collaborate with marketing, clinical, and sales to align market access activities with business objectives.
Provide input into evidence generation strategy for new product development and health economic substantiation.
Lead local adaptations of regionally developed HEMA tools for field Sales teams.
Partner with sales/marketing to deliver health economic tools to customers, spending time in the field.

Skills

HTA knowledge

Payer engagement

Market access

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

German language

Education

Advanced degree in health economics or related field

Job description

Job Function:

Market Access

Job Sub Function:

Health Economics Market Access

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Vienna, Austria, Zug, Switzerland

Job Description:

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

About Surgery

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world's most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Manager, Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA), Mid-Sized Markets

Primary market focus:

Switzerland & Austria

Preferred Location:

Zug, Switzerland

Secondary Location:

Vienna, Austria

Purpose of the role

Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA) is a critical element of our market access strategy to ensure success in an increasingly challenging market. New procurement decision-making processes and an increasing focus on value-based healthcare requires evidence coming from clinical studies and derived economic value from our technologies and solutions. It's essential that we equip ourselves with the required capabilities and convey a meaningful value-based message to our customers. Within this context, the purpose of the role is to lead the health economics and market access activities for our Surgery portfolio at MedTech, including timely market access strategies and assist in market development, through the development and execution of robust health economic arguments and tools to support funding and procedural adoption.

Required Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop and execute market access strategies for new technologies and existing portfolios
Support the development of HEMA tools, translating complex messages into simple statements that can easily be articulated by the sales force
Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including payers, healthcare professionals, and governmental bodies
Work closely with the marketing, clinical, and sales teams to ensure the alignment of market access activities with overall business objectives
Provide input into the evidence generation strategy for new product development and identify local opportunities for health economic evidence generation
Accountable for health economic input into novel local commercial initiatives requiring substantiation of value, including but not restricted to value-based procurement and value-based agreements
Support the adaptation and local approval of regionally developed HEMA tools, translating complex messages into simple statements that can easily be articulated by the sales force
Partner with sales and marketing to deliver specialist health economic and reimbursement tools to customers, spending time in the field

Who are we looking for?

Advanced degree in health economics, health policy, public health, economics, healthcare management, epidemiology, outcomes research, or other relevant discipline
Solid understanding of the principles of HTA and health economics
Strong track record of successful engagement with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders
>3 years experience in the medical devices, health care or pharmaceutical industry, an HTA or payer organization, healthcare consultancy, academic institution, research organization, or another relevant healthcare-system setting. Medtech experience in the relevant locations is required..
Good understanding of the processes within healthcare systems and payer bodies
Appetite to build on knowledge and experience of market access and health economics
Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and partner effectively with commercial teams in a cross-functional matrix environment.
Strong project management orientation with the ability to prioritize and manage complex list of projects to completion
Ability to synthesize clinical and health economic evidence into messages easily understood by non-clinical stakeholders
Ability to work effectively in cross-functional matrix to successfully deliver objectives on time and within budget
Demonstrated ability to work effectively individually and in a team environment
Strong internal and external communicator
Excellent behavioral skills and communication style
German language proficiency is required.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Experience of engagement with payers
Familiarity with healthcare systems database sources
Track record of overcoming complex market access challenges
Experience of strategic planning that is aligned with priority projects to achieve excellence in execution
Previous experience of developing business cases, value briefs and value propositions to support market access strategies
Experience of delivering reimbursement and HTA information to internal sales & marketing teams
Ability to critically assess and synthesize clinical, epidemiological, real-world and health-economic evidence.

Preferred Skills: