Pricing & Market Access Director

Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC; Schweiz; Hybrid; CHF 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid-Eligible

On-Site Eligible

Zusammenfassung

Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC is seeking a Pricing & Market Access Director to lead the development and execution of Market Access strategies for one or more products, while partnering across Commercial and Development teams.

The role focuses on payer strategic planning, pricing strategy, and integration of evidence plans to optimize value and reimbursement in the Swiss market, with significant cross-functional collaboration and external representation.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field.
• Experience pricing and negotiations in the Swiss market.
• Established local network with key stakeholders.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to represent the company externally.

Aufgaben

• Lead development of Market Access strategies and core pricing deliverables operating within the Commercial model.
• Own payer strategic planning to support value and access optimization.
• Ensure payer position is represented to internal stakeholders and informs commercialization decisions.
• Collaborate across functions to optimize value proposition and evidence plans for market access and reimbursement.
• Support strategies with market research, environmental data and HEOR principles.
• Inform financial forecasts and execute pricing strategy including localization.
• Support capability building and thought leadership in the evolving payer environment.
• Collaborate with HEOR, Government Affairs, Marketing and Clinical Development to optimize value.

Kenntnisse

Pricing negotiations

Swiss market experience

Strategic thinking

External representation

Analytical skills

Fluent English

German language

Cross-functional collaboration

Relationship building

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description General Summary

The Pricing & Market Access Director is responsible for leading the development and/or execution of Market Access strategies for one or more products, as well as partnering cross-functionally on the Commercial and Development strategies.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for payer strategic planning to support value and access optimization
• Leads development of Market Access strategies and core pricing & access deliverables operating within the Commercial model
• Ensures the payer position is consistently represented to internal cross-functional stakeholders and ensures robust strategic input into commercialization and development decisions
• Partners cross-functionally to ensure robust value proposition and integrated evidence plans are optimized to support market access and reimbursement
• Supports strategies with deep functional knowledge, in-depth market research, environmental data & analogs
• Informs financial forecasts
• Works on the execution of pricing and access strategy, including the localization of access strategy, tactical execution and pricing business cases
• Supports capability building and thought leadership projects that advance knowledge of and readiness for the rapidly evolving payer environment.
• Collaborates closely with HEOR, Pricing & Market Access, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Marketing and Clinical Development / Medical counterparts to ensure value and access optimization

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline
• Strong hands on experience managing pricing and negotiations within Swiss market
• Established local network with key stakeholders and decision makers
• Ability to think strategically and make sound pricing and market access recommendations
• Experience representing company externally
• Strong practical, quantitative and analytical skills combined with a sound understanding of how to successfully apply pricing & reimbursement / HEOR principles to support Vertex
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, including the ability to effectively write and deliver presentations to professionals at all levels within Vertex
• Relationship building at all levels of the organization and across geographies
• Fluent English and German
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate complex concepts and negotiate with others.
• Flex Designation: Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible

Flex Eligibility Status

In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as:

• Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week;
• On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

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Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation. Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at [e-mail]

Help Us Achieve Our Mission

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases. The company has approved medicines that treat the underlying causes of multiple chronic, life-shortening genetic diseases — cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia — and continues to advance clinical and research programs in these diseases. Vertex also has a robust clinical pipeline of investigational therapies across a range of modalities in other serious diseases where it has deep insight into causal human biology, including APOL1-mediated kidney disease, acute and neuropathic pain, type 1 diabetes, myotonic dystrophy type 1 and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency . Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Mass., Vertex's global headquarters is now located in Boston's Innovation District and its international headquarters is in London. Additionally, the company has research and development sites and commercial offices in North America, Europe, Australia, Latin America and the Middle East. Vertex is consistently recognized as one of the industry's top places to work, including 14 consecutive years on Science magazine's Top Employers list and one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. For company updates and to learn more about Vertex's history of innovation, visit www.vrtx.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter/X , LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram. The diversity and authenticity of our people is part of what makes Vertex unique, and we recognize that each employee brings diverse perspectives and strengths. By embracing those strengths and celebrating differences, we are fostering an inclusive culture where each of us can bring our authentic selves to work, inspire innovation together, and change people’s lives. Our vision is clear: to be the place where an authentic, diverse mix of talent want to come, to stay, and do their best work.