Senior Manager, Market Access Specialty Care

Sobi; Schweiz; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sobi is seeking an experienced Market Access professional to support the Director of Market Access in developing and executing strategies for pricing, reimbursement, and sustainable access across international markets and partner regions. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, policy monitoring, and stakeholder engagement to optimize patient access.

You will lead and support HTA submissions, economic models, and payer negotiations, working with Medical, Regulatory, and Commercial

Qualifications

• 7+ years in market access and reimbursement within international region role, focusing on diverse therapeutic areas.
• Fluent English; additional languages desirable.
• Strong understanding of international healthcare systems, HTA processes, and payer environments.

Responsibilities

• Support the Director of Market Access to develop and execute strategies for pricing, reimbursement, and sustainable access across international markets and partner regions.
• Collaborate to secure pricing, reimbursement, and formulary inclusion using health economic models and value arguments.
• Support development of HEOR evidence, RWD, and value dossiers to inform HTA submissions and payer negotiations.
• Build and maintain compliant relationships with external stakeholders (payers, HTA agencies, partners, regulators, patient groups).
• Partner with global and local Medical, Commercial, Regulatory, Legal, and Government Affairs to synchronize initiatives and ensure launch readiness.
• Monitor policy developments across regions and support advocacy to enhance patient access.
• Manage multiple market access projects, overseeing budgets, risks, and vendor activities where relevant.
• Track and report access performance, milestones, and competitive intelligence in internal systems.

Skills

Market access

HTA knowledge

Payer negotiation

Cross-functional

Education

Advanced degree in life sciences, pharmacy, public health, economics, or related field

Job description

Support the Director of Market Access to develop and execute market access strategies that enable optimal launch, pricing, reimbursement, and sustainable access to a specialty care indications across international markets and designated partner regions. The role requires strategic thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and solid knowledge of international market access policies, health economics, and stakeholder engagement to deliver timely and equitable patient access.

Main responsibilities

• Planning: Support development and implementation of comprehensive market access strategies tailored to launching Specialty care product, diverse international markets and partner regions, aligned with corporate objectives, regulatory landscapes, and local affiliate needs.
• Pricing and reimbursement: Collaborate to secure pricing, reimbursement, and formulary inclusion for new and existing products, leveraging health economic models, budget impact analyses, and value-based arguments.
• Evidence and value communication: Support the development of HEOR evidence, real-world data (RWD), and global/local value dossiers to inform HTA submissions and payer negotiations; contribute to objection handlers and payer negotiation materials.
• Stakeholder engagement: Build and maintain compliant relationships with external stakeholders (payers, HTA agencies, partners, regulatory bodies, and patient advocacy groups) to facilitate access, inform strategy, and shape evidence needs.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with global and local Medical, Commercial, Regulatory, Legal, and Government Affairs teams to synchronize market access initiatives, share best practices, and ensure launch readiness.
• Policy monitoring and advocacy: Monitor policy developments and trends across international and partner regions; proactively identify risks and opportunities and support advocacy efforts that enhance patient access.
• Project leadership and operations: Manage multiple concurrent market access projects, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence, risk management, and measurable outcomes; oversee vendor activities where relevant.
• Reporting and metrics: Track, analyse, and report on access performance, milestones (e.g., HTA outcomes, P&R decisions), and competitive intelligence across assigned regions; maintain accurate, timely updates in PRISMA, Smartsheet, and other internal systems.

Education

• Advanced degree in life sciences, pharmacy, public health, economics, or related field (PhD, MSc, MBA preferred).

Requirements

• 7+ years in market access and reimbursement within international region role, focusing on GI, internal medicine, endocrinology, Cardiovascular and rare disease market access, with strong understanding for both niche and large patient populations reimbursement.
• Proven track record in international launch planning and execution, including access strategy development with payers and policy makers networks for both niche and large populations markets.
• Effective track record working in matrixed, multicultural teams across different regions.
• Good understanding of international healthcare systems, HTA processes, and both public and private payers' environment.
• Fluent English; additional languages desirable.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Sobi offers the opportunity to work at an international pharmaceutical company focused on specialty pharmaceuticals meeting the high medical needs of rare disease patients and providing treatment and services to them.

Our employees come from a variety of backgrounds within research, healthcare, industry and the academic sphere.