Market Access Liaison - Medellin

AstraZeneca plc; Bogotá; On-site; COP 90,000,000 - 140,000,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca plc in Colombia seeks a Market Access Liaison to execute Market Access plans within the Andean Cluster and engage payers, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare stakeholders to improve patient access pathways.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Market Access, Medical, and Commercial teams, planning events, and ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulations to support treatment initiation and continuity for patients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, health, economics, business, or related field.
• Experience in Market Access or payer engagement.
• Ability to engage and negotiate with payers and providers.
• Knowledge of patient access pathways and barrier identification.
• Strong analytical, planning, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• English proficiency suitable for the role.
• Strong digital skills: Teams, Copilot, AZChatGPT, PowerPoint, Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Execute Market Access strategies within the assigned territory and Business Unit.
• Lead access-related interactions and negotiations with payers, hospitals, and clinics.
• Identify barriers impacting treatment authorization, initiation, and continuity.
• Plan and execute projects related to diagnosis, referral, authorization, treatment initiation, and continuity.
• Generate payer and healthcare ecosystem insights to strengthen account plans.
• Coordinate initiatives with Market Access, Medical, and Commercial teams with clearly defined responsibilities.
• Plan and execute approved Market Access events and initiatives.
• Document interactions, commitments, barriers, and outcomes in the appropriate systems.
• Ensure compliance with AstraZeneca policies and regulatory standards.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences

Tools

Power BI

PowerPoint

Copilot

AZChatGPT

Job description

Do you have experience in Market Access, payer and healthcare provider engagement, and are you passionate about helping improve patient access pathways?

We are looking for a Market Access Liaison responsible for executing Market Access plans within the assigned territory and Business Unit across the Andean Cluster. This role will engage with payers, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare system stakeholders to identify barriers, generate relevant insights, and develop actions that help improve treatment authorization, initiation, and continuity.

Main Responsibilities

• Execute Market Access strategies and plans within the assigned territory and Business Unit.
• Lead access-related interactions and negotiations with payers, hospitals, and clinics, in line with established guidelines.
• Identify barriers affecting treatment authorization, initiation, and continuity, and develop actions to improve patient access pathways.
• Plan and execute projects related to diagnosis, referral, authorization, treatment initiation, and continuity.
• Generate relevant payer and healthcare ecosystem insights to strengthen account plans and execution priorities.
• Coordinate initiatives with Market Access, Medical, and Commercial teams, while maintaining clearly differentiated responsibilities.
• Plan and execute approved Market Access events and initiatives.
• Document interactions, commitments, barriers, and outcomes in the appropriate systems.
• Ensure compliance with AstraZeneca's internal policies, regulatory requirements, and ethics, compliance, quality, safety, health, and environmental standards.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, health, economics, business, or a related field.
• Experience in Market Access, payer or healthcare provider engagement, healthcare pathways, or related access execution roles.
• Ability to engage and negotiate with payers, healthcare providers, and other healthcare system stakeholders.
• Knowledge of patient access pathways, barrier identification, and process optimization.
• Strong analytical, planning, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• English proficiency appropriate to the role, both written and spoken.
• Strong digital skills (Teams, Copilot, AZChatGPT, PowerPoint, Power BI).

Preferred Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in health economics, public health, Market Access, business, or a related field.
• Experience working with insurers, hospitals, clinics, or healthcare delivery networks.
• Experience in access pathway improvement projects and generating relevant payer insights.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and work to transform science into solutions that make a meaningful impact.

Join us as a Market Access Liaison and help strengthen collaboration with key healthcare system stakeholders, identify opportunities to improve patient access pathways, and support treatment initiation and continuity for patients.

Date Posted: 28-oct-2026

Closing Date: 05-nov-2026

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.