Market Access Manager (m/f/d) Pharma Lifecycle

Merck; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck seeks a Market Access Manager for Pharma Lifecycle in Germany to shape product access strategies, manage launch sequencing, and contribute to payer negotiations. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and national stakeholders to ensure successful market access.

The role requires a relevant degree, strong analytical and negotiation skills, and fluency in German and English. Hybrid work arrangement offered.

Qualifications

• Degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Natural Sciences, Health Economics, or Business Administration.
• Experience in Market Access, ideally GBA consultations, hearings and price negotiations.
• Strong knowledge of AMNOG, EU-HTA and national health structures.

Responsibilities

• Develop product-specific access strategies, launch sequencing and mitigations.
• Prepare forecasts with pricing team.
• Participate in GBA hearings and price negotiations.
• Collaborate with national stakeholders and EIF execution.
• Monitor health policy environment and legal frameworks.

Skills

Agile PM

Analytical Solving

Analytical Thinking

BI

Data Analysis

Env Scanning

Feasibility Studies

Financial Acumen

Headcount Forecasting

Innovation

Project Management

Regulatory Compliance

Risk Management

Strategic Thinking

Team Leadership

Education

Medicine/Pharmacy/Science/Econ/BA

Tools

None specified

Job description

Job Description

As a Market Access Manager (m/f/d) Pharma Lifecycle, you are co-responsible for prioritization of products, identifying interactions between different products and development of potential mitigation strategies.

The conceptual planning and active participation in GBA consultations, oral hearings and in price negotiations are also part of this role. In this way, the Market Access Manager Pharma Lifecycle significantly contributes to a successful launch, price and overall access strategy of existing and new products, and thus to the success of the company.

Your Main Responsibilities:

• Develop a product specific access strategy, including label wording, launch sequencing and potential mitigations
• Prepare forecast together with pricing team
• Prepare product specific strategy and actively participate in oral GBA hearing
• Close collaboration with national stakeholders and execution of EIFs
• Strategic planning and participation in price negotiations
• Monitoring of the health policy environment and legal framework conditions (AMNOG, IQWiG, EU-HTA), as well as their assessment for current launch products, ensuring that the product specific access strategy fits the overall product strategy
• Responsible for budget planning and monitoring
• Close collaboration with cross-functional teams (New Products/BU, Medical, Regulatory, Pricing, Policy) and regional/global teams (Market Access, Medical)

Please note, the list of tasks & responsibilities is exemplary and not exhaustive. The assignment of other or additional tasks is therefore not excluded.

What you will bring:

• Degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Natural Sciences, Health Economics, or Business Administration
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry in the areas of Market Access, ideally Experience in GBA consultations, oral hearings and price negotiations
• Very good knowledge of national healthcare structures and legal frameworks (AMNOG, EU-HTA, GBA)
• Ideally experience in cardiometabolic and/or pulmonary therapeutic areas
• Emotional intelligence, strategic planning, ownership & accountability and decision making are key for this role
• Excellent communication skills, enjoyment of negotiations and negotiation techniques
• Strong analytical skills
• High level of teamwork abilities
• Solution-oriented thinking
• High level of self-reflection
• Fluent in German and in English

People with severe disabilities and their equivalents will be given preference if they are equally qualified.

Required Skills:

• Agile Project Management
• Analytical Problem Solving
• Analytical Thinking
• Business Intelligence (BI)
• Data Analysis
• Environmental Scanning
• Feasibility Studies
• Financial Acumen
• Headcount Forecasting
• Innovation
• Project Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Risk Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Team Leadership

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

11/19/2026 *A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.