Manager, Market Access

Biopharma Careers; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Pfizer is seeking a Manager - Market Access to shape and execute access strategies across public and private healthcare systems in India. The role demands in-depth understanding of public health reimbursement pathways and the ability to form partnerships to accelerate adult vaccination uptake.

You will lead stakeholder mapping of reimbursement accounts, develop strategies to unlock access barriers, and collaborate with healthcare providers, insurers, and government bodies to drive adoption of

Qualifications

• Science graduate with MBA and 5–12 years in Market Access or Pharma Consulting/Public Health.
• Experience with financial modelling, cost-benefit analyses, and payer engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder mapping of reimbursement accounts (CARE, state health systems, ESIC, CGHS).
• Develop strategies to unlock access barriers in public and private payer channels.
• Build access partnerships with private hospitals, diagnostic groups, insurers, and employer health programs.
• Design access models for therapies and vaccines; support cost-effectiveness analyses.
• Translate evidence into value narratives for government authorities and private payers.

Skills

MBA

Science degree

Education

Science degree

MBA

Tools

BIM

COE

Cost-benefit models

Job description

ROLE SUMMARY

The Manager - Market Access will shape and execute access strategies across both public and private healthcare ecosystems. The role demands deep understanding, or ability to map India's public health and reimbursement pathways, along with strong capability in creating access partnerships in the private sector to unlock innovative therapies and accelerate adult vaccination uptake.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Lead detailed stakeholder mapping of reimbursement accounts (CARE, state health systems, ESIC, CGHS) including procurement systems, budget allocation pathways, program implementation protocols.

   Develop and implement strategies to unlock access barriers in reimbursement accounts related to program implementation, screening, diagnostics, accessibility etc.

   Identify and activate opportunities within public health programs, disease verticals, and government procurement channels.

2. Build and implement access partnerships with private hospitals, multispecialty chains, HCP networks, diagnostic groups, employer health programs, and preventive health platforms.

   Design innovative access models (affordability programs, pathway creation, capability building, patient support solutions) for innovative therapies and specialty products.

   Develop and scale adult vaccination pathways through collaboration with vaccination centers, occupational health programs, insurers, TPAs, and corporate health partners.

   Support value articulation and institutional engagement to drive adoption in the private sector.

3. Support development and use of cost-effectiveness models, budget impact analyses, burden-of-disease insights, and value-based evidence to guide payer and provider decisions.

   Translate evidence into tailored value narratives for government authorities, public payer bodies, private hospitals, and HCP stakeholders.

   Create and present clear narratives for health interventions by public / private payers including rationale, budget considerations, population priorization and implementation pathways.

4. Continuously track public and private sector policy reforms, reimbursement changes, and health financing trends.

   Identify implications of policy shifts on access potential and recommend strategic actions.

   Build internal frameworks to anticipate and respond to changes in the healthcare ecosystem.

5. Establish and maintain strong relationships with government authorities, public health program managers, payer institutions, hospital leadership, clinicians, and vaccination ecosystem partners.

   Collaborate closely with Medical, Government Affairs, Commercial, Regulatory, and Supply Chain teams to deliver integrated access objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Science graduate with MBA with 5-12 years of experience of working in either Market Access or Pharmaceutical industry focussed on Management Consulting - Pharma consulting/Public Health
• Knowledge and experience of BIM, COE, Cost benefit models or deep analytical expertise in financial modelling and business case formulation
• Good understanding stake holders, systems and process of Central and state reimbursement accounts or proven ability to stakeholder mapping and account engagement planning
• Leading in matrix organization within and above country teams
• Ability to understand, synthesize and communicate clinical benefits from public health perspective.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

• Marketing, Medical, Finance, New product team, KAM, Government affairs, Pricing, leadership team, Pricing leads, Global Access and Strategic Pricing & other GAV stake holders.
• Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
• To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers.

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