Market Access Lead - Peru

AstraZeneca; Ventanilla; On-site; PEN 242,000 - 381,000; Full time

Job summary

AstraZeneca plc in Peru is seeking a Market Access Lead to drive the country-specific access strategy. You will coordinate HTA, pricing, and reimbursement efforts across public and private payer ecosystems, collaborating with Marketing, Medical, HEOR, and Pricing teams to translate portfolio priorities into actionable access plans.

The role requires leading end-to-end access plans, payer engagement, and evidence generation to support launches and sustained market access in Peru.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, economics, pharmacy, medicine, business, or related field.
• Postgraduate qualification in health economics, public health, health policy, or business is preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Advanced English proficiency, both written and spoken.
• Strong digital skills (Teams, Copilot, AZChatGPT, PowerPoint, Power BI).

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the end-to-end Market Access plan for Peru, integrating public and private market dynamics.
• Represent Market Access in the local Core Value Team, providing payer insights, access risks, opportunities, and implementation requirements.
• Lead Market Access strategy across HTA and reimbursement processes, including payer engagement and follow-up toward relevant decisions.
• Drive inclusion in national public-market formularies and support private-market guidelines, protocols, and institutional access pathways.
• Map payer stakeholders, funding flows, reimbursement pathways, and barriers; translate insights into access priorities.
• Lead launch-access readiness in Peru, ensuring access deliverables, stakeholder plans, reimbursement routes, dossiers, and execution plans for payer decisions.
• Adapt and implement payer value stories, reimbursement documents, pathway maps, and other access tools for the local market.
• Develop local product-specific pricing strategies and IVS recommendations with Pricing & HEOR governance.
• Collaborate with HEOR and Medical to address evidence requirements supporting launches and payer decisions.
• Ensure Market Access activities comply with governance, policies, regulatory requirements, and AstraZeneca standards.

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences, economics, pharmacy, medicine, business, or related field

Postgraduate qualification in health economics, public health, health policy, or business

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

English proficiency (advanced)

Digital skills (Teams, Copilot, AZChatGPT, PowerPoint, Power BI)

Job description

Do you have experience in Market Access, HTA, reimbursement, and payer engagement, and are you passionate about translating access strategies into measurable outcomes for patients and the healthcare system?

We are looking for a Market Access Lead Peru responsible for leading the Market Access strategy and execution in Peru, translating Andean portfolio priorities into country-specific access plans across public and private payer ecosystems. This role will drive HTA and reimbursement processes, formulary and guideline inclusion, payer-environment shaping, launch readiness, pricing and Innovative Value Strategies (IVS), while working cross-functionally with Marketing, Medical, HEOR, Pricing, and Commercial teams.

Main Responsibilities

• Own and execute the end-to-end Market Access plan for Peru, integrating public and private market dynamics.
• Represent Market Access in the local Core Value Team, providing payer insights, access risks, opportunities, and implementation requirements.
• Lead Market Access strategy across HTA and reimbursement processes, including payer engagement and follow-up toward relevant decisions.
• Drive inclusion in applicable national public-market formularies and support incorporation into relevant private-market guidelines, protocols, and institutional access pathways.
• Map payer stakeholders, funding flows, reimbursement pathways, and barriers, translating insights into actionable access priorities.
• Lead launch-access readiness in Peru, ensuring access deliverables, stakeholder plans, reimbursement routes, dossiers, and execution plans are prepared for payer decision points.
• Adapt and implement payer value stories, reimbursement support documents, pathway maps, and other approved access tools for the local market.
• Develop local product‑specific pricing strategies and applicable IVS recommendations in partnership with Pricing & HEOR and through established governance.
• Partner with HEOR and Medical to identify and address evidence requirements supporting launches and payer decisions.
• Ensure Market Access activities comply with applicable governance, policies, regulatory requirements, and AstraZeneca standards.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, economics, pharmacy, medicine, business, or a related field.
• Relevant experience in Market Access, HTA, reimbursement, HEOR, Pricing, Medical, or payer‑facing roles.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into execution with public and/or private payers.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Strong understanding of access strategy, reimbursement pathways, payer engagement, and evidence requirements.
• Advanced English proficiency, both written and spoken.
• Strong digital skills (Teams, Copilot, AZChatGPT, PowerPoint, Power BI).

Preferred Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in health economics, public health, health policy, or business.
• Experience with Peruvian HTA, reimbursement, public formulary, and private protocol or guideline processes.
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical launches and payer evidence plans.

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 Lead Peru and help shape access strategies that connect payer insights, evidence, pricing, reimbursement, and cross‑functional execution. You will have the opportunity to contribute to sustainable access pathways and support the successful implementation of our portfolio in Peru.

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.