Market Access Lead

Biopharma Careers; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

GSK in Saudi Arabia seeks an Market Access Lead to drive access strategies and liaise with payers, providers and government bodies. The role is partly field-based across the country with travel and regional engagement.

You will develop reimbursement strategies, communicate value, and support launch readiness while ensuring alignment with local healthcare dynamics and tender processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, life sciences, health economics, public health, or related field.
• 2–3 years of experience in pharmaceutical market access, government affairs, or commercial roles in healthcare or pharma.
• Saudi national
• Fluent Arabic and good working proficiency in English.
• Exposure to tender processes, account management, or payer-facing activities is an advantage.
• Demonstrated ability or strong interest in building relationships with healthcare stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement national market access strategies and plans supporting launch readiness and long-term access.
• Build trusted relationships with public payers, private insurers, hospital procurement teams and local stakeholders.
• Identify access barriers and design practical, evidence-led solutions including local pilots or partnerships.
• Lead preparation of reimbursement dossiers, value stories and evidence summaries aligned with local needs.
• Provide market and payer insights to inform commercial, medical and policy decisions.
• Collaborate across functions to ensure coordinated execution and compliance during negotiations, tenders and contracting.

Skills

Data to Insights

Digital Fluency

Market Access Strategies

Matrix Leadership

Payer Evidence

Pricing Strategies

Scientific Literacy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, life sciences, health economics, public health, or related field

Advanced degree in health economics, business or pharmacy

Job description

As Market Access Lead you will lead market access activities in Saudi Arabia to secure sustainable patient access across public and private healthcare settings. You will work closely with cross-functional colleagues, payers, government bodies and healthcare professionals.

Further responsibilities include some of the following:

• Develop and implement national market access strategies and plans that support launch readiness and long-term access.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with public payers, private insurers, hospital procurement teams and other local stakeholders.
• Identify access barriers and design practical, evidence-led solutions, including local pilots or partnership programs.
• Lead preparation of reimbursement dossiers, value stories and evidence summaries aligned with local and regional needs.
• Provide regular market and payer insights to inform commercial, medical and policy decisions.
• Work across functions to ensure coordinated execution and compliance during negotiations, tenders and contracting processes.

This is partly a field based role in Saudi Arabia with some traveling across the country and occasional regional engagement.

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, life sciences, health economics, public health, or a related field.
• 2–3 years of experience in pharmaceutical market access, government affairs, or commercial roles (e.g., sales representative, key account manager, product specialist) within the healthcare or pharma industry.
• Saudi national
• Fluent Arabic and good working proficiency in English.
• Basic understanding of the Saudi healthcare system, including public sector payers, hospital procurement, or private insurers.
• Exposure to tender processes, account management, or payer-facing activities is an advantage.
• Demonstrated ability or strong interest in building relationships with healthcare stakeholders (e.g., hospital accounts, procurement, or decision makers).
• Good analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and contribute to value communication and business cases.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Advanced degree in health economics, business or pharmacy.
• Experience preparing reimbursement submissions, health economic models or budget impact analyses.
• Existing network with Saudi health authorities, national procurement bodies or major hospitals.
• Experience managing tenders, pricing or contracting in the public sector.
• Previous work in vaccines, specialty medicines, or large pharmaceutical companies.

What you will bring:

You bring clear, direct communication and the ability to simplify complex evidence for different audiences. You are collaborative and reliable. You act with integrity and respect. You use insight and data to make practical recommendations. You are motivated to grow and to help improve patient access across Saudi Arabia.

Skills

• Data to Insights
• Digital Fluency
• Market Access Strategies
• Matrix Leadership
• Payer Evidence
• Pricing Strategies
• Scientific Literacy

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage people with diverse experiences to apply.

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