Value & Access TA Head CRM, APMA

SG90 (FCRS = SG015) Novartis Asia Pacific Pharmaceuticals Pte. Ltd; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

SG90 (FCRS = SG015) Novartis Asia Pacific Pharmaceuticals Pte. Ltd in Singapore seeks a Region Value & Access TA Head to translate global strategies into country-ready access plans.

You will shape pricing, payer engagement, and HTA activities while guiding regional teams across APMA, ensuring timely, sustainable patient access. You will lead cross-country collaboration, develop tools and capabilities, and drive performance improvements through analytics and evidence generation.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in life sciences or related field.
• 10+ years in pharmaceutical access/pricing/reimbursement or health policy.
• Proven leadership in cross-functional teams within a complex matrix.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute regional Value & Access strategy across APMA markets.
• Lead end-to-end launch readiness and cross-functional risk management.
• Drive access performance using analytics, dashboards, and cross-country learning.
• Influence pricing decisions with regional input on assumptions and scenarios.
• Collaborate with Public Affairs to address market access barriers and policy changes.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Employee Development

Finance

Health Economics

HTA

Influencing Skills

Innovation

Inspirational Leadership

People Management

Process Management

Product Launches

Project Management

Public Affairs

Real World Evidence

Regulatory Compliance

Results-Oriented

Risk Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Value Propositions

Education

MBA or related master’s degree

Advanced degree in life sciences/health economics/public health

Job description

Job Description Summary Value & Access TA Head CRM, APMA Location: Singapore #LI-Hybrid

Are you an experienced Value & Access leader ready to shape sustainable patient access across diverse healthcare systems? We are looking for a strategic, collaborative leader to drive regional V&A execution for an assigned Therapeutic Area across Asia Pacific Middle East Africa (APMA) markets. As Region V&A Therapeutic Area Head, you will translate international strategies into locally relevant access plans, influence asset-level strategy through Integrated Product Access Teams, and enable countries to secure timely, sustainable, and value-based patient access. You will lead access readiness, pricing and lifecycle inputs, performance improvement, and cross-country collaboration while partnering closely with Medical, Commercial, Corporate/Public Affairs, Finance, Regulatory, and other functions.

Major Accountabilities

Shape and execute V&A strategy: Drive Therapeutic Area access strategies across the region, align international direction with country needs, and guide markets through access challenges and opportunities.

Lead launch readiness: Own the V&A contribution to Launch Readiness Reviews, ensure high-quality deliverables, and coordinate cross-functional risk identification, action planning, and follow-through.

Accelerate access performance: Use dashboards, analytics, Execution Excellence, and Access360 insights to identify high-impact opportunities, strengthen payer engagement, and scale cross-country learning.

Influence pricing decisions: Provide regional input on pricing assumptions, profitability, competitive benchmarks, gross-to-net implications, business cases, and cross-country pricing decisions.

Shape the external environment: Partner with Public Affairs and other stakeholders to address market access barriers, strengthen reimbursement pathways, monitor policy developments, and support healthcare-system readiness.

Build regional capability: Develop tools, training, frameworks, and communities of practice across pricing, negotiation, HEOR, HTA, evidence generation, and access execution.

Lead through collaboration: Unite regional and country teams, foster an inclusive and high-performing culture, support talent development, and role-model ethics, compliance, and an enterprise mindset.

Requirements

• An advanced degree in life sciences, health economics, public health, business administration, or a related field; an MBA is an advantage.
• At least 10 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, including significant leadership responsibility in market access, pricing, reimbursement, health policy, or a closely related discipline.
• A strong record of developing and executing access strategies, leading cross-functional teams, and influencing effectively in a complex matrix environment.
• Experience engaging payers, health technology assessment bodies, health authorities, and other external stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of pricing, reimbursement, evidence requirements, scenario planning, contracting, value communication, and healthcare-system dynamics.
• International or above-country experience across multiple markets or regions; country V&A experience and relevant Therapeutic Area expertise are strongly preferred.
• The ability to translate complex access challenges and analytics into clear strategies, decisions, and measurable performance improvements.
• Commercial or profit-and-loss experience would be an added advantage.

Skills Desired

• Analytical Thinking
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Employee Development
• Finance
• Health Economics
• Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
• Influencing Skills
• Innovation
• Inspirational Leadership
• People Management
• Process Management
• Product Launches
• Project Management
• Public Affairs
• Real World Evidence (RWE)
• Regulatory Compliance
• Results-Oriented
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Value Propositions

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