Value & Access TA Head Immunology & Neuroscience, APMA

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 220,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association seeks a Region Value & Access Therapeutic Area Head to translate international strategies into locally relevant access plans across APMA markets. You will lead cross-functional teams, influence pricing, and enable sustainable, value-based patient access while partnering with Medical, Commercial, Corporate/Public Affairs, Finance and Regulatory functions.

You will shape regional strategy, drive launch readiness, and use analytics to improve access

Qualifications

• 15+ years in pharmaceutical industry with leadership in market access, pricing, reimbursement or related discipline.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in a complex matrix environment.
• Experience engaging payers, HTA bodies, health authorities, and other external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute V&A strategy across the region, aligning international direction with country needs.
• Lead launch readiness, coordinate cross-functional risk identification, action planning, and follow-through.
• Accelerate access performance using dashboards, analytics and insights to identify opportunities and scale learning across markets.
• Influence pricing decisions with regional input on assumptions, profitability and benchmarking.
• Shape the external environment by partnering with Public Affairs to address market access barriers.
• Build regional capability with tools, training, frameworks, and communities of practice in pricing, HTA and evidence.
• Lead through collaboration, develop talent and foster an ethical enterprise mindset.

Skills

Business acumen

Cross-functional leadership

Influencing skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

People management

Project management

Education

Advanced degree in life sciences

MBA

Job description

Job Description Summary

Value & Access TA Head Immunology & Neuroscience, APMA

Location : Singapore

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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.

Job Description

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 15 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

Business Acumen, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Cross-Functional Leadership, Employee Development, Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Influencing Skills, Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, Patient Care, People Management, Process Management, Product Launches, Project Management, Public Affairs, Real World Evidence (RWE), Regulatory Compliance, Resource Allocation, Results-Oriented, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Value Propositions