Value & Access TA Head Immunology & Neuroscience, APMA

SG90 (FCRS = SG015) Novartis Asia Pacific Pharmaceuticals Pte. Ltd; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Asia Pacific Pharmaceuticals Pte. Ltd is seeking a seasoned Value & Access leader to shape regional patient access strategies across APMA. The role requires coordinating cross-functional teams, engaging payers, and guiding pricing and reimbursement decisions in multiple markets.

The Head of Value & Access Immunology & Neuroscience will lead launch readiness, develop tools and training, and drive analytics to improve access performance while aligning with enterprise direction.

Qualifications

• An advanced degree in life sciences, health economics, public health, business administration, or related field; MBA is an advantage.
• 15+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience with leadership in market access, pricing, reimbursement, or policy.
• Proven track record of developing and executing access strategies and leading cross-functional teams.
• Experience engaging payers, HTA bodies, health authorities, and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute V&A strategy across the region, aligning international direction with country needs.
• Lead launch readiness, ensure high-quality deliverables and cross-functional risk management.
• Accelerate access performance using dashboards, analytics, and insights to scale learning.
• Influence pricing decisions with regional input on assumptions, profitability, and cross-country pricing.
• Shape external environment with Public Affairs to address market access barriers and reimbursement pathways.
• Build regional capability with tools, training, and communities of practice across pricing, HTA, and evidence generation.
• Lead through collaboration, unite regional and country teams, and role-model ethics and enterprise mindset.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-Functional Leadership

Market Access

Payer Engagement

HTA

Health Economics

Pricing Strategy

Business Acumen

RWE

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Advanced degree in life sciences/health economics/public health/business administration

Job description

Job Description Summary Value & Access TA Head Immunology & Neuroscience, 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.

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

Value Propositions

Improving the lives of people living with disease takes more than innovative science. It takes a focus on the needs of people and a community committed to meeting them. It takes a team of people like you. Working together. Learning together. Thriving together. Discover how you can join us in changing people’s lives.