Senior Market Access & Pricing Manager

Novo Nordisk; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global healthcare company is seeking a Senior Market Access & Pricing Manager in Johannesburg. The role involves shaping pricing and reimbursement strategies, developing market access strategies, and collaborating across teams. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience in market access or pricing. Strong analytical, strategic, and stakeholder management skills are essential to thrive in this dynamic position.

Benefits

Opportunities for learning and development

Inclusive recruitment process

Global reach of a healthcare company

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in market access, pricing, or reimbursement within pharma.
• Strong understanding of payer systems and HTA processes.
• Experience developing pricing strategies or supporting HE modelling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute market access strategies for therapeutic areas.
• Conduct pricing analysis and assess reimbursement trends.
• Collaborate with internal teams to articulate product value.

Skills

Market access expertise

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business, or related field

Job description

Are you an experienced market access professional ready to shape pricing, reimbursement, and payer strategy for one of the world’s leading healthcare companies? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your work directly impacts patient access and public health outcomes.

Novo Nordisk South Africa is hiring two Senior Market Access & Pricing Managers in Johannesburg:

• Senior Market Access & Pricing Manager – Cardiometabolic
• Senior Market Access & Pricing Manager – Insulin & Rare Diseases

If you have expertise in either area, we encourage you to apply!

Your new role

As a Senior Market Access & Pricing Manager, you will be responsible for developing and implementing pricing and reimbursement strategies that ensure sustainable access to Novo Nordisk products across South Africa. You will play a central role in shaping payer value propositions, supporting health economic modelling, and navigating a rapidly evolving reimbursement landscape.

This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of pricing, policy, clinical value, and payer decision‑making while collaborating closely with colleagues across Medical, Marketing, Sales, and Finance.

Your primary work tasks

• Develop and execute comprehensive market access strategies for your therapeutic area. Integrate pricing, reimbursement, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), and payer engagement to maximise uptake.
• Align strategies with lifecycle management and portfolio goals. Conduct pricing analysis, including qualitative and quantitative research.
• Assess reimbursement trends and their implications for access. Lead pricing business cases for new indications and launches.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure clear articulation of product value. Develop compelling payer value propositions tailored to South Africa’s system. Engage with private payers, public funders, tender bodies, and HTA stakeholders.
• Partner with HEOR teams to design, adapt, or interpret health economic models. Support evidence generation aligned with payer needs and decision criteria. Stay updated on evolving reimbursement policies, HTA developments, and IRP dynamics. Anticipate changes and recommend proactive strategies to maintain access.

Your skills and qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, Health Economics, Health Policy or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in market access, pricing, HEOR or reimbursement within pharma or healthcare.
• Strong understanding of payer systems, HTA processes and reimbursement frameworks.
• Experience developing pricing strategies, conducting pricing research, or supporting HE modelling.
• Public sector experience (EML, tenders, state procurement).
• Exposure to international reference pricing or currency‑impact monitoring.
• Background in pharmaceutical policy, HEOR or pricing consulting.

In this role, you will thrive if you bring strong analytical thinking, sound business acumen, and excellent stakeholder‑management skills. We are looking for someone who is strategic, proactive, and comfortable working both independently and collaboratively across cross‑functional teams. You should be detail‑oriented, resilient in a fast‑changing market, and able to bring people together to drive solutions.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years, this unusual mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other, one where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

What we offer

Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

More information

For further information, please contact Thabeng Leping, Market Access and Public Affairs Head — email: [e-mail], phone: [phone].

Deadline

11th of December 2025

Please attach a transcript of your grades in the application. You do not need to attach a cover letter, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis, so please submit your application at your earliest convenience.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.