Therapeutic Area Strategy Access Manager
Job Description
Summary
About the Role
Location – Mumbai
About the Role:
This role drives Value & Access (V&A) strategy by identifying and prioritizing opportunities across brands, developing pricing and reimbursement approaches based on deep healthcare and payer insights, and ensuring aligned, compliant execution. It collaborates cross-functionally to embed V&A into brand plans, enabling sustainable access, strong payer engagement, and achievement of commercial goals across the product lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
Access Strategy, Positioning, and Portfolio Impact
- Collect current access challenge from commercial and marketing team of brands/portfolio under scope
- Definebaselinenational accesslevel for the brands/portfolio under scope
- Design and propose access,pricing, and reimbursement strategies per product and portfoliofor all payors including but not limited to self-pay/private insurance/state/CARE accounts.
- Define alternative funding channels needed for the brand access strategy and deploy solutions around it
- Identify, evaluate, and prioritize V&A strategic choices that drive commercial growthas per prioritization matrix
- Translate global access guidance into locally relevant strategies
- Ensure V&A strategies are embedded within integrated brand and portfolio plans
- Align access strategies with product lifecycle stages, including launch and line extensions
- Adapt strategies based on healthcare system, policy, and payer dynamics
Essential Requirements:
- Generate in‑depth customer and system insights to shape V&A and Therapeutic Area (TA) strategies
- Translate insights into actionable V&A strategies and engagement models
- Monitor external environment changes and integrate learnings into strategy updates
SupportCross‑Functional Collaborationand coordination
- Collaborate closely withcross‑functional teams including Medical Affairs, CommercialTAs, and Finance,Strategic Account teams and Customer Experience roles
- Influence without formal authority to align stakeholders on V&A priorities
- Foster effective ways of working within matrix and portfolio environments
External Stakeholder Engagement and Negotiation
- Represent the organization in access‑related discussions and forums
- Integrate external stakeholder feedback into strategy refinement
- Adjust negotiation approaches based on market and policy context
Portfolio Maintenance & Lifecycle Management
- Support maintenanceand evolution ofthe value proposition for in‑market brands
- Oversee and supportlifecycle access activities
- Supportcontract renewals, pricing reviews, and access renegotiations
Business Insight and Performance Management
- Provide V&A input into business cases and portfolio decisions
- Monitor access performance using defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Track reimbursement, pricing, and listing milestones
- Share best practices and lessons learned across brands and teams
- Support continuous performance review and optimization
Key Performance Indicators(Suggestedpriority KPIs*italicized)
Access Success & Coverage:Proportion ofeligible patients having access toproducts
Speed to Access:Time taken from regulatory approval toreach desired brand access.
Pricing Performance:Achieved price compared with the approved target price across the portfolio.
Commercial Impact of V&A Strategy:Revenue and portfolio growth enabled through successful access outcomes.
Quality & Effectiveness of V&A Delivery:on‑time delivery of V&A solutions and feedback from internal and external stakeholders.
Desirable Requirements:
Education:
- University degree in life sciences, economics, or related field
- Advanced degree is an advantage but not mandatory
Languages:
- English
- Countrylanguagerequired
Experience/Professional Requirement:
- 5–8 years in market access, pricing, or reimbursement roles
- Experience within pharmaceutical or healthcare environment
- Proven exposure to national access or payer negotiations
- Experience across product launch and lifecycle phases
Functional capabilities:
- Strong understanding of pricing and reimbursement systems
- Ability to translate evidence into access value propositions
- Experience working with HEOR (Health Economics and Outcomes Research)
- Solid project and stakeholder management skills
Leadership capabilities and mindset:
- Strategic and analytical thinking
- Ability to lead without direct authority
- Comfort managing complexity and ambiguity
- Influencing skills across internal and external stakeholders
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