(Senior) Strategic Value & Access Manger

(Senior) Strategic Value & Access Manager (f/m/d), Vienna, Austria

Bringing life-changing medicines to millions of people, Novartis sits at the intersection of cutting-edge medical science and innovative digital technology. As a global company, the resources and opportunities for growth and development are plentiful including global and local cross-functional careers, a diverse learning suite of thousands of programs & an in-house marketplace for rotations & project work. With a strong medicines pipeline, our current transformation will not just deliver growth for our business but continue to allow us to bring innovative medicines to patients quickly.

Your key responsibilities:

1. Develop local patient access strategy scenarios in alignment with Pricing and Reimbursement Lead – based on product profile, competitive environment, local frameworks and in alignment with global overarching strategy, backed up with analytical business rational.
2. Engage in x-functional teams to obtain and share insights supporting the strategic Patient Access assessment.
3. Execute on Patient Access Strategy: lead dossier preparation, support DRG listings, develop health economic studies in collaboration with HTA Manager, prepare and participate in payer conversations and negotiations, work around access hurdles and provide support to the health teams on how to overcome case by case hurdles.
4. Assure timely notifications to payer organizations about relevant price/SmPC changes and potential shortages.
5. Build business cases on different price and access scenarios based on solid assumptions and align with TA, LT, WEC, Region and Global as required.
6. Gain insights from external stakeholders like payer organizations, health economic agencies, hospital management and healthcare providers relevant for reimbursement/funding decisions – in x-functional alignment with primary POC.
7. Monitor and communicate relevant changes and trends in local health care policy as well as pricing and reimbursement activities of competitors – including implications to NVS.
8. Closely align with Pricing and Reimbursement Specialist and V&A Innovation/Tender/Hospital team.

What you’ll bring to the role:

1. University degree.
2. Excellent German and English skills.
3. Profound knowledge around local healthcare system, reimbursement rules and processes.
4. Ability to develop trust-based relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
5. Solid and self-confident presentation capabilities in front of senior management and payer organizations.

Why Novartis?

769 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2020, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives. We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working. We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what\’s possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life is the risk of never trying! Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, and learning opportunities. In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For this position, the minimum salary is €85,000/year (on a full-time basis). In most cases, the actual salary will be higher, as we strive to maintain a competitive position in the market and consider your previous experience, qualifications and individual competencies.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. Our recruitment decisions are based on selecting the best person for the job, regardless of gender, religion, age, colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality or disability.

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