About the Role

　　The purpose of the role is to contribute to the countries' vision and strategy and to lead the Value & Access team to implement the strategy, identifying tactics and frameworks in line with Local, Regional and Global imperatives. This involves collaborating with Novartis functional leaders, influential payers, national and regional reimbursement and listings decision makers and opinion leaders and patient representatives to shape the market access environment and Novartis' approach to achieve sustained access to mature and launch brands for all eligible patients. It requires the coordination, resource allocation, coaching and development of Pricing, Value & Access associates to analyze data, compile evidence, generate insights and identify coherent opportunities to jointly create value for customers, patients and Novartis.

　　Your responsibilities:

　　• Contribute to and share the countries' vision for sustainable patient access and communicate it within Value & Access and with stakeholders.

　　• Develop sustained patient access strategies & plans for mature and launching products based on meaningful market insights and anticipated changes in the healthcare environment.

　　• Ensure achievement of Pricing & Reimbursement objectives for new products, protection of mature brands and horizon scanning to anticipate significant future challenges.

　　• Ensure inclusion of priority brands in reimbursement lists. Lead and manage submission of listing and pricing dossiers and the process around it. Initiate, organize, and participate at high-level events to support listing & reimbursement.

　　• Use Health Technology Assessment (HTA) evaluations to communicate product value.

　　• Lead the development and early integration of V&A plans aligned with the countries' priorities into brand strategies throughout the product life cycle to enable sustained patient access.

　　• Lead the implementation of V&A strategy in Ukraine, ensuring proper resource allocation to achieve financial targets and enable sustained patient access.

　　• Lead V&A change initiatives that result from Patient Access insights and inputs.

　　• Ensure the V&A team delivers operational excellence and drives for superior results, by being proactive, planning and implementing projects/initiatives aligned with business priorities.

　　• Lead close collaboration between Value & Access and other functions (Sales, Marketing, Medical, etc.). Conduct educational programs for the internal stakeholders on Market Access topics, when required / upon request.

　　• Build and sustain a strong network across functions locally and regionally that builds and implements value propositions with customers.

　　Diversity & Inclusion / EEO

　　We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

　　Role Requirements

　　What you will bring to the role:

　　Education:: Bachelor's Degree required, legal or economic specialization. Master's degree in Business administration/management is an advantage

　　Experience:

　　• Significant Market access experience in pharmaceutical industry (more than 5 years).

　　• People management experience.

　　• Strong business acumen. Deep knowledge of local pharmaceutical market, regulations and practices.

　　• Proven ability to lead complex projects and collaborate within and across cross-functional teams and business units in a matrix environment.

　　Values and Competencies/Skills:

　　• Proven competencies, such as influencing skills, clinical research insights, business and market knowledge

　　• Able to manage and supervise people

　　• Good leadership, management and planning skills

　　• Significant tolerance and ability to deliver under high ambiguity/uncertainty & complexity, resilience, ability to manage crisis & turnarounds.

　　• Results driven, focused and problem solving

　　• Effective communication/presentation skills with all management levels

　　• Ability to prioritize

　　• Strong collaborator, networking and relationship management

　　• Strong analytical and leadership skills (qualitative and quantitative aspects)

　　Languages: English fluent

　　Division

　　International

　　Business Unit

　　Region Europe IMI

　　Location

　　Ukraine

　　Site

　　Kyiv

　　Company / Legal Entity

　　Novartis Pharma Services AG

　　Functional Area

　　Market Access

　　Job Type

　　Full Time

　　Employment Type

　　Regular

　　Shift Work

　　No