Market Access Manager

14 hours ago


الرياض, Saudi Arabia AstraZeneca Full time

**JOB TITLE**

**Market Access Manager - Rare Disease**

**ABOUT ASTRAZENECA**

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

**ROLE SUMMARY**

The Market Access Manager will work closely with the RDU GCC Market Access and Diagnostics Head to implement and adapt AstraZeneca's market access strategy to the local market, ensuring effective execution and alignment with regional priorities.

The role involves developing and delivering strategic and operational market access plans for the RDU portfolio, engaging with internal and external stakeholders to achieve reimbursement and access goals, and managing the pricing and reimbursement processes, including business case development, contract processing, analysis, and reporting. Additionally, the Market Access Manager will contribute to optimizing market access processes for improved implementation and efficiency.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Execute the market access strategy and lead interactions with key payers and stakeholders, leveraging health economic models and payer evidence to achieve and sustain reimbursement and patient access for the AZ RDU portfolio in key accounts.
- Develop strong relationships with existing payers across major ecosystems and build connections with relevant stakeholders.
- Monitor and address the implications of ongoing transformations in the healthcare sector, ensuring alignment with access-related changes.
- Drive the development and delivery of robust payer evidence, collaborating effectively across teams while maintaining the ability to work independently.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build and sustain relationships with payers and stakeholders.
- A deep understanding of the healthcare sector’s evolving landscape and its impact on access-related strategies.
- Strategic thinking combined with hands-on experience in health economics, payer evidence development, and pharmaceutical market access.
- Collaborative and independent working style with demonstrated tactical expertise in market access execution.
- This position is based in **Saudi Arabia** and reports directly to the **RDU Market Access and Diagnostics Head**, supporting AstraZeneca's RDU portfolio.

**What you’ll do**
- ** Stakeholder Engagement and customer centricity**:
Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with key payers, decision-makers, and influencers. Develop and implement engagement plans aligned with the Rare Disease’s Unit business priorities, fostering long-term partnerships.
- ** Payer and Stakeholder Insights**:
Identify, analyze, and understand payer and stakeholder profiles, needs, and trends within the healthcare environment. Use these insights to tailor and communicate the local value story, demonstrating how AstraZeneca’s rare disease medicines address specific needs across payer archetypes.
- ** Pricing and Reimbursement Strategy**:
Lead the analysis, development, and execution of pricing and reimbursement strategies, ensuring alignment with the product’s value proposition, global guidance, and local regulations. Monitor and evaluate market trends and regulatory changes, proactively recommending adjustments to pricing strategies, reimbursement pathways, and contracting approaches.
- ** Health Economics and Evidence Generation**:
Develop and communicate health economics and payer evidence to support early access and reimbursement goals for new and existing products. Deliver customer-focused, robust reimbursement dossiers and ensure that target product profiles and claims meet payer requirements. Contribute to the development of innovative pricing schemes and value based solutions.
- ** Collaboration and Cross-functional Support**:
Partner with Medical, Commercial, and other cross-functional teams to address access barriers, support brand strategies, and optimize patient access. Actively collaborate with the regional Market Access community to share insights and best practices.
- ** Monitoring and Reporting**:
Continuously monitor the healthcare landscape for shifts in policies, regulations, and payer behaviors. Interpret these changes, assess their impact, and propose actionable recommendations to maintain access and reimbursement goals.
- ** Innovative Project Development**:
Create and implement impactful projects that address customer needs and foster win-win partnerships, supporting AstraZeneca’s mission of improving patient outcomes**.**
- ** Ethics and Compliance**:
Uphold AstraZeneca’s Code of Ethics and corporate policies. Ensure all activities comply with local legislation, ethical standards, and company values. Report incidents, adverse events, or potential conflicts of interest promptly.

**Only Applications in KSA will be considered.**

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