Sr. Manager, Provincial Market Access

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DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Sr. Manager Provincial Market Access located in Guangzhou China.

The role is accountable for regional/provincial level market access strategy policy engagement and execution within the assigned region(s).

This role serves as the primary owner of regional market access outcomes translating central GA & MA strategy into executable provincial and citylevel actions while actively shaping a scientific sustainable and compliant access environment to support DPS Chinas business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Provincial & Municipal Policy Intelligence and Assessment

• Maintain comprehensive understanding of provincial and municipal healthcare medical insurance pricing and procurement policies related to medical devices

• Monitor policy dynamics and interprovincial linkage effects anticipating spillover impacts across regions

• Interpret and assess policy direction and reform trends at provincial and city levels including:

  • Medical insurance coverage and payment policies

  • Medical consumables management

  • Healthcare service pricing and payment mechanisms

• Identify business opportunities and access risks and provide timely input and recommendations to GAMA leadership and BUs

2. Provincial Authority Engagement & Relationship Management

• Act as the primary DPS China representative to key provincial authorities including but not limited to:

  • Provincial Healthcare Security Administration (医保局)

  • Provincial Health Commission (卫健委)

  • Pricing and related authorities

• Build and maintain professional credible and solutionoriented relationships

• Support constructive policy dialogue by clearly articulating company positions and evidencebased perspectives

3. Market Access Strategy & Execution Leadership

• In assigned municipalities work closely with BU and commercial teams to:

  • Define market access and pricing strategies for responsible region/provinces

  • Align on priorities for local execution

• Lead and coordinate regional/provincial-level strategies including but not limited to:

  • Volumebased procurement (VBP) and consumables tender projects

  • DRG/DIP and diseasebased payment initiatives

  • Medical consumables catalogue inclusion and payment standards

  • Medical service item reimbursement ratio definition or adjustment

• Ensure strategies are feasible compliant and aligned with regional and national objectives

4. External Ecosystem & Industry Collaboration

• Actively engage with:

  • Provincial and municipal industry associations

  • Academic and professional organizations

  • Relevant external stakeholders

• Promote external collaboration projects where appropriate

• Contribute to strengthening organized structured market access management capabilities in the region

5. Internal Coordination & Capability Enablement

• Serve as the regional market access focal point ensuring effective coordination with cross-functional teams

• Provide policy interpretation local insights and execution guidance

• Support internal alignment between central strategy and local implementation

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors degree or above

• Preferred background: Public Health Health Insurance Management Biomedical Sciences Economics MBA

Experience

• 58 years of experience in:

  • Government Affairs

  • Market Access

  • Healthcare policyrelated roles

• Solid exposure to provincial and municipal healthcare policy environment

• Experience in medical device or pharmaceutical industry strongly preferred

• Proven capability in policy projects negotiations and key accountstyle stakeholder management

Core Competencies

• Strong understanding of Chinas healthcare and medical insurance system at the local level

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• Ability to operate in complex uncertain and highpressure environments

• Detailoriented responsible and proactive learner

• Capable of independent problemsolving with a positive and resilient mindset

• Workinglevel English communication skills (written and oral)

• Willingness to travel frequently within the assigned region

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months subject to legal requirements including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies as may be required regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position it is anticipated that following conclusion of the transaction you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes programs policies and benefit that case details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

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