Access Contracting Manager (Private Hospital Partnerships)
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Job Summary
Job Description Summary
Build compliant partnerships with leading private hospitals and hospital chains to improve patient access accelerate therapy adoption and deliver measurable portfolio impact through scalable access and contracting models.Job Description
Onboarding Location-Mumbai Work Location- Delhi/Bangalore
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Hospital Partnerships
- Develop relationships with key private hospital stakeholders including leadership procurement pharmacy finance and clinical teams.
- Identify access opportunities aligned to portfolio priorities and patient needs.
- Co-create hospital partnership plans that address access barriers and support portfolio growth.
2. Contracting Strategy & Execution
- Design and execute compliant contracting models tailored to hospital needs and business priorities.
- Develop internal business cases covering patient impact commercial rationale financial assumptions and key risks.
- Ensure effective roll-out of approved contracts with clear timelines ownership and performance milestones.
3. Partnership Governance & Performance Tracking
- Monitor contract execution and performance against agreed KPIs.
- Conduct periodic reviews with hospital partners and internal teams to assess impact and resolve gaps.
- Optimize active partnerships for improved access utilization governance and renewals.
4. Cross-Functional Alignment
- Partner with commercial medical value & access finance legal compliance supply chain and sales teams to enable execution.
- Coordinate approvals implementation planning governance and performance tracking across functions.
- Support field teams with account planning negotiation preparation and partnership execution.
5. Insights & Market Intelligence
- Gather insights on hospital procurement access barriers competitor models and private healthcare trends.
- Feed insights into access strategy portfolio planning launch readiness and hospital segmentation.
- Identify scalable partnership models across hospital chains cities and priority patient segments.
6. Compliance Governance & Risk Management
- Ensure all partnerships and contracts follow Novartis policies local regulations and approval processes.
- Work with legal finance compliance and procurement to maintain transparent documentation and audit readiness.
- Identify key risks in partnership models and recommend mitigation actions.
Essential Requirements:
- Experience: 58 years in pharma healthcare market access institutional business key account management partnerships or consulting.
- Private Hospital Experience: Experience in working with private hospitals (preferred) hospital chains procurement pharmacy operations and institutional decision-making.
- Contracting skills: Experience in negotiations contracting business cases and partnership execution.
- Commercial acumen: Ability to connect patient access portfolio priorities affordability and business outcomes.
- Execution capability: Strong cross-functional collaboration analytical skills stakeholder management and compliance mindset.
Desirable Requirements:
- Priority hospital partnerships activated and scaled.
- Improved eligible patient access across key institutions.
- Contract performance versus agreed KPIs.
- Timely compliant execution and governance of contracts.
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Novartis is committed to building an outstanding inclusive work environment and diverseteamsrepresentative of the patients and communities we serve.
Why Novartis:Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart passionate people like you. Collaboratingsupportingand inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients lives. Ready to create a brighter future together and Rewards:Read our handbook to learn about all the ways well help you thrive personally and professionally: cross-functional execution and stakeholder satisfaction. Skills Desired
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About Company
Novartis is a global healthcare company based in Switzerland that provides solutions to the evolving needs of patients worldwide.
