Market Access Manager - Pharmaceutical

Job Description

• By working with the aligned business unit head and other directorates, develop strategy and tactics for the current and future portfolio in order to anticipate market access opportunities and remove barriers.
• Support and develop market access strategy and tactics through close working with the cross-functional business unit, relevant business unit head, and Director of Market Access & External Affairs, providing wide-ranging counsel and support relating to the Ministry of Health policy environment.
• Guide and respond to market access requests from the local and international customer-facing teams in the field in order to fulfill business unit priorities and share best practices.
• Ensure barriers to product uptake and early adoption are identified and removed prior to and during launch.
• To develop and roll-out the tools, materials, and projects to drive access and the business by fulfilling the needs of the changing Ministry of Health.
• Undertake analysis through the mining of various data sources and produce internal papers for supporting a broader understanding of key issues emanating from the trading environment and impacting commercial activities.
• Project manage and/or participate in programs in which data submissions are compiled for key HTA and medicines management bodies.
• To develop and maintain effective networks with a broad range of stakeholders within the Gulf and Africa trading environment.
• Be a go-to source of insight across a wide range of market access and policy issues shaping the Semak trading environment, supporting the development of colleagues and directorates

Job Requirements

• Minimum 8 years as a Market Access Manager or Export Manager within the pharmaceutical or cosmeceutical industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical science.
• MBA in Marketing major.
• Ability to combine strategic vision with tactical hand-on execution and a high work capacity.
• Highly analytical thinking with excellent written and verbal skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build working relations both internally and externally.
• Experience in working in a dynamic environment is preferred.
• Customer focus.
• Fluent in English.