Head of Market Access

Job Description

General Summary:

The Pricing & Market Access Director is responsible for leading the development and/or execution of Market Access strategies for one or more products as well as partnering cross-functionally on the Commercial and (if working at the Global / international level) Development strategies.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for payer strategic planning to support value and access optimization
• Leads development of Market Access strategies and core pricing & access deliverables operating within the Commercial model
• Ensures the payer position is consistently represented to internal cross-functional stakeholders and ensures robust strategic input into commercialization and development decisions
• Partners cross-functionally to ensure robust value proposition and integrated evidence plans are optimized to support market access and reimbursement
• Supports strategies with deep functional knowledge in-depth market research environmental data & analogs
• Informs financial forecasts
• Works on the execution of pricing and access strategy including the localization of access strategy tactical execution and pricing business cases
• Supports capability building and thought leadership projects that advance knowledge of and readiness for the rapidly evolving payer environment.
• Collaborates closely with HEOR Pricing & Market Access Government Affairs and Public Policy Marketing and Clinical Development / Medical counterparts to ensure value and access optimization

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to think strategically and make sound pricing and market access recommendations
• Strong practical quantitative and analytical skills combined with a sound understanding of how to successfully apply pricing & reimbursement / HEOR principles to support Vertex
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills including the ability to effectively write and deliver presentations to professionals at all levels within Vertex
• Relationship building at all levels of the organization and across geographies
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate complex concepts and negotiate with others

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in relevant discipline
• Typically requires 10 years of experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience

Flex Designation:

Flex Eligibility Status:

In this Hybrid-Eligible role you can choose to be designated as:
1. Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select
2. On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertexs Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

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Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

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