Global Market Access Senior Director, Oncology

Senior Director, Oncology Global Market Access Background:

Global Market Access (GMAx) is key to maximizing the value of our products for patients, healthcare systems and for the company. In order to further strengthen our capability in this critical function, we are looking for a senior leader to join the GMAx team who will bring technical and organizational expertise in strategic pricing & global market access in Oncology, as well as lead his/her respective team as we build our skills and capabilities consistently across the product areas.

Role

Description:

The Senior Director Oncology GMAx will partner closely with key stakeholders in R&D, Commercial, Medical, VEO, Government Affairs, Policy, and other functions to secure the early input and evidence generation required to deliver competitive Target Medicine Profiles, clinical and real-world development plans, and the delivery of reimbursable dossiers for the markets. Strong collaboration with Regional and local access teams will also be essential to further strengthen our ability to reward innovation and make our products accessible to the patients who will benefit most.

Specific

Responsibilities include:

Lead a team that will provide strategic advice and leadership to assigned Oncology portfolio and brands globally with respect to market access and pricing, to develop innovative and competitive Payer Value Propositions and Pricing Strategies for launch and pipeline assets.

Deliverables from the team at a cross-portfolio level will include:

Development of GSK’s global strategy on pricing and access, embedded in the Integrated Asset Plan (IAP)
Customer insight into pricing and access trends

Innovation in approaches to pricing and access

Foresight into direction of travel for payers and development of GSK’s position on Payer approaches

Deliverables to support individual assets within the assigned area will include, for example:

Lead the cross-functional efforts (e.g., Global Market Access & Pricing Team – GMAP / Value and Access Teams – VAT) to deliver close alignment between insights into payer evidence needs, and ensure execution of plans to generate evidence (Integrated Evidence Plan) to support payer value proposition and pricing strategy

Guidance to the Medicines Development Lead (MDL) and Medicines Commercial Lead (MCL) consolidating the payer questions/evidence needs for key markets to inform strategy and tactics

Input to the evidence generation plan to ensure it will address critical payer questionsA market access strategy within the brand plans, fit for purpose and aligned to the overall market access strategy

Assist country affiliates in their reimbursement negotiations by integrating country-specific needs into the pricing and market access strategy, value dossier, training on global materials and pricing/negotiation workshops

Effective team working with medical and outcomes staff to develop an integrated evidence plan and manage efficient interfaces with key countries

Represent the market access voice at the MCT and MDT and ensure that the market access strategy is reflected in key commercial and development decisions.

Candidate Description & Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Advanced degree in Business, Medicine, Pharmacy, Health Economics, Health Policy or Science
15+ years relevant experience acquired at pharmaceutical companies, Payer or Health Technology Assessment agencies, physician associations or relevant consultancy companies in a multi-national context5+ years’ experience working in an above-country role/Global team in the Oncology market access space5+ years’ experience working in the US payer or access environment3+ years People Management experience, including experience managing and developing teams/direct reports

Preferred…