Role Summary
Director, International Market Access & Pricing, Immunology. Lead a team of Associate Directors to manage pricing governance for on-market Immunology assets, shaping price potential for pipeline assets and providing strategic input to senior leadership across the organization. Support launches, scenario analysis, and access strategies within international markets.
Responsibilities
- Lead and coach a team of Associate Directors to manage pricing governance for marketed and pipeline assets.
- Develop and implement strategic pricing and access models to optimize asset value and patient access across international markets.
- Shape price potential for pipeline assets using strategic pricing frameworks and advanced modeling tools to support launch, indication sequencing, and scenario analysis.
- Be a core member of integrated Value & Access teams, providing direction for access strategy, payer value propositions, and critical deliverables.
- Support business development by assessing international price potential for external acquisitions and portfolio planning (including NPV analysis).
- Serve as a key strategic input provider for enterprise business decisions, working closely with senior leadership across the organization.
- Ensure appropriate governance, balancing brand value, affiliate sales targets, and enterprise goals when making pricing recommendations and approvals.
- Lead participation in financial processes (S&OP meetings, annual planning, long-range planning), providing analysis on price reimbursement, access status, and international price variances.
- Ensure compliance with pricing practices, data handling, reporting, and harmonization across finance and pricing functions.
- Develop, recruit, and retain a high-performing pricing team, providing technical and leadership coaching, managing workload, and ensuring proper resource allocation.
- Build strong internal and external relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and serve as subject matter expert on strategic and operational pricing.
Qualifications
Essential:
- Proven track record and significant experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industry with understanding of finance, pricing, health economics or market access, at least 10 years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated leadership behaviors and executive presence with competence, confidence, and credibility.
- Ability to synthesize and critically analyze large volumes of information, identify risks, make recommendations, and implement solutions.
- Excellent English communication skills (oral and written) with clear, concise presentation abilities.
- Ability to manage workload and meet deadlines under time constraints.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to make decisions with incomplete data and operate effectively under ambiguity.
Preferred:
- Prior line management, coaching and development experience.
- Experience designing or implementing international pricing strategies and scenario assessments.
- Experience designing and implementing integrated market access strategies and payer value propositions.
- Experience interacting with P&R agencies and knowledge of key markets (Germany, Canada, China, Japan) and large adjacencies (Australia, France, Italy, Spain, UK).
- Understanding of Health Technology Appraisal and health economics from a payer viewpoint.
- Ability to communicate value drivers and financial impact of pricing initiatives on business objectives.
- Understanding of data management and reporting with awareness of relevant technology platforms.
- MBA, MSc, MPhil, or PhD in Finance, Actuarial Sciences, Statistics, Health Economics, Econometrics, Mathematics, Pharmacy, or related field.
Education
- MBA, MSc, MPhil, or PhD in Finance, Actuarial Sciences, Statistics, Health Economics, Econometrics, Mathematics, Pharmacy, or related field (preferred).