Job Description

Purpose of Role:
The Market Access Manager is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to ensure that the company's products are accessible and affordable to patients, payers, and healthcare providers.

• Duties include:
• Have a good understanding of the needs and preferences of different stakeholders, such as regulators, insurers, physicians, and patients in regards to price and reimbursements.
• Developing value propositions and evidence-based arguments to demonstrate the clinical and economic benefits of the company's products.
• Negotiating with payers and authorities to secure optimal pricing, reimbursement, and market access conditions for the company's products.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, such as sales, marketing, medical affairs, and regulatory affairs, to align market access objectives and activities with the overall business strategy.
• Monitoring and evaluating the performance and impact of market access initiatives as well as price and reimbursement, provide feedback and recommendations for improvement.
• Liaise and follow-up with practices and healthcare providers to ensure details are correct and complete on reimbursement application documentation.
• Undertake quarterly or bi-annual reviews of reimbursement status of all company promoted products at major medical schemes/administrators and subsequently populate reimbursement tables for dissemination to the sales force.
• Liaise with Medical schemes/administrators regarding reimbursement status of our products if not available in the public domain e.g. Botswana and Namibia.
• To advise internally on price proposal and potential for formulary listings
• Mitigate any reimbursement issues
• To provide guidance and advice for targeted reimbursement of all company products to ensure the best possible access across multiple funders and options.
• This will include strategic engagements with regards to the development of current and prospective broader market access.
• Beneficial to have knowledge and understanding of market access environment in Eastern Africa, listing at private / public institutions, pricing structure, and stakeholders.
• Minimum Required:
  
  • Science degree: BSc in Medical Sciences.
  xe2x80xa2 At least 3 xe2x80x93 5 years working experience in Market Access Officer Position with a pharmaceutica company. xe2x80xa2 Deep scientific knowledge on the therapeutic area (Diabetes, Hypertension, Cardiovascular,
  Oncology)
  
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to establish and maintain stable relationships with Medical Schemes operating in Southern Africa
  and key opinion leaders
  
  • High command in English
  • Senior Business Acumen