Director, GVAP Specialty Therapeutics

 

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United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

 

Your Role:

Access to life-changing medicines does not happen by chance — it is the result of precise strategy, deep market expertise, and relentless cross-functional collaboration. As Director, GVAP Specialty Therapeutics, you will serve as a recognized authority within the Global Market Access and Pricing (GMAP) team, shaping and driving the pricing and access strategies that determine how patients reach our marketed Neurology therapies (Mavenclad and Rebif) and how our pipeline products are positioned for launch success.

 

Working with considerable autonomy, you will own the end-to-end GMAP strategy for our marketed Neurology brands, engaging regional and country teams to sustain, enhance, or expand product access. You will lead Business Development assessments across Oncology, Neurology, and Immunology, delivering robust recommendations that influence critical investment decisions. In close partnership with Brand Leads, you will execute pre- and peri-launch activities for Phase 3 programs — cultivating the insights, strategies, and tactics needed to position products, the company, and the market for strong commercial performance.

 

You will interpret complex and evolving policy dynamics through proactive horizon scanning, translating macro and micro shifts into actionable strategies that protect and grow our business. As the GVAP (Global Value demonstration Market Access & Pricing) representative in cross-functional forums, you will embed access perspectives across projects, establish best practices, and foster a collaborative team culture that elevates overall performance. Your ability to lead without formal authority, build consensus across diverse stakeholders, and deliver impact in a highly matrixed global environment will be central to your success in this role.

 

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, pharmacy, medicine, economics, business, public health, health economics, or a related field
• 4+ years of experience in pharmaceutical market access, pricing, or related experience in a Commercial or Health Economics and Outcomes Research capacity at a local, regional, or global level
• Established knowledge of major market reimbursement and pricing systems, including the US and EU4+UK
• Experience with pharmaceutical pricing and contracting concepts, including list price, net price management, and International Reference Pricing
• Demonstrated experience working in a multicultural and highly matrixed environment
• Up to 20% travel

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field
• Experience in launch and/or in-line brand management within a global pharmaceutical organization
• Advanced data management skills, with proficiency in Excel for pricing and access analytics
• Familiarity with agile project management methodologies
• Fluency in additional languages beyond English
• Strong presentation and communication skills, with the ability to distill complex insights for all levels of management
• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate market dynamics into operational access strategies
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus and drive decisions across complex cross-functional environments