Market Access Employer Strategy Director

About the Department  

Novo Nordisk’s Market Access and Public Affairs team engages diverse stakeholders across political and healthcare landscapes to forge solutions that drive patient access to innovative products.  We strive to deliver the best possible outcomes for patients with diabetes, obesity, growth hormone deficiencies and rare bleeding disorders through mutual wins for both Novo Nordisk and our Market Access customers.  Our passion for helping people live better lives and our award-winning product pipeline can only be as effective as our ability to provide information to healthcare providers, key stakeholders and policymakers. Our Market Access and Public Affairs professionals ensure that the latest therapies and products reach the people who need them most, by creating an environment where innovation and chronic disease management drive optimal health outcomes. Are you ready to realize your potential?

The Position

The Market Access Employer Strategy Director, is part of a team responsible for developing channel strategies that will ensure profitable access position for existing and future NNI products. Formulates, leads and aligns Novo Nordisk market access strategy for the Employer channel, including Commercial business. Responsible for developing and leading enterprise employer strategy and working cross-functionally with field teams on execution. Employer strategy encompasses Employers, Employer Benefit Consultants (EBCs), Brokers, Commercial Health Plans, PBMs, Coalitions. Provides centralized expertise for Employer channel to cross-functional teams.

Relationships

Reports to Market Access Channel Strategy Lead.  Interacts frequently in collaboration with internal management and senior level representatives, including MAPA VPs and Directors. Also, interacts routinely with colleagues across Market Access and Public Affairs, including franchise teams, and internal stakeholders from PCOR, Finance, Brands, HEOR, Government Pricing, U.S. and Global Marketing Management, Account Executives, Supply Chain, and Legal. External relationships include interactions with key managed markets customers, EBCs, Employer Coalitions, as well as vendors and consultants.

Essential Functions

• Leads development of overarching strategy for Employer channel, including segment prioritization; ensuring cross-functional alignment for strategic direction to achieve short-term and long-term business objectives that supports sustained growth and deeper employer engagement.
• Drives engagement with Employers, EBCs, and Coalitions to develop deeper relationships and uncover insights; representing organization at conferences and other events.
• Engages with consultants, actuaries, PBMs, TPAs, and employer decision-makers to understand evolving customer priorities and purchasing behaviors impacting access, especially GLP-1 access.
• Develops and executes employer-specific access and affordability strategies, including for obesity and GLP-1 therapies, balancing clinical value, cost containment, utilization management, and long-term outcomes objectives.
• Identifies barriers to access and adherence within employer-sponsored populations and recommends scalable solutions to improve patient experience and outcomes.
• Evaluates emerging employer benefit design trends, including obesity treatment coverage expansion, outcomes-based agreements, lifestyle management integration, and digital health partnerships.
• Collaborates with payer, trade, specialty pharmacy, alternate model and patient support teams to ensure alignment of employer channel strategies across the access ecosystem.
• Monitors and assesses the US market access environment to identify trends and policy changes, including but not limited to changes in managed care, payment models, employer behavior, customer engagement, and coverage and reimbursement.
• Serves as internal subject matter expert on employer benefit strategy, workforce health trends, and obesity management dynamics across the healthcare ecosystem.
• Develops executive-level insights and recommendations for senior leadership regarding employer market evolution, coverage expansion opportunities, and competitive implications.
• Supports enterprise readiness and launch planning for future obesity and cardiometabolic pipeline assets with relevance to employer-sponsored populations.
• Contributes to annual brand planning and budgeting process to represent assigned channel needs across the organization.
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