TA Access Manager

TA Access Manager

Summary

The TA Access role is responsible for executing and coordinating access activities that support launch, lifecycle, and in-market brand performance. It gathers payer, stakeholder, and market insights; translates global guidance into locally relevant access plans; and supports the development and refinement of value propositions, submissions, and healthcare system readiness activities. The role works cross-functionally with Medical, Commercial, Regulatory, Policy, Field, and HQ teams to align inputs, track progress, and ensure access plans are implemented effectively.

About the Role

Major accountabilities:

Integrated Access & Pricing Plan

• In line with HQ guidance oversee access plans, value proposition, and positioning
• Translate global access guidance into locally relevant plans
• Identify barriers to access, adoption, and payer acceptance
• Lead on Healthcare System Readiness plan development and integrate healthcare system shaping considerations into overall access plan
• Consider private market access approaches e.g. Out of Pocket; Private Insurance Companies, Alternative Funding (rare disease)
• Where required, act as cross-functional coordinator for early activities including consolidating cross-functional inputs from Medical and Commercial to support various assessment activities, decision making and early preparation activities

Cross-Functional Coordination of Access Plan

• Support cross-functional creation and execution of integrated access plans
• Partner with Therapeutic Area Leads, Medical, Commercial, Regulatory, Policy, and Field Teams to achieve favourable access outcomes
• Gather and integrate insights from field teams and stakeholders to refine strategies
• Foster effective ways of working within matrix and portfolio environments

Stakeholder Engagement & External Advocacy

• Maintain relationships with payers, health authorities, and access-relevant stakeholders
• Integrate external stakeholder feedback into plan refinement
• Collect, interpret, and channel market insights into access plans

Portfolio Maintenance & Lifecycle Management

• Maintain and evolve the value proposition for in-market brands
• Oversee and support lifecycle access activities (submission renewals, HTA updates, line extensions)

Business Insight and Performance Management

• Provide V&A input into business cases and portfolio decisions
• Monitor access performance using defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Share best practices and lessons learned across brands and teams
• Support continuous performance review and optimization

Key Performance Indicators:

• Access Success & Coverage: Proportion of products achieving reimbursement and breadth of payer or institutional access.
• Speed to Access: Time taken from regulatory approval to reimbursement or listing decision.
• Pricing Performance: Achieved price compared with the approved target price across the portfolio.
• Impact of V&A Plans: Revenue and portfolio growth enabled through successful access outcomes.
• Quality & Effectiveness of V&A Delivery: on-time delivery of V&A solutions and feedback from internal and external stakeholders.
• Patient access impact
• Launch excellence
• Portfolio growth
• Stakeholder engagement outcomes
• Organizational capability development

Background:

Education

• University degree in life sciences, economics, or related field
• Advanced degree is an advantage but not mandatory

Languages:

• English

• Country language required

• Experience / Professional Requirements

• 3-5 years in market access, pricing, or reimbursement roles

• Experience within pharmaceutical or healthcare environment

• Proven exposure to national access or payer negotiations

• Experience across product launch and lifecycle phases

• Leadership & Functional Skills

• Strong understanding of pricing and reimbursement systems

• Ability to translate evidence into access value propositions

• Experience working with HEOR (Health Economics and Outcomes Research)

• Solid project and stakeholder management skills

• Analytical thinking

• Ability to lead without direct authority

• Comfort managing complexity and ambiguity

• Influencing skills across internal and external stakeholders

• Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?

• Benefits and Rewards: Learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally.

• Division

• International

• Business Unit

• Marketing

Location

Kazakhstan

Site Kazakhstan

Company / Legal Entity KZ03 (FCRS = KZ003) Novartis Kazakhstan LLP

Functional Area Market Access

Job Type Full time

Employment Type Regular

Shift Work No

Market Access International Kazakhstan

Job ID REQ-10087965

TA Access Manager