Market Access Manager – China

Based in Shanghai, China
Salary: Competitive

If you are an experienced pharmaceutical professional with experience of national pricing, reimbursement, and listing negotiations in the region, then we want to hear from you. 

Join us to help improve peoples’ lives and make healthcare better for everyone!

Why Pharmanovia?

Pharmanovia is a dynamic, fast-growing international pharmaceutical company with a portfolio of over 20 brands across more than 140 markets. Our mission is to improve patient health globally through the revitalisation of niche, tried-and-trusted medicines.

Since its inception in 2013, Pharmanovia has grown consistently year on year, focusing on delivering high-quality branded prescription medicines to patients, prescribers and healthcare providers across the world. Our growth has enabled the company to reinvest in its products, brands, people, and to give back to its communities. A people business with a strong, supportive culture that encourages innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, our team comprises over 250 employees and 29 nationalities, operating from offices in the UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, U.A.E., India, Singapore, Italy, and South Korea.

We are an agile and imaginative global specialty pharma business and a preferred partner for innovator pharma companies, instigating a paradigm shift in the life cycle management of iconic medicines. We seek to extensively engage with clinical communities to communicate product improvements and prioritise environmental, social, and governance considerations across the business and workforce.

Pharmanovia’s therapeutic areas include Cardiovascular, Oncology, Endocrinology and Neurology.

About the role:

Reporting to the General Manager APAC your key responsibilities will include:

• Negotiate funding and price and support our products in reimbursement negotiations
• Develop appropriate communication platforms to market our products
• Partner with global market access to inform product development and pricing
• Develop launch plans for new products mapping out local coding, coverage and payment requirements
• Consolidate planning and actions in local market access strategy 
• Implementation plan for short-term and mid-term business goals
• Providing relevant local country input and sharing best practices
• Advise the business on the most influential and accessible market access stakeholders (payers, governmental bodies, industry associations, professional associations and other stakeholders)
• Build trusted and strategic relationships with payers and influencing stakeholders
• Understand the specific needs of payers and reimbursement-related stakeholders and identify mutually beneficial partnering opportunities
• Analyse market access trends
• Review policy changes and map reimbursement requirements by payer type for on market products
• Anticipate access barriers and cost containment risks

About you:

• Experience in pharma/medical device industry, health policy or related functions of payers/disease management organisations
• Background in market access
• Functional experience in Reimbursement & Market Access
• Broad knowledge of government and private payer reimbursement
• Existing network to local market access stakeholders
• Track record of peer reviewed publications
• Strategic understanding of business and strategic thinking
• Ability to analyse information and assess risk potential

What we offer:

We offer a competitive package.

 By applying for this role, your details will be sent to Ortolan People, who are acting as consultants for the hiring company. Ortolan People are engaged to provide recruitment support in processing applications. We will endeavour to respond to all applicants within three working days. Occasionally for roles with a very high volume of applicants, this may not be possible.