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Job Function:
Market Access
Job Sub Function:
Health Economics Market Access
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Job Description:
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Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is searching for a Access Engagement & HTA Head to join our Market Access Team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Role Purpose
Reporting to the Market Access Director, this role support J&J Innovative Medicine Saudi Arabia’s access engagement and HTA strategy, positioning the portfolio for success within an evolving Saudi healthcare system.
As a customer- and stakeholder-facing Market Access leader, the role connects policy, HTA and emerging healthcare models with field access execution.
Working closely with HEMAR Leads, SAM, Pricing & Tender, Medical, Commercial and Regulatory teams, the role translates external developments into actionable portfolio and account strategies.
The role is accountable for three strategic priorities:
- Shape the environment through HTA, policy and value dialogue.
- Build for the emerging healthcare model by engaging new entities and developing innovative access solutions.
- Move access closer to customers through differentiated, insight-driven field engagement.
Key Responsibilities
- Shape policy and HTA dialogue with MoH, CNHI/CHTA and CHI, anticipating evolving evidence, economic and value requirements and translating them into portfolio, brand and evidence plans.
- Lead the KSA portfolio HTA and Economic Evaluation Study strategy, including Saudi-adapted economic models, local epidemiology, real-world evidence and appropriate comparators, in close partnership with HEMAR and Medical Affairs.
- Monitor major healthcare-system developments, including Vision 2030 healthcare transformation, financing reform and privatization, and translate them into clear access implications, risks and opportunities for the leadership team.
- Activate relevant priorities across HTA and EES activities, strengthening strategic contracting, price protection, value and pricing policy, portfolio value narratives and stakeholder prioritization.
- Represent J&J Innovative Medicine credibly in appropriate policy forums, industry associations and public-private initiatives.
- Establish and deepen strategic relationships with emerging healthcare stakeholders, including CNHI, HHC and healthcare clusters, provider economic functions, and purchasing/contracting organizations.
- Serve as a key Market Access interface with transforming the healthcare ecosystem, identifying changes early and translating them into actionable access opportunities.
- Support developing the innovative access solutions including value-based agreements, outcomes-based contracting, innovative financing, early-access and managed-entry approaches, aligned with evolving purchasing and reimbursement models.
- Develop high-level health-transformation plans reflecting HHC and cluster priorities and connect these plans with portfolio priorities and launch sequencing.
- Apply an integrated planning discipline to strategic access initiatives, with quantified ambition, clear DRI ownership, defined milestones and regular continue/refine/scale/stop decisions.
- Partner with Medical, Commercial, Regulatory, HEMAR and other Access team members to align portfolio strategies with emerging pathways and strengthen organizational readiness for the new healthcare model.
- Build a differentiated customer-facing access engagement model, segmenting stakeholders according to influence, strategic importance and access impact.
- Expand Market Access engagement beyond traditional purchasing stakeholders to include cluster leadership, finance, contracting, HTA committees, insurers and other emerging access decisionmakers.
- Establish a disciplined after-action review approach to evaluate stakeholder reach, conversion, follow-through and value-message effectiveness, translating insights into future engagement priorities.
- Connect national access achievements with account-level execution, ensuring formulary and tender wins translate into sustainable patient access and uptake.
Key Accountabilities / Measures of Success
Success should be measured across impact, execution and customer engagement, rather than activity volume alone:
HTA & Environment Shaping
- HTA/EES portfolio plan delivered against agreed milestones.
- External evidence requirements systematically incorporated into evidence and brand planning.
- Quality and timeliness of HTA/value submissions and strategic narratives.
- Progress against prioritized policy and HTA-shaping initiatives.
Health Transformation
- Strategic engagement plans established for priority emerging entities and healthcare clusters.
- Identified transformation opportunities converted into executable access initiatives.
- Innovative contracting/access concepts progressed through defined stage gates.
- Account transformation plans integrated with priority brands and launches.
Access Engagement
- Coverage of prioritized access stakeholders.
- Quality and effectiveness of strategic customer interactions.
- Follow-through and conversion of engagement into defined access outcomes.
- Identification and closure of post-formulary/tender implementation gaps.
- Evidence of formulary/tender access translating into patient uptake where measurable.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, life sciences, medicine, health economics or a related field; an advanced degree (MSc, MBA, MPH, PharmD or health economics) is preferred.
- 6-10+ years in pharmaceutical or healthcare roles with a strong track record in market access, HEMAR, health policy or health-system transformation; KSA experience is essential.
- Deep working knowledge of the Saudi health system and Vision 2030 - CNHI, HHC and clusters, MoH, SFDA, CHI — and of HTA / EES, formulary and NUPCO tender pathways.
- Demonstrated ability to build senior external relationships and deliver access outcomes across specialty therapy areas.
- Fluency in Arabic and English
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills: