TA Access Strategy & HEOR Head

Job Description Summary

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Location: Bucharest, Romania

The TA Access Strategy & HEOR Head leads the development and implementation of integrated, market-specific access and pricing strategies across the product lifecycle. The role ensures timely, sustainable, and differentiated patient access to Novartis medicines by shaping value strategies, aligning evidence and payer needs, and guiding cross-functional teams and external stakeholder engagement.

 

Job Description

Key responsibilities

• Develop and drive integrated access and pricing strategies across the lifecycle for pipeline and in-market assets, aligned with market dynamics and business priorities.

• Provide value and access input into target product profiles, indication sequencing, and early asset decisions to maximize long-term access and reimbursement outcomes.

• Define pricing, contracting, and negotiation strategies to support optimal launch, lifecycle, and revenue optimization.

• Shape and articulate value propositions, access ambitions, and positioning based on payer evidence requirements and healthcare system insights.

• Lead cross-functional coordination across Commercial, Medical, HEOR/HTA, Regulatory, Policy, and Field teams to ensure aligned access strategy execution.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with payers, health authorities, and system stakeholders, representing Novartis in negotiations and policy discussions.

• Drive pipeline and early access strategies, guiding clinical evidence needs, endpoints, comparators, and opportunity assessments.

• Lead lifecycle access activities including HTA submissions, renewals, line extensions, pricing reviews, and contract renegotiations.

• Translate market, policy, and stakeholder insights into strategic recommendations and ongoing strategy refinement.

• Build a high-performance access organization by developing talent, strengthening succession, and role-modeling Novartis leadership behaviors.

Requirements

• University degree in life sciences, health economics, public health, business, or related field with 7–10+ years of experience in market access, pricing, HEOR/HTA or related areas; advanced degree preferred; fluency in English and local language (Romanian)  required.

• Proven track record of developing and executing integrated access and pricing strategies for innovative medicines.

• Experience engaging with payers, HTA bodies, and health authorities across access and reimbursement processes.

• Strong understanding of healthcare systems, reimbursement pathways, and policy dynamics.

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior internal and external stakeholders in complex, matrix environments.

• Experience shaping early access strategies, clinical evidence requirements, and lifecycle submissions.

• Strong analytical capabilities including value modeling, scenario analysis, and evidence synthesis.

• Excellent negotiation, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership skills.

• Clear communicator able to translate insights into compelling value stories and strategic recommendations.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

 

Skills Desired

Access And Reimbursement Strategy, Agility, Analytical Skill, Analytical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer-Centric Mindset, Employee Development, Finance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Health Economics, Health Policy, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, Market Access Strategy, Negotiation Skills, People Management, Process Management, Project Management, Public Affairs, Real World Evidence (RWE), Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Value Propositions