Market Access and Policy Advisor

Job description

The Position

Job Purpose:
❖ Build access strategy for Roche’s products/indications and prepare/be responsible for reimbursement submission/negotiation.
❖ Identify patient access opportunities and/or issues/barriers and develop access solutions to address them and create access for patients for Roche innovations in self-pay market
❖ Pipeline product prioritization: identify the primary focus of pipeline products for future new product planning efforts.

Key Deliverables/ Outputs
❖ Develop and implement market access strategies/solutions for strategic our products covering reimbursement pricing strategy, pharmacoeconomics/HTA strategy, and policy-related strategy to create the patient access opportunities.
❖ Reimbursement Submission:
1. Work cross functionally with PPOC, Marketing, and Medical stakeholders to
develop reimbursement strategy and engagement plan with KOL and advocacy
groups.
2. Collect data and prepare a dossier for the National Health Insurance
Administration (NHIA) submission. Highlight the key evidence and product value proposition for the payer.
3. Other policy shaping activities to support patient access as appropriate.
❖ Ensure payer relevant evidence is generated through clinical trials, health economic modeling, real-world evidence studies, systematic literature research and meta-analysis effectively to demonstrate the value comprehensively.
❖ Deliver best in class patient access solutions, partnering with commercial teams and different payers to identify patient access opportunities beyond NHIA coverage.
❖ Build new product access and pricing strategy from new product pre-launch till life cycle management period based on overall company portfolio to ensure sustainable* pricing strategy in Taiwan.
❖ Collaborate with the global team and other affiliates through the network to ensure alignment on the access and pricing strategy.
❖ Engage external stakeholders to remove access barriers and deliver value based discussion for Roche products.

Required skills and experience
❖ A bachelor degree in the field (pharmacy, nursing, public health, economics, public policy). An advanced (Master’s or doctorate) degree is preferred.
❖ Medical device reimbursement application and/or self-pay strategy experience is preferred.

❖ Familiar with NHIA process of medical devices and key stakeholders.
❖ Strong business acumen with ability to think strategically.
❖ Deep appreciation of science and ability to translate scientific information into strategy. Ability to take evidence and other complex data and convert them into easy to understand deliverables that can support commercial use.
❖ A collaborative attitude and ability to manage multiple demands and priorities on time, influence without authority, gain alignment and drive decision making.
❖ Excellent communication and leadership skills are a must with a strong track record of delivering results in a matrix-based environment.
❖ Big picture oriented with the ability to understand the implications of reimbursement and market access trends that will affect commercial success.
❖ Fluent in English communication.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.