Market Access

**Market Access & Pricing Associate Director**:
Location: any country in SEA & India region

J&J Innovative Medicines is hiring for a Market Access & Pricing Associate Director for the South East Asia - India region, reporting to the Asia-Pacific TA Market Access Lead.

This role combines the responsibilities for both pricing and access and is thus accountable for delivering and executing integrated market access and pricing strategies for products or disease aligned to the priorities of the relevant cross-functional team.

The MA Associate Director provides strategic market access and pricing leadership at the TA and brand level, expertly representing the MA function within the XFT (cross functional team), building strong relationships and effective collaboration with commercial and medical partners at the regional and local level. The MA Associate Director will shape the XFT agenda and decision-making to ensure that strategic plans fully meet the needs of market access in all SEA-I countries.

The MA Associate Director is responsible for representing SEA-I in brand level interactions with AP and / or Global Market Access and Pricing to provide input that shapes the development of regional brand value propositions; developing, assessing, and seeking approval for pricing business cases arising from the SEA-I region and working collaboratively with the SEA-I Pricing TA Lead and the AP team to review the pricing cases with Global. Furthermore, this role will identify and analyze therapy area pricing issues that are/or will become business critical, and to work with the medical team and Commercial Colleagues to develop clear plans that will optimize revenues across the region and enhance J&J Innovative Medicine’s competitive advantage.

The MA Associate Director will collaborate through the functional network and the XFT model with SEA-I operating company Market Access managers to deliver timely, optimal access in a highly challenging environment across a diverse region with complex and differing needs.

The MA Associate Director must understand the needs of countries across SEA-I and work with the local team and AP to develop appropriate solutions for access, both through the reimbursed channel and self-pay avenues.

**POSITION DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**Lead SEA-I Market Access team and strategy for the relevant Therapeutic Area**
- The MA and Pricing Associate Director will be responsible to lead the Oncology TA for the cluster function, providing TA-level insights into SEA-I access considerations, incl. funding systems, data requirements, as well as pricing strategy and implementation.
- The MA Associate Director must ensure a holistic cluster-wide view of the access landscape in SEA-I.
- Monitor and update AP TA MA team on key healthcare policy trends and developments in SEA-I that are relevant to the Oncology TA.
- Lead, develop, and mentor the Oncology MA SEA-I team member(s) by fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Set clear goals and expectations for team members, ensuring alignment with company objectives.
- Provide regular feedback and coaching to enhance employee growth and engagement.

**Lead the market access strategy for the brand(s)**:

- The MA Associate Director is a core member of the XFT and as such will take an accountable, proactive role in shaping SEA-I brand strategy both within and outside of the area of functional responsibility, demonstrating an ability to contribute broadly to strategy decisions
- Take a leadership role in representing the needs of the MA function at the XFT, bringing a strategic mindset and collaborative approach to ensuring that strategic plans and investment decisions meet the needs of market access in SEA-I
- Fully engage in key XFT processes, shaping the thinking and bringing a payer and patient perspective to creation of BPs, financial planning (LRFP and BP) and regional evidence generation planning such as Real World Evidence
- Lead development and delivering a full range of tools that support optimal market access (reimbursed / self-pay) across SEA-I, including the optimal design of patient access programs
- Maintain a deep understanding of diverse and complex market access and reimbursement processes across the region and bring this knowledge and insight into the strategic thinking of the XFT
- Take budgetary responsibility for defining and managing the MA TA budgets, making sure that spending is managed effectively throughout the year and to plan

**Lead Market Access strategy development ensuring strategic alignment across countries**
- Lead the AP MA functional network, bringing the Operating Company view into XFT discussions and collaborating with countries on the creation of market access tools and deliverables
- Partner with SEA-I pricing manager, AP and Global colleagues on the execution of payer research and the needs of SEA-I
- Take accountability to create and implement innovative access model fram