Market Access Manager - Global Pharmaceutical Sector

Overview

We are seeking a Market Access Manager to devise and execute effective market access strategies, ensuring timely and sustainable patient access to our company's existing and pipeline pharmaceutical and vaccine offerings. This role focuses on optimizing pricing, reimbursement, and formulary status through transforming scientific, clinical, health economic, and real-world data into persuasive value propositions tailored for payers and healthcare decision-makers.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement market access plans for current and upcoming products to secure advantageous pricing, reimbursement, and formulary inclusion.
• Establish evidence-driven access pathways, pricing models, and execution strategies aligned with payer demands and patient benefit.
• Support new product planning up to 24 months before launch by performing competitive analyses, assessing access risks, and engaging stakeholders early.
• Lead pricing and reimbursement submissions independently, managing value dossiers, budget impact analyses, HEOR inputs, and materials aimed at payers.
• Perform pricing evaluations such as international reference pricing, benchmarking, and scenario modeling to improve commercial outcomes.
• Contribute to tender preparations, contractual negotiations, and access-related negotiations as needed.
• Keep abreast of pricing regulations and reimbursement policies to guarantee compliance and optimize access opportunities.
• Develop strategies and implement engagement plans involving private insurers, administrators, and private provider networks to facilitate coverage and reimbursement.
• Analyze private payer decision factors including benefit design, prior authorization, claims procedures, and employer plan considerations to spot barriers and opportunities for access.
• Produce payer-centric value communication materials emphasizing budget impact, utilization management, and evidence tailored for private insurance entities.
• Monitor developments in insurance regulations, private reimbursement trends, and national health reforms to refine access strategies and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs and HEOR teams to generate health economic and real-world evidence matching access requirements.
• Assist with local customization of economic models, validate assumptions with local datasets, and support scientific publications.
• Communicate complex data into succinct, payer-friendly value propositions illustrating innovation, outcomes, and healthcare system benefits.
• Map stakeholders and craft engagement approaches involving payers, HTA agencies, policy authorities, hospitals, and key health institutions.
• Partner with Policy and External Affairs to influence pricing and reimbursement policy environments using scientific and real-world evidence and international best practices.
• Establish and sustain compliant, trusted relationships with internal and external parties to support enduring patient access.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with Marketing, Medical, Regulatory, Finance, and Market Access teams to align messaging and execution on access deliverables.
• Lead or participate in cross-disciplinary launch teams and governance bodies to ensure market access readiness and superior delivery.
• Monitor key performance indicators related to market access, pricing, and reimbursement to promote ongoing enhancements.
• Manage projects efficiently with strong planning capabilities, stakeholder engagement, and disciplined implementation.

Educational and Experience Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Health Economics, Public Health, Medicine, or a related discipline is required; a master's degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 2 to 3 years' experience in Market Access, HEOR, Pricing & Reimbursement, or relevant pharmaceutical industry roles with access exposure.
• Proven expertise in supporting pricing and reimbursement submissions and new product launches is highly valued.

Skills and Knowledge

• Thorough understanding of local healthcare systems, reimbursement procedures, and payer decision-making.
• Strong analytical abilities to interpret health economic, clinical, and real-world evidence.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and project coordination skills.
• High adaptability, problem-solving skills, and effectiveness in matrix organizations.
• Proficiency with Excel, data analysis, and presentation software; fluent in written and spoken English.

Behavioral and Cultural Traits

• Maintains integrity, patient-centric focus, and scientific rigor.
• Exhibits strong collaboration within a complex, matrixed organization.
• Values diversity, inclusion, and upholds company principles.
• Ensures compliance and ethical decision-making continually.

Additional Information

• Employment status: Regular full-time position.
• Work location: Riyadh Region, onsite.
• Travel: Not specified.
• Valid driving license required.
• The job posting expires on 31 July 2026; applications must be submitted before this date.
• Merck & Co., Inc. does not entertain unsolicited agency resumes without prior contractual agreement pertaining to this position.