Market Access Manager (80-100%*) (temp role 12 months)
Novartis AG
Rotkreuz (Office-Based)
Key information
- Publication date:14 January 2026
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Rotkreuz (Office-Based)
Job summary
Join Novartis to lead sustainable patient access strategies locally. Be part of a dynamic work environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Drive patient access dossier submissions with operational excellence.
- Provide insights for local product development decisions early on.
- Build strong networks with key customers and decision-makers.
Skills
- Experience in creating reimbursement dossiers and understanding healthcare.
- Strong analytical skills and understanding of health economics.
- Excellent negotiation abilities and cross-functional collaboration.
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Summary
~Leads the implementation of a sustainable patient access strategy at the local level (CPO). Collects and analyzes data to generate insights for patient access submissions that jointly create added value for customers, patients, and Novartis.
About the Role
Major Accountabilities
~ Leads projects for the submission of Patient Access Dossiers to regulatory authorities
applying an excellent operational standard
~ Provides early relevant input for local product development decisions.
~ Offers analytical justifications for business cases.
~ Maintains and updates all relevant P&R tools and systems.
~ Creates insightful reports that transform the results of the analysis of relevant data on Novartis' and competitor products' pricing and reimbursement strategy into effective business recommendations.
~ Builds strong networks and relationships with key customers, key opinion leaders, and individual and institutional decision-makers and uses them to optimize the positioning and messaging of Novartis products and the joint creation of value propositions with
customers.
~ Provides local input for both global and local pricing.
~ Adapts Global Healthcare Economics models to accurately reflect local environments.
Key Performance Indicators
~Achieving Novartis' local P&R and acceptance targets
~Effective use and improvement of tracking systems to measure access.
~Shortening product market launch time
~Improvement/expansion of patient access
Work Experience
~Experience in creating reimbursement dossiers
~Proven ability to understand and clearly communicate scientific and economic topics
~Understanding of the national healthcare system, the regulatory environment for drug classification and labeling, as well as approval procedures
~Strong negotiation and analytical skills
Skills
~Analytical skills
~Computer networking
~Financing
~Health economics
~Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
~Key Account Management
~Product positioning
~Value proposition
~Public affairs
~Market access
~Customer-centric mindset
~Understanding of the healthcare sector
~Cross-functional collaboration
~Real-world evidence (RWE)
~Project management
~Process management
~Analytical thinking
~Agility
Language
English
~ Leads projects for the submission of Patient Access Dossiers to regulatory authorities
applying an excellent operational standard
~ Provides early relevant input for local product development decisions.
~ Offers analytical justifications for business cases.
~ Maintains and updates all relevant P&R tools and systems.
~ Creates insightful reports that transform the results of the analysis of relevant data on Novartis' and competitor products' pricing and reimbursement strategy into effective business recommendations.
~ Builds strong networks and relationships with key customers, key opinion leaders, and individual and institutional decision-makers and uses them to optimize the positioning and messaging of Novartis products and the joint creation of value propositions with
customers.
~ Provides local input for both global and local pricing.
~ Adapts Global Healthcare Economics models to accurately reflect local environments.
Key Performance Indicators
~Achieving Novartis' local P&R and acceptance targets
~Effective use and improvement of tracking systems to measure access.
~Shortening product market launch time
~Improvement/expansion of patient access
Work Experience
~Experience in creating reimbursement dossiers
~Proven ability to understand and clearly communicate scientific and economic topics
~Understanding of the national healthcare system, the regulatory environment for drug classification and labeling, as well as approval procedures
~Strong negotiation and analytical skills
Skills
~Analytical skills
~Computer networking
~Financing
~Health economics
~Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
~Key Account Management
~Product positioning
~Value proposition
~Public affairs
~Market access
~Customer-centric mindset
~Understanding of the healthcare sector
~Cross-functional collaboration
~Real-world evidence (RWE)
~Project management
~Process management
~Analytical thinking
~Agility
Language
English
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