Do you have expertise in Oncology and market access strategies? Do you want to apply it in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life-changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

The Nordic Marketing Company (Nordic) employs around 400 people across 5 countries and has offices located in Södertälje, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Oslo. By 2025 AstraZeneca Nordic aims to become a recognized leader in its core therapy areas and improve the lives of millions of people. This will be achieved by driving innovative science, delivering key launches, building close collaboration and partnerships with stakeholders in health care systems, and developing high-performing teams.

Due to our strong pipeline progress, we are recruiting a second Oncology Market Access Head to support the expanding portfolio and deliver key launches. The role will drive insight-based Nordic payer strategies for AstraZeneca´s brands, leveraging innovative value strategies, to secure patients’ access to our medicines as swiftly as possible.

The locations of this position can be either Sweden, Denmark, Norway, or Finland.

The role

As Oncology Market Access Head for the Nordics you are a key leader in the Oncology Business Unit, one of AstraZeneca’s key growth platforms, and report to the Vice-President Oncology.

You will input on the overall Oncology strategy in the Nordics by acting as a key member in the Oncology Leadership Team. Close partnerships with the Oncology franchise teams and all key functions are essential to achieve value.

AstraZeneca has a strong culture of good payer and stakeholder relations. Your responsibility is to prepare for the best possible access for brands on market and launch brands to ensure patients get the opportunity to benefit from our medicines within all approved therapeutic indications in your scope.

What you will do

Treatment and payer landscapes in Oncology are evolving rapidly. Your exploratory mindset with a deep understanding of customers and an interest in pioneering is the key to broadening our business specifically in terms of building innovative value strategies for our medicines. The overall ambition is to contribute to shaping an Oncology and payer landscape where we quickly are able to secure that the right patients get access to our current and medicine to be launched.

You are accountable for the Nordic pricing and market access strategy for 2-3 of our multi-indication brands and for driving Nordic reimbursement/funding preparations. In order to accomplish our goals, you will work closely with global teams to understand and influence strategies for key brands. You also partner with the respective Market Access Director in the Nordic countries & Nordic Franchise Teams.

It lies within your role to coordinate national competitive intelligence ranging from pricing and payer strategies to healthcare trends. You must also be familiar with evidence generation and value assessment for Oncology medicines, and be ready to find new and surprising solutions together with various stakeholders.

In order to succeed, you have:

We are looking for a person with significant experience in Market Access gained within the pharmaceutical industry in the Nordics. As important are your documented networking and collaboration skills gained from working effectively in a cross-functional, matrix environment, including with global and regional stakeholders.
 

You have a proven understanding in science, real world data, and the value of innovative medicines.
 

Essential requirements are:

• Pricing & market access/reimbursement experience in oncology & with launch products

• Proven ability interacting with and influencing regional and global internal stakeholders.

• Strong negotiation and influencing skills

• Proactive and insistent in achieving results, can resolve and overcome challenges

• Understanding of Health Economics and strong analytical skills

• Has a good understanding of the ethical code and compliance requirements of the pharma industry

You must have excellent communication and presentation skills, proficient in both written and spoken English.

Desirable requirements:

• Experience from sales/marketing work within pharmaceutical or similar industry

• Understanding of and interest in digital transformation

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life changing medicines and strive to continuously meet the unmet needs of patients worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality.
 

If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be.
 

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Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! Apply in the link.

If you’re curious to know more then please reach out to David Brocklehurst, Vice President, Oncology Nordics; David.Brocklehurst@astrazeneca.com +46 72 202 42 50

We welcome your application, in English, no later than October 16th, 2020.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.