Your Role: We look for a passionate professional to join our Belgiums Healthcare Leadership team as Head of Market Access, Pricing and Government Affairs director based in Brussels. The key purpose of the role is (1) to expand access and optimize pricing for our Healthcare portfolio in Belgium and in Luxembourg, (2) to engage stakeholders in Belgiums and Luxembourgs Healthcare sector and (3) to oversee and manage government affairs for Belgium and Luxembourg.
The scope of the role will encompass both strategic work and day to day operations. It offers an exciting opportunity for personal and professional growth, to deliver strong impact for patients and business and for collaboration with all our health care business sectors in Belgium and in Luxembourg. In this role you will also work closely with the EMEA Regional Market Access & Pricing function and regional Government Affairs team. You will support the Country General Manager across the following functional domains and serve as a strong business partner to the Business unit heads, Country Medical Director, Regulatory Affairs, and other internal stakeholders.
Market Access & Pricing (MAP) & Government & Public Affairs (GPA) strategic planning and implementation
1. Develop & implement an integrated market access strategy outlining the key priorities, plans and actions incl. external engagement.
2. Develop pricing & access strategies for launch and in line brands in collaboration with the business units and the EMEA region.
3. Provide MAP input into country Brand Strategies and Brand Planning.
4. Adapt global value dossiers and Health Economics models with strong leverage of local data and evidence to ensure a strong submission and outcomes.
5. Plan and drive negotiation process with the local authorities to optimize access and pricing.
Strategic pricing management
1. Develop strong business cases with a solid understanding of commercial potential.
2. Optimize pricing across portfolio with a view to protecting value.
3. Maintain strong insight on competitor strategies, pricing, and activities.
4. Ensure compliance to global and local pricing SOP including management of the local input into the global pricing database and maintain data quality for the market.
5. Maintain an overview of list and net prices for key brands and work with local controlling to provide the relevant inputs for business processes and be an active business partner in cross functional business discussions.
6. Interacts with authorities and relevant stakeholders to find optimal solutions to proactively shape the access and pricing landscape, in compliance with regulatory and ethical standards.
Tender and Key Account activities
1. Support our business teams in tender activities.
2. Provides strong insights to develop hospital and/or clinic stakeholder plan and value proposition a