Health Economics & Market Access Director (Head)

＊This role requires native level Japanese and Business English＊

＊日本語がネイティブレベルで英語が流暢に会話ができる方(両方必須)＊

Health Economics & Market Access Director

Description
Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA) is a critical element of our market access strategies to ensure success in an increasingly challenging market environment. Changing regulations, decision-making processes where the clinician is no longer the only player, and a concept of value which is more based on clinical and economic evidence for our technologies and solutions, make it a must that we equip ourselves with the required capabilities and convey a meaningful value-based message to health authorities and our customers, in collaboration with cross-functional team.  In addition, proactively monitor and shape access related environments and policies are critical. Within this context, the purpose of the role is to lead the HEMA activities in the country.

• Ensure reimbursement strategy development and implementation for new products as well as maintenance and optimizing reimbursement strategies for listed products

• Lead and execute reimbursement strategy development in close collaboration with relevant functions, e.g. regulatory affairs, medical affairs, commercial, government affairs, etc.

• Provide timely input to regional and global HEMA team for new product introduction based on local reimbursement and market access needs, e.g. evidence needs for premium reimbursement

• Proactively monitor and shape reimbursement and market access related policies

• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with key external stakeholders, e.g. health authorities, clinical associations, industry associations, academia, to shape reimbursement and market access related policies, in collaboration with government affairs team

• Provide input into evidence generation strategy for new product development and identify local opportunities for health economics evidence generation if relevant

• Set overall HEMA strategy for Japan, including all strategic and business planning as well as the development, management and tracking of Japan HEMA G&Os and budgets.

• Partner at the country level to align on priorities and resourcing for business objectives across all business units and Japan president

• Lead and direct HEMA teams in Japan. Develop and execute local organizational and talent strategy and talent development plans

Qualifications

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in health economics or market access in healthcare industry or government

• In-depth understanding of governments and their perspective on healthcare / social insurance strategy

• Ability to develop a clear understanding of the company’s and division’s goals, with a clear ability to prioritize and arrange timelines

• Proven ability to understand business strategy, then translate it into solutions that support the company’s business goals

• Experience building teams, as well as managing people and budgets

• Proven leadership ability to effectively motivate and manage a team of professionals

• Experience working successfully in complex matrix environments

• Leadership and ability to develop trust relationship in the organization

Skills and Capabilities

• Strong collaboration/communication skills

• Team leadership with open mindset

• Influence without authority

Qualification / Certificate

• Advanced degree in field such as pharmaceutical science, health policy, health economics, outcomes research, health services research, public health, or epidemiology preferred