Regional Access Lead

Accountable for developing and implementing state access strategies and partnerships in alignment with state health care systems to co-create solutions for prioritised access barriers that enhance the healthcare system evolution and ensure patients have appropriate and timely access to Novartis products across targeted states and Union Territories of India.

• Collaborate with government institutions and health administrations to ideate and co create access initiative that enable better adoption of innovative therapies and facilitate inclusion of Novartis products in state formularies
• Evaluate patient journey to identify access barriers and develop bespoke solution to facilitate optimized access to Novartis products
• Identify innovative channels and opportunities that enables increased access for Novartis medicines among reimbursed beneficiaries in the state.
• Develop and design strategic/tactical access plan to enable access to innovative therapies aligned to current and future product portfolio
• Create and deliver innovative health system solutions and strategies to drive disease and therapy area prioritization that enable inclusion of innovative therapies
• Identify and unlock alternate funding sources to enable access to Novartis medicines to broader beneficiary pool within the state ecosystem

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders including state government officials, policymakers, health administrators. Healthcare providers, patient organisations, to effectively advocate for disease and therapy area prioritization that enable access to innovative therapies.

• Collaborate with the government affairs team to provide input and support in state-level advocacy efforts and engage in public policy discussions that impact patient access. Collaborate with marketing and communication teams to ensure consistent messaging and education about our products and their value proposition to state agencies, payers, and other stakeholders.

• You should hold a relevant science degree, MBBS /BDS/B.Pharm/B.Sc and Masters in Business Administration/ Public policy / Communications or equivalent from premier institutes.

• You should have minimum 8 years of experience with 5 years of experience in public health, development sector, market access or strategy roles
• You should pose linguistic proficiency in local vernacular language relevant to the geographic region
• Matrix collaboration and ability to drive cross-functional teams

Agility, Analytical Skill, Analytical Thinking, Computer Network, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer-Centric Mindset, Finance, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Key Account Management, Market Access, Process Management, Product Positioning, Public Affairs, Real World Evidence (RWE), Value Propositions, Waterfall Model