Job Description

JoB Description Market Access Strategy

Our organization is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.

Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

Tasks:

• Contribute to the profitable growth of the business:
  • Give support to the Market Access Manager in the negotiation with payers
  • Optimizing the access of the prioritized products in the Key HMOs & Prepaid
  • Main point of contact between key areas such as Medical, Marketing, Finance, Sales, among others.
• Promote for a culture where the needs of our internal and external clients are understood, as well as the demands of the health sector to provide high quality pharmaceutical evidence to generate arguments of value by inverted weight that favor the access of our products
• Develop/Adapt Value Proposition for the priority products (scientific & HE data + Key Message)
• Contribute in the generation of objectives, strategies and tactics to do in each Key Accounts
• Work early with the new products in order to ensure faster inclusion in the HMOs
• Prepare and coordinate with other areas the information requested by health systems
• Ensures that all final deliverables are of high scientific quality and are presented in a way that supports the local market access strategy
• Develop new ways of reimbursement through innovative contracts with the objective of accelerating the inclusion of new products.
• Interact with internal stakeholders in order to implement the objectives of Market Access (Medical, Marketing, Sales, Finance, etc) & stimulate networking. Coordinate the consolidation of information within the Company and ensure timely submission
• Promote the value of the innovation in the whole Health Care System

Requirements:

Experience: At least 2 years in either an Access position or somewhere within the Health Care System

Education: College degree in Health Science, Economy, Marketing, Business Administration, Accountant, Attorney, Engineer.

A Masters degree will be a plus.

Skills:

• Deep understanding of the Health Care System
• Payers roles and responsibilities comprehension
• Good interpersonal relationships to ensure long terms relationship.
• Focus on customers and patients
• Critical and analytical thinking.
• Collaboration
• Team Work
• Communication skills
• Negotiation skills
• Flexibility to changes
• Innovation and Creativity
• Managing Difficult interactions/conversations/negotiations
• Achieve results
• Finance Fundamentals
• Demonstrate Ethics and Integrity

English: Advanced

What we look for

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.

INVENT.

IMPACT.

INSPIRE.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively for the common good.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Our employees are the key to our company’s success. We demonstrate our commitment to our employees by offering a competitive and valuable rewards program. Our company’s benefits are designed to support the wide range of
goals, needs and lifestyles of our employees, and many of the people that matter the most in their lives.

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

NA

Required Skills:

Adaptability, Creativity, Data Analysis, Data Management, Developing Pricing Strategies, Digital Marketing Analytics, Healthcare Policies, Health Economics Research, Interpersonal Relationships, Market Access, Market Research, Outcomes Research, Pharmaceutical Market, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

06/4/2025

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