Senior Payer Value and Patient Access Manager – Nordics & Baltics

at Kyowa Kirin International plc

Stockholm, Sweden (hybrid position)

WE PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF MEDICINE.

LEAPING FORWARD TO MAKE PEOPLE SMILE

At Kyowa Kirin International (KKI), our purpose is to make people smile. This means more than drug discovery and development; it is about embedding care into everything we do to make a difference every day for those that need it most. We’re an inclusive pharmaceutical company that takes time to understand what really matters to our patients, their families, and their healthcare professionals, helping our people to take bold actions that deliver life-changing solutions sooner. Our culture is rooted in our values: Teamwork, Commitment to Life, Innovation, and Integrity. They help us to push boundaries to deliver extraordinary impact and make KKI a brilliant place to work.

Job Purpose:

The role requires a subject matter expert on regional and national Health Technology Assessments (HTA)/reimbursement submissions, pricing solutions and responses to HTA agency questions for each rare disease product, are high quality, strategically aligned and optimised to support access and reimbursement. This role is accountable for both launch and early pipeline products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate expert knowledge on Payer Value and Patient Access, pricing and reimbursement for Nordics and Baltics
• Lead governmental engagement plans cross-functionally with public affairs manager/director supporting the region
• Lead development of HTA submissions to obtain successful recommendations nationally by working closely with internal stakeholders
• Work closely cross-functionally to drive reimbursement submissions and implement public affairs plans for Nordics and Baltics
• Lead pricing negotiations with national or regional authorities with relevant value strategy across the rare disease portfolio
• Cross-functionally working with medical function on evidence generation plans for the region
• Deliver health economic and real-world evidence data collection, analyses (including models) and support to articulate the products value to payers

Position Requirements:

• Proven experience in leading Payer Value and Patient Access initiatives in industry
• Very good understanding of the Payer Value and Patient Access environment, mainly in Sweden and Finland and payer needs
• Strong HTA submission background with Nordics HTA agencies (TLV etc.)
• Governmental engagement experience within the region
• Strong strategic commercial insight through developing national Payer Value and Patient Access strategies in the pharmaceutical industry
• Health Economics background
• Extensive and up to date knowledge of the local healthcare environment regulations, policies and procedures

Kyowa Kirin International is an equal opportunities employer.

No agencies please.