Senior Director, Global Access Policy
$196,000–$342,700 year
On-site · Washington, District of Columbia, United States or Raritan, New Jersey, United States
Job Summary
Senior Director, Global Access Policy responsible for leading systematic access policy strategy development for the new products and disease areas in J&J IM’s portfolio, impacting portfolio access strategy decision making. The role collaborates with TA Market Access Leaders and Center of Excellence Functions to identify policy-related issues early, incorporate access policy insight into overall market access strategies for emerging products, and support product leads in advancing robust policy-shaping strategies. It liaises with regional teams and policy-related functions and connects GCSO leaders to J&J Government Affairs & Policy and outside policy stakeholder groups as part of overall commercialization strategy development. Responsibilities include leading access policy needs identification, prioritizing issues for engagement, conducting policy landscaping reviews, supporting reimbursement pathways and coding, stakeholder mapping, identifying partnerships, developing policy-shaping strategies for priority issues, leading strategy workshops, analyzing policy barriers and opportunities, engaging with external stakeholders, ensuring global alignment with TA Market Access leaders, and maintaining compliance with company policies. This position is based on site in Raritan, NJ or Washington, DC with up to 20% travel. The role requires a Master’s level or PhD, and a minimum of 8 years in health care policy/market access, with strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to work in a highly matrixed global environment.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s level or PhD
- Bachelor’s degree with 10-15 years of relevant experience
- An advanced degree in public policy, health policy, market access or pricing policy, or law is preferred
- A minimum of 8 years’ work experience in health care policy, government affairs, health economics, value assessment, market access or related field is required
- Deep understanding of pricing and reimbursement policies and the policy development process in the US, and other markets
- Experience working in government, trade associations or market access functions
- Strong ability to lead across a matrix, working collaboratively and providing leadership in policy issue identification, strategy development and follow-through across multiple functions within J&J Innovative Medicine, the regions and J&J Government Affairs & Policy
- Excellent analytical skills to identify gaps and root causes of issues, intellectual curiosity, and an ability to think out of the box to develop a solution
- Able to create clear, logical, compelling and concise documents in English and articulate them to effectively communicate with senior leaders and key internal and external stakeholders and customers required
- Must be able to work independently with minimum supervision to meet tight deadlines and maintain a positive attitude
- Strong people and project management skills, given complex, cross-functional work led in a matrix across departmental and geographical boundaries
- Intellectual flexibility to continually develop and learn new skills is required
- Experience working across Therapeutic Areas is a plus as is a knowledge of key global markets
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