Head Market Access and Public Affairs BeLux

• Location: Diegem, Belgium

About the job:

Sanofi has a great opportunity for a Head of Market Access and Public Affairs position for Belgium and Luxembourg.

As leader in Market Access, you set the Sanofi Market Access strategy to bring Sanofi’s innovative health solutions to the patient as fast as possible, in a sustainable way and as a credible and trusted partner for patients and stakeholders. Together with internal stakeholders, the most appropriate pricing and market access strategy is developed to ensure that the right patient gets the right medicine or vaccine at the right time.

As leader in Public Affairs, you shape our eco-system that promotes scientific innovation, and biopharma manufacturing and enable sustainable access to the Sanofi portfolio. This is achieved by engaging with patients, scientific associations, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders to shape our policy environment and create the sustainable conditions for access to innovation.

You lead a highly-skilled market access and public affairs team continuously striving to build their expertise and develop their talents.

Main responsibilities:

• Lead the Market Access and Public Affairs team: be an inspirational people manager and initiate the necessary development actions and training. Hold individuals accountable for their performance and promote a culture of high performance;
• Develop and ensure the execution of the Market Access and Public Affairs strategies and tactical plans, in alignment with the European and Local Public Affairs and Market Access strategy, and regional and local market priorities;
• Maintain a network of external payer stakeholders and influencers that can be activated in response to specific access opportunities or risks;
• Personally conduct access/reimbursement negotiations with national payers and select other payers / decision makers as required;
• Prioritize and develop focused plans with key external stakeholders;
• Understand the evolution of the Belux market access and political landscape and address implications for the business as well as opportunities through robust external affairs plans aiming to shape the environment;
• Identify the market access barriers before the time of launch and start working early to define a strategy that will allow the right engagement with all key stakeholders in the best possible way to secure patient’s access to treatment;
• Work with the patient community to understand the challenges they have when living with that condition and their request for more impact treatments;
• Build Market Access and Public Affairs capabilities and understanding within the Country;
• Ensures compliance of his/her team with the code of ethics, company procedures and guidelines and takes any corrective action in order to manage and minimize any potential risk.

About you:

• University degree, preferably in Pharmacy, Medicine, Life Sciences, Political Science, Law or Economy or equivalent experience;
• 10 years of experience within the pharmaceutical experience, including at least 3 years of experience in a leadership position and a good external affairs network;
• Experience in public affairs and patient advocacy, market-shaping strategies, advocacy campaigns, or advanced responsibilities in an industry public affairs role;
• Experience in Market Access (including a good understanding of Pricing & Contracting, RWE data generation, Health Economics) as well as the Belux healthcare and reimbursement systems;
• Ability to influence in a proactive, objective and diplomatic manner;
• Ability to drive projects and initiatives and execute successfully in a complex environment, working with multiple internal and external stakeholders;
• Proven track record successfully executing complex projects and initiatives, on time, within budget, with measurement of results;
• Ability to translate public affairs and market access objectives in a strategic action plan;
• Fluent in Dutch, French and English.

Why choose us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Drive implementation science, powerful crowdsourcing and open innovation , discovering the ways to bring science to live faster , contributing to a patient first mindset
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave

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Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

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