Job Description
The Pricing & Market Access Director is responsible for leading the development and/or execution of Market Access strategies within Gulf Region, as well as partnering cross-functionally with commercial teams. This position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Key Responsibilities:
• Responsible for payer strategic planning to support value and access optimization and formulary inclusion
• Leads development of Market Access strategies and core pricing & access deliverables operating within the Commercial model as well as supporting local value and access optimization
• Ensures the payer position is consistently represented to internal cross-functional stakeholders and ensures robust strategic input into commercialization and development decisions
• Partners cross-functionally to ensure robust value proposition and integrated evidence plans are optimized to support market access and reimbursement
• Supports strategies with deep functional knowledge, in-depth market research, environmental data & analogs
• Informs financial forecasts
• Works on the execution and negotiation of pricing and access strategy, including the localization of access strategy, tactical execution and pricing business cases
• Supports capability building and thought leadership projects that advance knowledge of and readiness for the rapidly evolving payer environment
• Collaborates closely with HEOR, Pricing & Market Access, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Marketing and Clinical Development / Medical counterparts to ensure value and access optimization.
Key Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline
• 10 years of working experience within GCC market
• Demonstrates capacity to acquire scientific information
• In depth understanding of the local pharmaceutical market, pricing and reimbursement and outcomes research
• Works to the highest levels of integrity and compliance, adhering to Vertex standards of business conduct and ethics at all times
• Excellent command in reading, writing and speaking Arabic and English
• Ability to think strategically and make sound pricing and market access recommendations
• Experience conducting negotiations with external stakeholders
• Strong practical, quantitative and analytical skills combined with a sound understanding of how to successfully apply pricing & reimbursement / HEOR principles to support Vertex
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, including the ability to effectively write and deliver presentations
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with local network market access decision makers
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate complex concepts and negotiate with others.
• Ability to travel within the assigned region.
Flex Designation:
Hybrid-Eligible Or On-Site Eligible
Flex Eligibility Status:
In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as:
1. Hybrid : work remotely up to two days per week; or select
2. On-Site : work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.
Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.
