Value & Access TA Head Immunology & Neuroscience, APMA

Job Description Summary Value & Access TA Head Immunology & Neuroscience, APMA Location : Singapore #LI-Hybrid Are you an experienced Value & Access leader ready to shape sustainable patient access across diverse healthcare systems? We are looking for a strategic, collaborative leader to drive regional V&A execution for an assigned Therapeutic Area across Asia Pacific Middle East Africa (APMA) markets. As Region V&A Therapeutic Area Head, you will translate international strategies into locally relevant access plans, influence asset-level strategy through Integrated Product Access Teams, and enable countries to secure timely, sustainable, and value-based patient access. You will lead access readiness, pricing and lifecycle inputs, performance improvement, and cross-country collaboration while partnering closely with Medical, Commercial, Corporate/Public Affairs, Finance, Regulatory, and other functions. Job Description Major Accountabilities: Shape and execute V&A strategy: Drive Therapeutic Area access strategies across the region, align international direction with country needs, and guide markets through access challenges and opportunities. Lead launch readiness: Own the V&A contribution to Launch Readiness Reviews, ensure high-quality deliverables, and coordinate cross-functional risk identification, action planning, and follow-through. Accelerate access performance: Use dashboards, analytics, Execution Excellence, and Access360 insights to identify high-impact opportunities, strengthen payer engagement, and scale cross-country learning. Influence pricing decisions: Provide regional input on pricing assumptions, profitability, competitive benchmarks, gross-to-net implications, business cases, and cross-country pricing decisions. Shape the external environment: Partner with Public Affairs and other stakeholders to address market access barriers, strengthen reimbursement pathways, monitor policy developments, and support healthcare-system readiness. Build regional capability: Develop tools, training, frameworks, and communities of practice across pricing, negotiation, HEOR, HTA, evidence generation, and access execution. Lead through collaboration: Unite regional and country teams, foster an inclusive and high-performing culture, support talent development, and role-model ethics, compliance, and an enterprise mindset. Requirements An advanced degree in life sciences, health economics, public health, business administration, or a related field; an MBA is an advantage. At least 15 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, including significant leadership responsibility in market access, pricing, reimbursement, health policy, or a closely related discipline. A strong record of developing and executing access strategies, leading cross-functional teams, and influencing effectively in a complex matrix environment. Experience engaging payers, health technology assessment bodies, health authorities, and other external stakeholders. Deep understanding of pricing, reimbursement, evidence requirements, scenario planning, contracting, value communication, and healthcare-system dynamics. International or above-country experience across multiple markets or regions; country V&A experience and relevant Therapeutic Area expertise are strongly preferred. The ability to translate complex access challenges and analytics into clear strategies, decisions, and measurable performance improvements. Commercial or profit-and-loss experience would be an added advantage. Skills Desired Business Acumen, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Cross-Functional Leadership, Employee Development, Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Influencing Skills, Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, Patient Care, People Management, Process Management, Product Launches, Project Management, Public Affairs, Real World Evidence (RWE), Regulatory Compliance, Resource Allocation, Results-Oriented, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Value Propositions