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Job Function:
Market AccessJob Sub Function:
Health Economics Market AccessJob Category:
ProfessionalAll Job Posting Locations:
Casablanca, MoroccoJob Description:
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Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is hiring a Market Access Manager to join our Market Access team located in Casablanca, Morocco.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Job Title: Market Access Manager (MAM) Morocco
Reporting to: Regional Market Access Head
Functional Group: Market Access
Direct Reports: N/A
Overall Purpose of Job
The Market Access Manager (MAM) is locally accountable for the market access strategy implementation and action plan for the Morocco portfolio thanks to high-quality deliverables that support timely and sustainable patient access. The role combines value and reimbursement dossier preparation, value projects development and implementation, pricing business-case preparation, launch readiness, patient access solutions and stakeholder engagement.
The MAM works closely with the Market Access team members as well as with cross-functional teams. The Market Access Manager will report to the Market Access Head Maghreb and FSA.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Field-time allocation: Approximately 20% of working time, according to business needs.
Develop and implement Morocco market access plans
- Translate regional access, pricing and reimbursement strategy into tactical plans for priority therapeutic areas and brands, with clear objectives, milestones and resource requirements.
- Build launch-access plans for new products and pipeline assets, anticipating evidence, pricing, reimbursement and stakeholder needs.
- Design and support compliant, sustainable patient access programs based on patient, brand and segment identified needs; monitor performance and coordinate relevant external partners.
Lead technical access deliverables and value recognition initiatives
- Develop value and reimbursement dossiers, evidence packs, value propositions and health-economic analyses in line with evolving national requirements.
- Conduct pricing analyses, and scenario assessments, and support the preparation of robust business cases for internal submissions.
- Provide market access training to Strategic Account Managers and other relevant teams.
- Develop compliant materials to support external communication on access programs, value propositions and market access initiatives.
Environment Insights and stakeholder engagement
- Consolidate and analyze insights on patient-pathway barriers, payer requirements, policy developments and competitive dynamics to identify emerging access opportunities and risks and recommend practical actions.
- Develop a strong understanding of access pathways and specific requirements across public and private sectors and relevant patient and payer segments.
- Key access stakeholders’ engagement in line with the approved engagement strategy (health authorities, payers, institutions, healthcare professionals).
- Support national advisory boards, payer events and broader healthcare-environment initiatives.
Drive aligned and compliant execution
- Partner with Medical, Regulatory, Commercial, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Pharmacovigilance, Quality and regional access teams.
- Manage access projects against agreed timelines and coordinate field implementation with relevant internal functions and external partners.
- Manage and monitor assigned projects and functional budgets.
The Market Access Manager will interact with
- Externally: Local payers, public and private institutions, healthcare professionals, service providers and other relevant access stakeholders.
- Internally: The Regional Market Access Head, Strategic Account Managers, Market Access Coordinator, Medical, Regulatory, Commercial, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Pharmacovigilance, Quality and regional access teams.
Compliance Responsibilities
- Ensure safety reporting requirements are met in accordance with applicable company policies and procedures when planning projects, developing materials, executing activities and contracting external partners.
- Ensure legal, compliance, fair-market-value, transfer-of-value, data-privacy and materials-review requirements are understood and appropriately applied when planning projects, developing materials, executing projects and contracting vendors.
- Maintain inspection readiness, including completion of required training and appropriate documentation.
Job Requirements
Essential Knowledge and Skills
- University degree in pharmacy, medicine, life sciences, public health, business or a related discipline; postgraduate training in health economics, Market access or health policy is an advantage.
- 4–5 years of relevant professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including experience in market access, pricing, reimbursement, health economics or a closely related function.
- Strong knowledge of the Moroccan healthcare system, payer environment, reimbursement pathways and key public and private institutions.
- Demonstrated experience developing access strategies, value dossiers, health-economic analyses, pricing analyses, business cases or patient access solutions.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including the ability to build and interpret pricing models, financial simulations, business cases, trackers and scenario analyses.
- Strong analytical, technical writing and presentation skills, with the ability to translate strategic insights into practical, evidence-based initiatives.
- Strong project-management capability, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple dossiers, submissions and launch-access workstreams against demanding timelines.
- Proven field stakeholder-management experience, with the ability to communicate, influence, negotiate and build sustainable relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to drive change and deliver results effectively within a matrix and evolving organization.
- Fluent written and spoken French and English; Arabic is an advantage.
Core Competencies Required for This Role
- Customer and patient focus.
- Strategic and analytical thinking.
- Results and solution orientation.
- Clear communication, collaboration and interpersonal effectiveness, good negotiation skills.
- Planning, organization, discipline and attention to detail.
- Accountability, integrity and sound judgment.
- Adaptability, initiative and ability to drive progress in a changing environment.
Special Requirements:
- Good scientific or medical knowledge and sound understanding of health-economic and market access principles.
Other Features of the Job:
Ability and willingness to travel within Morocco and, when required, within the region.
Job Location:
Casablanca, Morocco.
Required Skills:
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