Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
1. Pricing & Value Support (70%)
- Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of pricing strategies in alignment with market access, value, and affiliate objectives.
- Prepare and maintain pricing analyses, business cases, and internal pricing documentation to support launches, lifecycle management, and pricing revisions.
- Ensure accurate setup and maintenance of prices in relevant commercial and financial systems.
- Support price change processes, including updates related to tenders, discounts, rebates, or regulatory-driven revisions.
- Collaborate closely with Market Access, Finance, Legal, and Commercial teams to ensure alignment and compliance of pricing decisions.
- Contribute to pricing governance reviews, audits, and internal controls.
- Monitor and track pricing execution versus approved conditions and escalate risks or deviations when identified.
- Provide pricing input for forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning exercises.
- Pricing database management
- Maintain and update pricing records, ensure accuracy, support pricing analytics and reimbursement submissions
2. POP Owner / PSP Management (30%)
- Act as POP Owner with full accountability for the design, governance, documentation, execution, and monitoring of Patient Support Programs (PSPs).
- Ensure all PSP activities comply with local laws and regulations, pharmacovigilance (PV) requirements, and internal Novartis standards.
- Coordinate with the POP Champion, Pharmacovigilance Responsible (PVR), Legal, Compliance, and Quality to ensure program integrity and risk mitigation.
- Oversee External Service Providers (ESPs) involved in PSP execution, including performance monitoring, documentation, and issue resolution.
- Ensure timely review and follow up of KPIs, deviation management, CAPAs, and audit findings related to PSPs.
- Support internal and external audits and inspections related to POP/PSP activities.
- Ensure appropriate documentation, approvals, and handovers are in place throughout the PSP lifecycle.
- Act as a key interface between patient services, market access, and compliance to support sustainable and compliant patient access.
Desired Candidate Profile
Bachelor s or Master s degree in Life Sciences, Health Economics, Business, or related field.
Experience in pricing, market access, value & access, or finance within the pharmaceutical or healthcare sector.
Exposure to Patient Support Programs (PSP) / POP governance is a strong asset.
Good understanding of pricing governance, compliance, and PV implications.
Strong analytical, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to work in a cross functional and highly regulated environment.
High attention to detail, compliance mindset, and structured working approach.