Head of UK/Ireland and Nordics Market Access, Reimbursement and Policy - Kidney Care

Vantive: A New Company Built On Our Legacy

Baxter is on a journey to separate our ~$5B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

*Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.

The Head of UK/Ireland and Nordics Market Access, Reimbursement and Policy  - Kidney Care will be responsible for Market Access, Reimbursement and Policy strategies for UK/I and Nordics across the Vantive portfolio

• Creates and executes Market Access strategies (including policy, reimbursement and HTA) across UK/I and Nordics
• Input into strategic and business planning activities
• Represents the voice of non-clinical stakeholders, establishes the access and evidence requirements for successful new product development and introduction, collaborates closely with R&D, Upstream Marketing and Medical Affairs.

This position reports directly to Senior Director HEMAR EMEA and will work in close collaboration with multiple internal partners and stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the global and regional access teams, global and regional Marketing teams and Sales leadership, Medical Affairs and R&D.  

POSITION DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead HEMAR Strategy (including policy, reimbursement and HTA) for the Vantive portfolio across the UK/I and Nordics
• Execute strategies in focus geographies in collaboration with regional teams
• Responsibility for economic evidence generation and dissemination to payers and providers including building capability across the commercial (evidence-based selling) and Medical Affairs organization
• Provide geography specific intelligence working as a strategic partner for New Product Development (R&D) value proposition: Non-clinical stakeholder dimension, value-based pricing, target product profile (TPP)

FUNCTIONAL AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

MARKET ACCESS ASSESSMENT & STRATEGY – Leader

• Strong understanding of healthcare environment (including reimbursement, policy and HTA) across the UK/I and Nordics
• Develop strategies for market access and adoption
• Provide inputs to relevant new product development, life-cycle optimization, licensing & acquisition
• Support execution of commercial strategies with global/regional/country commercial partners
• Understand commercial financial information related to the business, KPIs and financial forecasting metrics and trends impacted by market access, funding and reimbursement 

STRATEGIC THINKING and INNOVATION- Expert

• Apply HEMAR perspectives and knowledge to current and future portfolio and solution planning to deliver mid and long-term business success.
• Working with cross-functional teams to develop a clear set of goals and plans.
• Understand and shape innovation strategy to optimize value, access and adoption 
• Assess, shape and plan for quantifying potential value propositions and TPPs for NPD to optimize market access and adoption
• Integration of value-based thinking and market access requirements into strategies, TPPs and Evidence Generation Strategies (EGS)

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Proven experience of market access across UK/I and Nordics
• Experience of at least 2 out of the following: Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Health Technology Assessment, Market Access, Real World Evidence
• Minimum of 10 years in space of Health Economics and Market Access

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Advanced degree (MS, MPH, PhD) in health economics, HTA and or Statistics

Reasonable Accommodations

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