Roche

Access & Policy Chapter Lead

Taipei Full time

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The Position

Chapters are the "homes" of employees within Roche that represent technical & functional topics/expertise. Chapters are focused on expertise development (capability building) for today and the future, performance evaluation and coaching to enable those capabilities to be drawn upon within the organisation to work on squads, work packages commissioned by squads, foundational work (i.e. work that must be conducted and without doing so it would negatively impact business operations and/or the license to operate), or as points of contacts for customers. Chapters are characterised by minimal hierarchy, with the aim of developing empowered, collaborative and highly capable colleagues.

Objectives and Scope of Position:

As the chapter lead for the Access and Policy Chapter, you will be responsible for leading market access activities in Taiwan including shaping and driving pricing, payer value and our market access strategies. You will support the team to demonstrate the clinical and economic benefits of Roche products for patient access in both private and reimbursement market segments, all with strong collaboration with stakeholders internally and externally.

As a chapter lead, you will act as an agile leader (Visionary, Architect, Coach, Catalyst) and ensure all chapter members live Roche Taiwan’s desired state culture. You are passionate about our focus on people & culture, our external customers,  patient access and long-term healthcare sustainability in Taiwan.

You will be the catalyst and role model to lead the team to contribute to the network within the Taiwan affiliate or beyond Taiwan. You always put patients at the center of our operations and ensure everything we do will sustainably benefit patients and bring value to our society.

Key Deliverables/ Outputs

  • Achieve timely reimbursement for Roche innovations

  • Create access solutions for Roche products in the NHI and private healthcare environments

  • Co-create and implement our engagement plan for access and policy to fulfil our long-term vision

Primary Responsibilities and Accountabilities    

  • VACC (Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, Coach) leader who enable individuals and teams are developing and growing in line with their passion and the needs of the organisation

  • Drive excellence in price and reimbursement maintenance as well as implementation of Roche market access strategy throughout the product lifecycle by acting as a strategic partner in both reimbursement and private market segment.

  • Lead for access strategy development and execution, the contract with payer and negotiation strategy for reimbursement price in Taiwan. This requires the work with government authorities, payer, healthcare professions, insurance companies, health organizations and any other key stakeholders to demonstrate the value of Roche products and to address the barriers in order to drive access for innovations

  • Development of local market access and policy plans. Ensure capacity building within Roche Taiwan for implantation.

  • To maximize opportunities for patient access to treatment beyond public health coverage. This includes opportunities for new approaches with private insurance companies and foundations within Taiwan

  • Catalyst for the networking way of working: leads the team to work as partners with other chapters/ clusters within the affiliate, as well as, global counterparts

  • A leader to ensure resource and talent fluidity to reach the Roche North Star faster

Professional and Technical Requirements

Education/Qualifications:

Minimum:

B.S. degree in Medical/Pharmaceuticals/Economics related fields

Strongly desired:

M.S. degree preferred

Experience, Skills, Knowledge    

Leadership

  • Ability to lead teams and creating a working culture that is transparent and values driven and ensures personal growth of employees

  • Strong understanding of human drivers in the context of change management

  • Experience working in an organisation that has adopted agile methodologies and ways of working would be a significant advantage;

  • A Visionary, Architect, Catalyst & Coach - you thrive on empowering others;

  • A strong collaborator and experience building and leveraging networks;

  • Proven track record of driving experimentation and smart risk-taking, and not afraid to fail/learn fast

Experience

  • At least 8 years working experience in the Taiwan pharmaceutical industry and 5+ years in an access related function

  • Excellent knowledge of the Healthcare and Pricing environment, product development, regulatory process, health economics, pricing strategy, biometrics, biostatistics and clinical research. Very good understanding of business issues

  • Proven good relations with payer and ability to establish strong influential relationships with key stakeholders

  • Experience in developing and implementing strategies and resource plans

  • Strong ability to work independently in a cross-functional in a matrix environment

Knowledge

  • Strong interpersonal skills, comfortable working with third party stakeholders and external customers

  • Strong communication and presentation skills, fluent in both written and verbal

  • Strong ability to change and possess excellent project management and problem solving skills to manage multiple tasks and priorities

  • Very strong influencing, facilitation and negotiation skills

Competencies

  • Can work independently

  • Written and oral communication skills for informing, influencing and persuading people

  • Long term strategic planning

  • Understand market trends

  • Customer focus with innovation

  • Alignment of company priorities

  • Negotiation Skills

  • Relationship Management

  • Business Acumen

  • Scientific Knowledge

  • PE/OR/HTA    

 

 

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.


Let’s build a healthier future, together.

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