Job Description Summary
Drive pricing strategies that improve patient access and affordability. As Pricing Manager at Novartis, you’ll shape innovative models, partner across teams, and accelerate life-changing medicines to market.
Job Description
Job Title: Manager-Pricing
#LI-Onsite
Location: Mumbai
Key Responsibilities
Develop pricing strategies for new launches, balancing global guidance, affordability, and local regulations.
Innovate pricing models for emerging channels, payers, and patient access programs.
Identify pricing opportunities for in-market brands with therapy area teams.
Collaborate with Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs for alignment on pricing strategies.
Lead negotiations to secure optimal pricing agreements and resolve issues.
Ensure full NPPA(National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority) compliance, including quarterly filings and responses to notices.
Chair monthly Pricing Governance meetings to align on proposals impacting net price.
Act as single point of contact for global pricing projects and patient access initiatives.
Role Requirements
Strong understanding of India’s healthcare system and drug regulatory environment.
Minimum 2+ relevant years of experience into pricing, preferably from pharma
Proven experience compiling reimbursement dossiers for market access.
Ability to interpret and communicate scientific and economic concepts clearly.
Demonstrated negotiation and analytical skills to drive pricing outcomes.
Familiarity with pricing and reimbursement listing processes.
Skilled in stakeholder collaboration across cross-functional teams.
High standards of operational excellence in compliance and governance activities.
Desirable Requirements
Advanced degree in economics, health economics, public policy, or business.
Experience with managed entry agreements and commercial contracting in the Indian market.
Why Novartis:
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
You’ll receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Accessibility and accommodation:
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversityandincl.india@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message
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Skills Desired
Agility, Analytical Skill, Analytical Thinking, Computer Network, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer-Centric Mindset, Finance, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Key Account Management, Market Access, Process Management, Product Positioning, Public Affairs, Real World Evidence (RWE), Value Propositions, Waterfall Model