Regional Access and Healthcare Solutions Lead

Job Description Summary

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Location: Prague, Czech Republic

The Regional Access and Healthcare Solutions Lead serve as a strategic leader driving regional healthcare system shaping and market access initiatives across the Czech healthcare ecosystem. This role combines deep expertise in healthcare policy, market dynamics, and business strategy to design, execute, and evaluate projects that improve patient pathways, ensure optimal access conditions, and foster innovative partnerships with key stakeholders.
The Lead identifies and builds relationships with regional stakeholders and decision makers, monitors policy trends, and provides strategic guidance to anticipate and respond to environmental changes impacting the Novartis portfolio. By integrating forward-looking analysis of healthcare structures, public policy, and stakeholder needs, the role ensures alignment with national strategies while delivering measurable improvements in patient care, operational efficiency, and market access.
Managing a team of Healthcare Solutions Managers (HTMs) and Regional Commercial & Access Managers (RCAMs), the Lead drives collaboration across internal and external stakeholders to create sustainable solutions that enhance the overall business environment.

 

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement integrated strategies for healthcare environment shaping and regional access, aligned with Country Organization (CO) priorities.

• Lead and mentor HSMs and RCAMs, ensuring effective collaboration and performance management.

• Drive end-to-end project lifecycle management: idealization, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure at hospital & regional level.

• Build and maintain relationships with key relevant stakeholders (healthcare providers, payers and technology partners)

• Ensure strategy & execution of local access conditions in alignment with national value & access strategy.

• Identify and implement innovative solutions, including digital tools and new partnership models.

• Oversee pricing policy contributions, tender coordination, and compliance with Czech regulations.

• Monitor KPIs, prepare executive summaries, and report progress to senior leadership.

Essential Requirements:
• Relevant University degree

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in a matrix environment

• Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills with a results-driven mindset

• Proficiency in stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and influencing at senior levels

• Fluent in English and Czech with outstanding communication and collaboration capabilities

Benefits & Rewards (Applicable for Prague)

Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 17,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); Company Car; MultiSport Card, Employee Share Purchase Plan. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/

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 (Applicable for Prague)

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to di.cz@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

 

Skills Desired

Access And Reimbursement Strategy, Agility, Analytical Skill, Analytical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer-Centric Mindset, Employee Development, Finance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Health Economics, Health Policy, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, Market Access Strategy, Negotiation Skills, People Management, Process Management, Public Affairs, Real World Evidence (RWE), Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Value Propositions, Waterfall Model