Market Access Manager – Part-time position 40% on a Fixed term contact (Finland) – Nordic Marketing Company

Do you want to apply your experience in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

The Nordic Marketing Company (Nordics) employs around 550 people across 5 countries and has offices located in Espoo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo. By 2025 AstraZeneca Nordic aims to become a recognized leader in its core therapy areas and improve the lives of millions of people. This will be achieved by driving innovative science, delivering key launches, building close collaboration and partnerships with stakeholders in health care systems and developing high-performing teams.

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines, with an exciting pipeline in development.

To achieve our bold ambitions, we are now looking for a part-timeMarket Access Manager (40 %) on a 12-month fixed-term contract to come and join our team in Market Access and Government Affairs in Finland. This role reports to the Market Access Lead Outi Virtanen.

The role

You will join forces with functional teams across medical, marketing and sales to ensure alignment to strategy as well as strong execution. Additionally, you will manage the ongoing relationships with national stakeholders and authorities and implement projects. The opportunity is to also to develop and implement national health policy shaping strategies and improve the value of AZ innovative portfolio.

What you will do

• Develop and implement market access and pricing strategies for assigned brands, ensuring optimal patient access to treatment.

• Manage and ensure appropriate follow-up of price and reimbursement submissions and procedures.

• Support development of business case and price approvals internally.

• Support patient access of new and launched medicines by tailoring value messaging, tools and tactics together with cross-functional team.

• Analyse the local access landscape and local HTA processes to guide strategic planning.

• Contribute to GAMA team in Finland and work closely with Nordic teams to ensure optimal patient access to AZ treatments.

• Gain robust insights to drive pipeline strategy.
  

In order to succeed, you have:

We are looking for you who holds min. a Bachelor´s degree or equivalent. Strong understanding of Finnish market access, pricing and healthcare environment is critical to succeed. You must be experienced in working with external stakeholders and authorities. You have strong pharmaceutical experience in health care and dossier preparation.

• Strategic thinking – able to consider both long term and short term.

• Good project leadership skills.

• Strong track record in interacting with and influencing stakeholders

• Strong communication & ability to collaborate effectively across functions – both internally and externally

• Robust understanding of external environment insights – competition, environmental trends

• Entrepreneurial approach to problem solving/innovative in developing creative solutions

• Able to synthesize insights to formulate strategies

• Good scientific understanding

• Driven and results oriented with validated results

• Excellent knowledge in Finnish and English language

Desirable experiences

• Previous exposure and/or experience in other functional areas of the business such as Governmental Affairs, Medical, Market Access or Health Economics

• Experience in CVRM/R&I/Cancer and/or V&IT therapy area

I&D
We are proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express varied perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity. 

Why AstraZeneca? Our offer to you

At AstraZeneca, we turn ideas into life changing medicines and strive to continuously meet the unmet needs of patients worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality.

So what is next?

If you’re curious to know more due to holiday period please get in touch with Riitta Uusi-Esko, Market Access and Governmental Affairs Headriitta.uusi-esko@astrazeneca.com

We welcome your application, in English, no later than July 12th, 2025!

Applications will be reviewed continuously throughout the application period.

Where you can find out more

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Career site: https://careers.astrazeneca.com
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