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Market Access Associate Manager / Sr. Specialist

Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Job Level: Senior
  • Travel: Minimal (if any)

Takeda has been translating science into breakthrough medicines for 240 years. Every step of the way, our teams have worked together to tackle some of the most challenging problems in drug discovery and development. Today, we’re a driving force behind innovative therapies that make a lasting difference to millions of patients around the world.

In R&D, all of our history and potential comes together in an environment that welcomes diversity of thought and amplifies every voice. Working closely with colleagues, you’ll play a key role in bringing our rich pipeline of products forward to help patients. Come join a team that’s earned trust for more than two centuries, and find out how advancing transformative therapies at Takeda will shape your bright future.

Job ID R0154434 Date posted 06/11/2025 Location Taipei, Taiwan

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Job Description

Job Title:  Market Access Associate Manager / Sr. Specialist

Location:  TWN - Taipei

About the role: 

  • Design, develop and implement activities that enable TAKEDA Taiwan to secure optimal reimbursement and realize the maximum commercial potential of current and future products marketed.
  • Continuous cross-functional effort which aims to establish and maintain optimal registration, pricing & reimbursement and listing (both at launch and throughout the lifecycle of the product)
  • Speed up the product access to the patients; establish/ maintain excellent relationships with Taiwan key public policy makers, influencers, media, NGOs and reimbursement authorities.

How you will contribute: 

National Pricing and Reimbursement

  • Develop various pricing scenario considering product labeling, patient flow, treatment guideline, current competition status, national insurance policy and product life cycle management.
  • Develop reimbursement dossier for Takeda new products, new indications, and reimbursement guideline relaxation to ensure value story can be well perceived by payers.
  • Conduct price-volume simulation to propose optimal MEA proposal
  • Develop price strategy and Internal price proposal in order to support obtaining reimbursement
  • Develop innovative pricing models i.e. risk sharing program, pay for performance, price-volume, price capping…etc.

Evidence Based Payer Value Proposition

  • Translate insights to innovative payer value propositions from Taiwan payer’s perspective
  • Identify evidence requirements and potential data gap to support value story
  • Test value story across key stakeholders
  • Build relevant, solid value arguments with supporting health economic and budget impact analysis (BIA) models
  • Initiate burden of illness studies to understand patient flow, unmet needs, treatment pathways
  • Based on submission requirement, adapt global CE model to generate PE, conduct SLR study, etc.

Stakeholders Engagement

  • Build up network with key stakeholders and maintain regular interactions to dig out the key insights on regular basis.
  • Interface on regular basis with key internal and external stakeholders to review and address their challenges

Others

  • Being the subject matter of expert for Price Right Utility (PRU), make sure all the pricing governance can comply with Takeda internal policy properly. 
  • Monitor/manage responsible product prices and ensure the price updated in PRU system
  • Monitor market dynamics, macro/micro environment change and policy change (e.g PBRS meeting, NHIIA announcement, news) to provide insights to the team
  • Participate external market access related activities or associations (such as IRPMA, CDE/HTA, TaSPOR)

What you bring to Takeda: 

Education:       

  • Bachelor’s degree and Master degree is preferred, major in Pharmacy, Public Health or life science related.

Work experience:        

  • 1-2 years of market access or HTA related experience, pharmaceutical industry experience is plus

Others:

  • Strong strategic thinking, planning and project management capability
  • Excellent understanding of scientific issues as they impact product development and commercialization.
  • Good communication skills in both Chinese and English
  • Able to accomplish things against the odds, and can work independently with little or no supervision

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

Empowering our people to shine:

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

Taipei, Taiwan

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time
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