[KOREA] Pricing & Market Access Team Manager (People Manager role)

Santen is a specialized company with a proud 130-year heritage focused exclusively on eye health. As a Japan-originated, global company with our footprint in over 60 countries and regions, our mission is to provide essential and significant value to patients and society through our products and services created from our expertise in ophthalmology and from the patient’s perspective.

• Develop and execute pricing strategies for the assigned therapeutic areas, considering market dynamics, product value, reimbursement policies, and competitive landscape. 
• Collaborate with New Launch Planning, Therapeutic Area Development, Marketing, and cross-functional teams (e.g., Regulatory), to align market access strategies with product development, launch, and lifecycle management activities.  Examples of such strategies include early access programs, special access schemes, compassionate use programs and value-based pricing schemes. 
• Develop and execute reimbursement strategies to secure and optimize reimbursement coverage for the company's products within target markets. 
• Engage with payer stakeholders, including health authorities, private payers, and reimbursement agencies, to navigate the reimbursement landscape and ensure product access for patients. 
• Collaborate cross-functionally to generate and communicate evidence of product value and cost-effectiveness to support market access and pricing discussions. 
• Develop business acumen for the next level of leadership and prepare capabilities to play roles in various functions for future career.
• Provide guidance, support, and mentorship to team members

• Bachelor's degree in Health Economics or Health Policy or Pharmacy, or a related field; advanced degree is a plus.
• Comprehensive experience (minimum 7 years) in pricing, reimbursement, and market access within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry in Korea.
• Strong understanding of pricing and access strategies, health economics, and reimbursement processes of Korea markets.
• Strong project management and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Effective communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in engaging with external stakeholders such as payers, reimbursement agencies, and patient advocacy groups.
• Fluent English & Korean, spoken & written

Grow your career at Santen

A career at Santen is an opportunity to make a difference. We aspire to contribute to the realization of “Happiness with Vision” by providing eye health products and services to patients, consumers, and medical professionals around the world. Guided by our CORE PRINCIPLE, “Tenki ni sanyo suru”, Santen is engaged in the global research & development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing of pharmaceutical products in ophthalmology. We have team members around the world using their diverse talents to unlock new modalities and drive innovations for patient outcomes, education and treatment. At Santen, we believe in empowering all our team members with flexible ways of working and a highly inclusive work environment.

The Santen Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building diverse teams and ensuring a safe and inclusive physical and virtual workplace for every one of our team members. All employment decisions are based on business needs, role requirements and individual qualifications regardless of race, color, ethnicity, national origin/ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/ expression, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you require any kind of accommodation during our recruitment process, please let the recruiter from our team know.

*Please note that team assignments may be subject to future changes