Job Description Summary
Pricing & Access Contracting ManagerLocation : Makati Manila
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Are you passionate about turning pricing strategy into meaningful patient access? We are looking for a Pricing & Access Contracting Manager to join our Value & Access team.
In this role, you will lead the accurate, compliant, and timely management of pricing and commercial agreements across the portfolio. You will develop pricing submissions, models, and business cases, while supporting contracting, rebate, and tender activities throughout the product lifecycle.
Job Description
Major accountabilities:
Develop pricing submissions, business cases, forecasts, and scenario analyses.
Translate market dynamics and payer insights into pricing and contracting strategies.
Manage pricing contracts, commercial systems, rebates, and related governance processes.
Support or lead negotiations with payers, hospitals, and contracting authorities.
Coordinate tender submissions, documentation, renewals, and commercial agreements.
Assess the impact of pricing decisions on access, market share, and financial outcomes.
Partner with Market Access, HEOR, Commercial, Finance, and launch teams.
Monitor competitor pricing and respond to customer and payer enquiries.
Requirements
A degree in business, economics, life sciences, or a related field.
Experience in pharmaceutical pricing, contracting, market access, or commercial operations.
Hands-on experience with pricing models, business cases, tenders, rebates, or payer systems.
Strong analytical, forecasting, financial interpretation, and process-management skills.
Ability to influence across functions and manage complex stakeholder relationships.
A customer-focused, solutions-oriented mindset with high accountability and strong compliance standards.
Skills Desired
Analytical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Finance, Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Key Account Management, Market Access, Process Management, Product Positioning, Public Affairs, Real World Evidence (RWE), Value Propositions, Waterfall ModelSkills Required
- Degree in business, economics, life sciences, or a related field
- Experience in pharmaceutical pricing, contracting, market access, or commercial operations
- Hands-on experience with pricing models, business cases, tenders, rebates, or payer systems
- Strong analytical, forecasting, financial interpretation, and process-management skills
- Ability to influence across functions and manage complex stakeholder relationships
- Customer-focused, solutions-oriented mindset with high accountability and strong compliance standards
- Knowledge of health economics and health technology assessment
- Experience with key account management, public affairs, real world evidence, value propositions, and waterfall models
Novartis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Novartis and has not been reviewed or approved by Novartis.
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Healthcare Strength — Pay and benefits are described as a strong overall package, supported by medical, dental, and vision insurance alongside FSAs/HSAs and disability and life coverage. Mental-health support is reinforced through an employee assistance program with psychological support and a network of mental health first aiders.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout element, with an automatic company contribution plus dollar-for-dollar matching in the 401(k). Additional retirement funding is described through an age-based defined contribution program and access to an employee share purchase plan discount.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-related benefits are framed as robust, including a global minimum of paid parental leave for new parents following birth or adoption. Added supports include domestic partner coverage, dependent-care resources, and benefits such as adoption assistance and child/elder care options.
Novartis Insights
What We Do
Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.
