Market Access Director, Innovative Products

We Are Teva

We’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.

Our Team, Your Impact

As Market Access Innovative Director, you will lead the Italian Market Access strategy for Teva’s innovative portfolio, ensuring patients gain timely and sustainable access to new therapies. Working closely with local, European, and global teams, you will shape pricing and reimbursement strategies, build compelling value propositions, and drive successful market access outcomes across the product lifecycle. This is a individual contributor role with significant cross-functional leadership responsibilities.

This role will be based in Assago (Milan), Italy, with willingness to travel within Italy for stakeholder engagement and internal collaboration.

How You’ll Spend Your Day

Market Access Strategy & Execution

Define and lead the Italian Market Access strategy for innovative products, ensuring alignment with European and global objectives.

Develop and execute pricing, reimbursement, and access strategies that maximize patient access and support business goals.

Translate clinical, economic, and real-world evidence into compelling value propositions for payers, healthcare systems, and decision-makers.

Lead Pricing & Reimbursement submissions and negotiations with AIFA and other relevant stakeholders.

Stakeholder Engagement & External Leadership

Build and maintain strategic relationships with AIFA, regional healthcare authorities, HTA bodies, scientific societies, and industry associations.

Represent Teva in relevant external forums and contribute to discussions shaping healthcare policy, pricing, and access frameworks.

Act as a trusted Market Access expert and strategic partner for internal and external stakeholders.

Evidence Generation & Value Communication

Collaborate with Medical Affairs, HEOR, Development, and Commercial teams to generate evidence supporting the value of innovative therapies.

Adapt global value dossiers, health economic models, and access tools to meet Italian market requirements.

Ensure access considerations are integrated into development programs, launch planning, indication expansion, and lifecycle management activities.

Pricing, Contracting & Innovation

Define local pricing strategies in line with European guidance and Italian healthcare regulations.

Develop innovative access solutions, including Managed Entry Agreements (MEAs), risk-sharing models, and other reimbursement approaches that support sustainable patient access.

Support the evaluation of business development and licensing opportunities from a Market Access perspective.

Cross-Functional Leadership

Serve as the Italian Market Access lead within cross-functional brand and launch teams.

Partner closely with Commercial, Government Affairs, Medical Affairs, Development, and HEOR functions to enhance value propositions and access strategies.

Provide strategic leadership to ensure access objectives are integrated into key business decisions.

Market Intelligence & Thought Leadership

Monitor healthcare policy, pricing, reimbursement, and market access developments to anticipate future opportunities and challenges.

Leverage local insights and stakeholder feedback to shape access strategies and evidence requirements.

Champion innovative approaches that improve patient access while delivering value to healthcare systems and payers.

Your Skills and Experience

Background

Advanced degree in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Health Economics, or a related discipline (Master's degree in Health Economics and Market Access or PhD preferred).

Minimum 5 years of experience in Market Access within the pharmaceutical industry or a Market Access/HTA consultancy environment.

Proven success in securing pricing and reimbursement outcomes for innovative therapies in Italy.

Experience working directly with AIFA and regional HTA bodies.

Experience supporting products in early development stages and through launch.

Experience assessing business development and licensing opportunities from a Market Access perspective.

Fluent Italian and English.

Skills

Strong knowledge of Italian pricing, reimbursement, and healthcare policy frameworks.

Expertise in market access strategy, value communication, and stakeholder engagement.

Excellent negotiation, communication, and influencing skills.

Ability to lead within matrix organizations and drive cross-functional collaboration.

Strong strategic thinking and business acumen.

Preferred

Experience within neuroscience and/or immunology.

Established network with payers, HTA stakeholders, and healthcare decision-makers.

Reports to

Reporting to the Institutional Affairs Senior Director, this role will lead Market Access strategy for Innovative Products in Italy

Salary Range

The target salary for this position is €105.000 gross annual salary; however, the final compensation package may vary depending on the candidate's seniority, experience, and qualifications.

What we offer

At Teva, we believe that well-being begins with people. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, work-life balance and professional growth:

Meal vouchers: provided for both office and smart-working days

Health insurance: fully covered by the company, with the option to extend coverage to your spouse/partner and children. The plan also includes digital services such as telemedicine, psychological support, and legal and tax assistance

Supplementary healthcare through FASI: access to FASI supplementary healthcare coverage, with the option to extend coverage to family members

Supplementary pension plan through PREVINDAI: access to the supplementary pension scheme dedicated to executives

Dedicated insurance coverage: additional protection specifically provided for executives, including:

life and permanent disability insurance;

occupational and non-occupational accident insurance;

Dread Disease coverage for serious illnesses;

Hybrid working: a flexible working model designed to help you achieve a better work-life balance

Flexible working hours: flexibility in office start and finish times

Additional paid leave: extra paid time off for medical appointments, childbirth, serious illness of children, blood donation and family-related needs.

Caregiver support: additional smart-working days, paid leave and solidarity leave to support employees with caregiving responsibilities.

Company equipment: company laptop and iPhone

Company car: company car provided as part of the executive benefits package

Stock option and company bonus: according to company policies

Employment terms are regulated by the CCNL Chemical-Pharmaceutical Collective Labour Agreement, with the position classified at Executive/Director (Dirigente) level.

Grow with us

Your development matters too. Through TWIST, our dedicated internal development platform, you can explore training opportunities, temporary projects and internal career opportunities, helping you build your own career path within Teva.

You will also have free access to Teva Grow, offering professional training, English language courses and LinkedIn Learning premium access for free.

As an executive, you will also have the opportunity to participate in dedicated leadership development programs and executive tools, designed to further strengthen your leadership capabilities and support your professional development.

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