Job Description
This is an exciting new role within one of the new leading company priority areas of affordability which is both a differentiator for our company and high-profile exposure on a critical business driver. During your tenure, you will become a key critical contributor as we build and enhance the learning on Affordability. The role will report to an Affordability Solutions Director, Affordability Team. There is a direct need now to successfully address affordability concerns of payers, policy makers, providers and other health care stakeholders. Patients that must finance significant co-pays, and in some markets fully pay for medicines out-of-pocket, require ways to improve affordability. We need to develop and execute Financial Affordability Solutions that can help solve for this problem for patients and payers, while defending the prices needed to ensure continued funding of research and development of new medicines in our business model.
Our Market Access team monitors population demographics and develops solutions to give patients access to our medicines. We act as both educators and advocates for our products, processes, and practices that help us revolutionize how our medicines create value in society.
Description
The Affordability Team in Global Market Access is seeking an experienced high-talent professional to accelerate the execution of Financial Affordability Solutions, build collaboration with external partners and enable scaling of the solutions globally.
Examples of Financial Affordability Solutions (not exhaustive) are private health insurance, amortization, third-party loans, subscription plan, crowd-funding, results-based financing. Examples of external partners include but are not limited to insurance companies, reinsurers, insurtechs, financial institutions, fintechs and academia.
The position includes international/global travel of up to 40%
Primary activities include, but are not limited to:
Qualifications
Education and Minimum Requirements:
University degree and Masters’s degree (MBA preferred), with a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in
(re-)insurance, financial institutions, fintechs or consulting.
Preferred Experience and Skills:
Our Human Health Division maintains a “patient first, profits later” ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.
THE COMPANY
Our company has had a presence in Switzerland since 1963. With a regional office and manufacturing/packaging facility, Lucerne is considered the center of operations. Approximately 1,000 people work collaboratively at the four Lucerne locations (Weystrasse, Citybay, Schachen and Kriens). A fifth location has been recently established in Zurich, aimed at accelerating the development and commercialization of many of our company’s medicines and vaccines, which supports our mission to save and improve lives around the world. The new location has a target date of 2021 for operational readiness.
We are proud to be certified as a “Top Employer Switzerland” and “Top Employer Europe” showing the company’s commitment to our employees and the community around us.
Zurich
The recently opened new location in Zurich focuses on accelerating research, data and commercialization of our medicines and vaccines. The new office will be staffed by teams working in strategic and operational roles in medical affairs, clinical development, access and marketing operations functions. The new location has a target date of 2021 for operational readiness.
Who we are…
Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA is known as “Merck” in the United States, Canada & Puerto Rico. We are known as “MSD” in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America & Asia Pacific. We are a global biopharmaceutical leader with a diverse portfolio of prescription medicines, oncology, vaccines and animal health products.
We are driven by our purpose to develop and deliver innovative products that save and improve lives. With 69,000 employees operating in more than 140 countries, we offer state of the art laboratories, plants and offices that are designed to Inspire our employees as we learn, develop and grow in our careers. We are proud of our 125 years of service to humanity and continue to be one of the world’s biggest investors in Research & Development.
What we look for …
In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing for Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.
INVENT.
IMPACT.
INSPIRE.
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Kenilworth, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
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Number of Openings:
1Requisition ID:R44831