At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Passionate about doing something meaningful for patients? At Medtronic, you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while championing equitable access to healthcare. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation and a more connected, compassionate world.

Workplace: Medtronic South Africa (on-site), with at least 30% of time in customer visits within South Africa.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Accountable for development, execution and follow up of effective and competitive Market Access Strategy and tactics in assigned perimeter, resulting in raised awareness and confidence in Medtronic as a vendor of high-tech and cost-effective medical equipment, therapies and solutions.
• Lead and coordinate all Market Access activities for a given perimeter in patient-centric, collaborative and cross-functional manner with internal and external stakeholders, thus creating a stable and positive environment for patient access and Medtronic business in the perimeter.
• Apply regionally agreed Market Access Process to regularly collect, analyze and transfer relevant internal and external insights into compelling short-term, mid-term and long-term Market Access strategy and tactics, share best practices and apply corrective measures (where needed).
• Utilize Market Access networking (with government bodies, medical aids, health care professionals, patient advocacy groups, industry associations etc.) to raise awareness and drive meaningful professional engagement related to unmet medical needs and benefits that new assets, local pathways and protocols could provide to patients and healthcare system.
• Lead negotiations with payers and other Market Access stakeholders on pricing, reimbursement, local pathways, service models, (HTA) Health Technology assessment and other enabling mechanisms affecting designated products, including innovative pricing, and contracting.
• Regularly utilize and effectively blend product knowledge, therapy expertise, clinical, health-economic and policy data into compelling value propositions for payers in the given perimeter.
• Provide proactive and timely input to the Managing Director South Africa and Market Access and Strategic Partnerships Director for Africa and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on possible opportunities and risks relative to Market Access for selected portfolio.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• University Diploma in Life science or Health Economics.
• 5+ years of Market Access experience from med-tech or pharmaceutical industry, in a multinational company with strong reputation in the country and/or served in medical aid sector/public healthcare on health care policy.
• Proven track record on developing and executing successful Market Access projects with medical aids and national authorities in South Africa.
• Strong understanding of healthcare funding, health economics and successful utilization of Market Access models and tools.
• Ability to work effectively and deliver outstanding results in a complex cross-functional environment.
• Out of the box thinking, excellent ability to understand and use economic analyses in creating value arguments on health care products.
• Languages: Native local language speaker; fluent Business English (both written and oral);

Preferably Proven track record on developing and executing successful Market Access projects with national authorities, medical aids and other Market Access stakeholders in neighbouring countries . also A Ph D and/or MBA degree would be an asset in this position.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.