Associate Director / Director

Location: London, United Kingdom (flexible working arrangements) or US (remote)

About us

Access Infinity is a global, rapidly growing, pricing and market access business combining category-defining Digital Solutions and expert Consultancy Services to help the world’s largest pharma and biotech companies bring their products to market. We have teams in London, Hyderabad, Manchester and the US and are experiencing rapid growth as we continue to transform and simplify market access for pharmaceutical organisations globally. Our clients include some of the most influential names in pharma including Astra Zeneca, Johnson & Johnson, UCB, Sanofi and Biogen.

The Role

We’re looking for talented individuals to join our team and play a key role in shaping global and US-based pricing & market access strategies.

Responsibilities

• You will oversee project delivery from start to finish, able to fully deliverallprojects with minimal or no input from Partners.
• You will p rovide project leadership and guidance to the team, bringing strong experience managing and leading complex projects.
• You will have a solution-orientated approach and look to add client value wherever possible .
• You will use your experience to support the team executing top quality consultancy projects by:
  • Sharing your understanding of stated and unstated client needs.
  • Supporting, coaching and mentoring your project teams to deliver best practice in strategic thinking.
  • M anag ing the research and delivery teams as well as client needs in a structured way.
• You will have a clear idea of the different projects, opportunities to explore and challenges being faced by our clients, based on your experience delivering high-quality global pricing and market access consultancy.

Business Development

• You will use your position in project delivery and industry knowledge to seek new opportunities to bring value to our clients.
• The high quality and solution-oriented outputs of your projects will lead to repeat business.
• You will understand client needs beyond RFPs, fully owning development of proposals and leading proposal defences.
• You will develop and work from a structured BD plan ( with support from partners ) to seek business from existing and new clients , engaging in sustained outreach and scheduling and leading capabilities presentations.
• You will leverage your own client relationships to promote Access Infinity offerings.

Organisational Leadership

• You will be a leader in the organisation and help to shape the culture of the company , through:
  • Line management of two or more direct reports
  • I nvesting time in mentoring direct reports and project team members
  • L eading high-impact, company-wide internal initiatives
  • Taking responsibility for people and company wellbeing, i dentifying challenges and implementing solutions
• This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside a leadership team with more than half a century of experience at the highest level of pricing and market access and learn best practices in project leadership from true leaders in the industry.
• Be part of a collaborative, ambitious team that enjoys learning together, celebrating success and supporting one another to do our best work.
• Work with talented colleagues across teams, helping the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies solve complex market access challenges.
• Benefit from o ngoing training and mentorship with c ontinuous opportunities to support your ongoing career development in global pricing and market access , with p erformance and promotion reviews to accelerate your development .
• Enjoy a competitive reward package including a performance-based bonus, with details available on demand.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for people who have a proactive, solution-oriented approach, are great at managing their time and strong communicators.

• Experience: 6+ (Associate Director) to 8+ (Director) years of experience in a global and/or US strategic market access consultancy, with experience managing and leading market access projects , across a range of methodologies , with responsibilit ies as outlined above . Experience to include:
  • Delivering global and/or US primary research with payers
  • A breadth of project types with a global and/or US perspective, e.g. working on strategic pricing projects; using analogues and secondary data (e.g. clinical guidelines, HTA outcomes, formulary data and raw pricing data) to inform strategic pricing, reimbursement and market access strategies; analysing HTA decision-making and outcomes; faciliti ng advisory boards; conducting quantitative research
  • Owning proposal development from RFP to final proposal and pitch
• Educational Background: A Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record in life sciences, health economics, or a related field.
• Technical Knowledge [UK role]: Deep expertise in EU 4+UK P&MA systems and processes . Strong understanding of P&MA in the other critical global markets (including but not exclusive to US and Japan ) . Deep expertise in specific therapy areas , market-specific P&MA systems or project types. Understanding of clinical trial design principles. Proactively stays current with evolving P&MA policies.
• Technical Knowledge [US role]: Deep expertise in the US healthcare system and payer landscape. Understanding of clinical trial design principles. Proactively stays current with evolving P&MA policies.
• Communication: Excellent written and spoken English.
• Client relationship: A track record of exemplary client management, acting as the primary client contact across multiple projects , and successfully bringing in new and repeat business .
• Leadership: Consistency as a team leader with a track record of managing teams and training them to develop in market access and pricing consultancy , including direct line management experience .
• Digital fluency: A willingness to embrace new technologies to support efficiency of work and enhance project deliverables, while ensuring AI and LLM tools are used sensibly and their outputs are validated .

Ideal:

• Advanced Education: A postgraduate qualification in life sciences, health economics, or a related field.
• F oreign language skills : Native proficiency in an additional language often used in projects e.g. German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Mandarin & Korean .
• Global geographic knowledge: Deep expertise in P&MA systems and processes in critical, global markets – for example, North, Central and Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe and Nordics , Asia-Pacific and Africa and the Middle East .
• Remote work experience: Experience managing and developing teams in a remote or hybrid working model.

Please email your CV and a cover letter to ConsultingCareers@accessinfinity.com with “UK Associate Director”, “UK Director”, “US Associate Director” or “US Director” as the subject. Please keep your cover letter below 400 words.

Do not use an AI or LLM tool to write your cover letter.