This 12-month fixed-term or secondment post sits in the Medicines Negotiation & Managed Access Team within NHS England's Medicines Value & Access directorate. The postholder leads strategic innovation partnerships, commercial pilots and implementation programmes that bring new medicines, diagnostics and technologies into NHS use. Work spans life sciences firms, government and system partners, with senior advice to DHSC and ministers on adoption, risk and affordability. NHS staff need employer agreement before applying, and visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Develop and deliver innovative approaches that speed patient access to transformative healthcare interventions
- Lead a portfolio of strategic innovation programmes, partnerships and access initiatives
- Oversee complex programmes of national significance, ensuring they are deliverable, affordable and aligned to NHS strategy
- Lead engagement with life sciences organisations, government departments and system partners
- Identify, develop and implement solutions that work across organisational boundaries
- Provide expert advice to senior NHS England, DHSC and ministerial stakeholders on adoption, implementation risk, affordability and partnership opportunities
- Lead strategic innovation partnerships and commercial pilot delivery
- Develop the access, affordability and adoption strategy
- Provide policy and strategic advice
- Provide stakeholder leadership across NHS England, government and industry
What’s required
Experience
- Demonstrable experience and understanding of health technology assessment, pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement, and health economics to inform innovative pricing agreements
- Substantial experience working with the pharmaceutical, life sciences and healthcare sector
- Extensive experience managing strategic partnerships with senior stakeholders across multiple organisations, including collaborative arrangements with measurable benefits
- Proven and significant leadership experience and/or a formal management qualification
- Demonstrable experience developing, implementing and evaluating innovative pilot or strategic initiatives
- Demonstrable experience developing strategic proposals and business cases
Skills & knowledge
- Strong understanding of NHS medicines innovation adoption pathways and implementation challenges
- Understanding of population health, health inequalities and innovation opportunities
- Outstanding negotiation and persuasion skills, with emotional intelligence
- Highly developed communication, including on highly complex and difficult matters
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking, creativity, planning and well-developed political skills
Other
- Commitment to quality and making the link between own work and benefit to patients and the public
- Values diversity; operates with integrity and openness; works well with others
- Operates within complex governance and accountability frameworks, collaborating across organisational boundaries
- Commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships, including in management systems
Nice to have
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent, or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in life sciences
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