Manager, Economic Modelling

About the role

Novartis is looking for a Manager, Economic Modelling in Hyderabad. The role implements country-level strategies that support the timely listing and contract renewals of Novartis brands, interprets payer research to understand payer needs, and builds pricing, market positioning and stakeholder influence strategies. It also manages cross-functional teams in preparing evidence dossiers for HTA and P&R bodies.

Key responsibilities

• Lead pricing and reimbursement strategies and develop market access strategies for product launches, lifecycle management and patient access.
• Generate and use health economic evidence, value dossiers and access messaging to support reimbursement and funding decisions.
• Drive HTA submission strategies, plans and evidence packages, partnering with Medical Affairs, Commercial, Finance, Regulatory Affairs and Legal.
• Define and run contracting and reimbursement strategies for new and established products.
• Lead evidence generation, including real-world evidence (RWE) and health economics projects.
• Monitor market access, policy and reimbursement changes and build relationships with payers, policymakers and industry bodies.
• Manage complex market access projects to quality, compliance and on-time delivery.

Required profile

• MBA or master's degree; health economics, public health, life sciences, pharmacy or a related field preferred.
• Strong experience in market access, pricing and reimbursement, health economics or healthcare policy in pharma.
• Proven experience developing health economic models and leading evidence-generation initiatives.
• Hands-on experience supporting HTA submissions and reimbursement applications.
• Desirable: experience across multiple therapeutic areas, payer engagement and leading strategic initiatives.
• Fluent English.

Required skills

• Health economics and health technology assessment (HTA)
• Real-world evidence (RWE) and data analysis
• Contracting, pricing strategy and reimbursement negotiations
• Project management and cross-functional collaboration