Director Market Access, EMEA

The Position:

This position will be based in France and will report into the Executive Director, Market Access and Medical Affairs, EMEA. The responsibilities of the Director Market Access, EMEA, is for the progress for the following:

• Developing and executing upon the strategic EMEA market access plan and vision for Veracyte for new and existing products with a focus on Prosigna Decipher Prostate and other pipeline products


• Driving Market Access efforts as needed across the EMEA Region


• Patient advocacy lead

The Director Market Access, EMEA, will be accountable for the following activities:

• Leads operations for payer evidence development, including health economic models


• Partnering with the medical affairs team, actively participates in development and execution of value-based evidence generation


• Analyzes the market in terms of coverage and reimbursement covering existing and emerging payer policies, payers insight, competitive landscape, trends, potential barriers to provider and patient access


• Informs and collaborate with key opinion leaders, regarding improved outcomes and public policy matters


• Lead early access programs aligned with the business strategy and in thorough compliance with company’s requirements


• Partners with key patients organizations, addresses main challenges in advocacy, suggests programs to empower market access multistakeholder approach


• Matrix manage a cross functional team to support the development of OUS price and market access strategy, and align with the payer evidence strategy


• Revise updates as needed to optimize the value of life cycle management opportunities


• Actively contributes into price and market access inputs forecasts and business cases and ensure assumptions are aligned across the brand portfolio to give a robust forecast


• Develops value messages and claims, ensuring target product profiles and target claims can meet payer needs


• Submits value dossier to national and regional payer authorities and follow through for reimbursement of product


• Work in close alignment with regional business management, especially exchanging information with regards to business opportunity and targeting


• Validates value messages together with (and for) different stakeholder groups

Who You Are:

• A Master’s degree or other relevant advanced degree in Public Health, Economics, Medicine or Business Administration.


• Post Graduate degree in Clinical research, effective knowledge of scientific fundamentals


• Experience working with clinicians and payers on evidence-based customer solutions, e.g. through working with local payers. Knowledge of European markets is an asset


• Expertise in clinical LoE, knowledge in clinical management and pathways assessment


• Experience constructing payer value stories


• Prior Oncology and/or IVD expertise is essential


• Knowledge in regulatory requirements and compliance focus is an added value


• Knowledge of the needs and expectations of national and regional payers, insurers, and commercial customers in our strategic markets.


• Knowledge of patients organizations and experience of empowerment patients/experts


• Several years of previous project leadership experience in the clinical evidence strategy planning and execution, generation of payer evidence or development/execution of payer commercial strategies (e.g. Health Economics, Market Access, Pricing).


• Experience with patient advocacy projects and stakeholder engagement

Other skills/Competencies 

• Ability to make reasoned decisions under pressure


• Ability to take people with you and bring the best out of others


• Excellence and precision in communication: credible and persuasive


• Excellent understanding of regional funding and reimbursement pathways


• Advanced university degree or equivalent technical/scientific experience


• Ability to work autonomously and as part of an international team


• Masters the English language as well as fluent French speaking

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