Market Access Manager at Essity North America Inc. in Charlotte, North Carolina

Job Description:

Market Access Manager - Health & Medical US

Who We Are

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene with our corporate headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and North American headquarters in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company that is committed to breaking barriers to well-being. Essity does this through innovative brands in the areas of Professional Hygiene, Consumer Goods, and Health & Medical Solutions.

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being. At Essity you will find a caring and compassionate culture where we remain grounded in our beliefs & behaviors.

At Essity: This Is What We Do

About the Role

Essity Health and Medical Solutions is looking for an experienced Market Access Manager who will contribute to the company's efforts of securing optimal patient access and reimbursement for the company's products in a geographic country/cluster.

The ideal candidate should live in Charlotte. 

We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to talk. 

What You Will Do

• Build and deploy the Market Access Strategy and integrated policy and communications approaches to optimize patient access for our HMS products


• Develop, lead and execute access, reimbursement and policy strategy in both the public and private sectors


• Collaborate on the development of optimal pricing strategies and support the implementation of pricing activities consistent with the strategy


• Work closely with both Global and Local Sales, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Public Affairs, Commercial Excellence, Operations and Legal to develop and execute integrated product access plans


• Bring an understanding of the payer perspective to internal teams to ensure that payer requirements are adequately met throughout the evidence development and commercial strategy development processes in a timely and accurate fashion


• Oversee training of cross-functional stakeholders to educate on key market access initiatives, messaging and materials


• Work with Medical Affairs and conduct Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) data and analysis to advance our value proposition around our core solutions


• Represent or Support HMS NA in key industry and medical associations aimed at advancing education and access


• Support designing value dossiers and applications for reimbursement


• Own the management of all internal / external data sources that provide insight into market dynamics


• Lead a team of analysts to support the delivery of expectations on the Market Access team


• Collaborate with global Public Affairs and provide local leadership to Public Affairs initiatives

Who You Are

• Bachelor's or Master's degree; MBA preferred


• 5-10 years in the health care industry, with at least 5 years specifically in market access


• Proven track record reimbursement and market access


• Experience successfully launching new products, achieving formulary access and market share objectives (wound care, incontinent care, vascular care, orthopedic care experience a plus)


• Successful track record in engaging public and private payers, specialty societies, and other key stakeholders


• Extensive knowledge of reimbursement terminology, managed care and healthcare policy, including comprehensive understanding of standard managed contract language


• Strong understanding of legal and regulatory environment in healthcare promotions and other compliance-related issues


• Ability to assess risks and benefits to make timely, sound decisions with various levels of information, and accept responsibly for meeting and/ or exceeding objectives


• Problem solving orientation with strong strategic and analytical abilities, diplomacy, negotiation and excellent oral and written communication skills


• Ability to communicate complex information in a convincing way to non-technical audiences


• 40-60% travel required

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe everyone's learning and professional development is unique and want to empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Compensation and Benefits:

Expected Compensation

Competitive annual salary + annual incentive bonus + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors such as knowledge, skills, and experience.

Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits:

• United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance


• Wellness program provided through Rally


• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)


• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution


• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance


• Employee Assistance Program


• PTO offering with Paid Holidays


• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance


• Employee discounts program


• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees

About Our DEI Culture

Guided by our Beliefs & Behavior, our culture is the foundation that connects our history with our future. At Essity, care, collaboration and inclusion are more than buzzwords, they are practiced on an everyday basis. And with a purpose of breaking barriers to wellbeing, promoting gender equality and enable customers and consumers to lead a fuller life at all stages of life, DEI is in our core.

As we work in diverse teams across geographies, cultures and professional areas, inclusive leadership is something we expect from ourselves and each other. In our leadership platform, we express this as leveraging the power of differences. From experience we know that diverse and inclusive teams are key to innovate and profitably grow our business while simultaneously address our ambitious climate targets.

Collaborative and Inclusive Culture | Empowering & Engaged Leaders | Working with Powerful Purpose & Sustainable Impact | Learning and Growing in your Career | Supporting Well-being & Sustainable Working Life | Life-changing Innovations | Competitive Total rewards

Additional Information

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact EssityHRNorthAmerica@essity.com

Together, we are improving lives, every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

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