Pricing Manager

Description

• Leading pricing strategy development, target price alignment, pricing dossier preparation, and price negotiations with MHLW for assigned products
• Driving pipeline access planning and mid-to-long-term value forecasting, ensuring insights are integrated into R&D, commercial, and financial planning
• Leading lifecycle management, HTA, and wholesaler-related initiatives to sustain and enhance product value
• Exploring innovative pricing approaches, including opportunities in out-of-pocket medical care, in response to evolving external environments
• Building productive relationships with MHLW, C2H, industry associations (EFPIA, PhRMA), academia, and internal partners across NN (Japan and global)
• Collaborating cross-functionally with Market Access, HEOR, Government Affairs, Medical, Marketing and Finance to shape and execute integrated access strategies
• Contributing to team capability building through knowledge sharing and best-practice development

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, healthcare, business, economics or related field (Master’s or equivalent advanced qualification preferred)
• More than 3 years of strategic pricing and reimbursement negotiation experience
• Progressive experience in the healthcare industry (pharmaceutical, medical devices, or related healthcare sectors) with access-related functions
• Proven cross-functional collaboration and project management experience, including with global or regional stakeholders
• Japanese (Business-level or higher) and English (conversational or higher) language skills
• Excellent strategic thinking, logical problem-solving, communication, negotiation and influencing skills
• Preferred: experience with pricing and access approaches for new drugs, medical devices, digital health, or out-of-pocket markets; exposure to Regulatory Affairs, Medical, Marketing, Finance, Health Economics, Data Analytics, or Consulting