Government Affairs and Health Policy Manager

Site Name: Finance Center Building

Posted Date: Oct 9 2024

Job Summary: As a Government Affairs and Health Policy Manager at GSK Philippines, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the healthcare landscape by fostering collaborative partnerships with key decision-makers, stakeholders, patient advocates, and opinion leaders. Your expertise will guide GSK’s understanding of the external environment and drive positive changes to healthcare access.

Key Responsibilities:

• Health Economics and Policy Research: Oversee comprehensive health economics research to inform policy development and support economic evaluations of GSK produdcts. Utilize health technology assessment methodologies to analyze the cost-effectiveness, impact, and value of medicines and vaccines.
• Strategic Relationship Management: Foster collaborative partnerships with government stakeholders to gain insights and share information that supports informed National Formulary decisions. These relationships are vital for understanding the healthcare landscape and ensuring that GSK’s contributions to health policy are well-represented and aligned with national health objectives.
• Policy Development and Advocacy: Engage in the development of health policies that align with GSK’s priority therapeutic areas. Monitor policy and legislative movements, analyze their implications, and contribute to discussions that enhance access to healthcare.
• Strategic Planning: Support the development of a comprehensive market access strategy plan, with a strong focus on healthcare policies and improving access to GSK’s priority therapeutic areas.
• Value Communication: Partner with Market Access, Marketing and Medical Affairs to generate robust evidence and develop pricing strategies that effectively communicate the value of GSK medicines and vaccines, ensuring their reimbursement and competitive positioning.
• Performance Monitoring: Create and utilize advanced reporting tools to monitor access opportunities, key payer events, and benchmark GSK’s performance against competitors in securing access.
• Universal Healthcare Act Expertise: Acquire a deep understanding of the Universal Healthcare Act, its policy objectives, health priorities, and initiatives, particularly as they relate to GSK product access.
• Global Collaboration: Collaborate with global and regional Government Affairs and Market Access teams to bring international best practices into the local operating company (LOC).
• Administrative and Additional Duties: Manage administrative responsibilities and undertake additional tasks as determined by the line manager.
  
  
  

Competencies:

• Analytical Skills: Strong ability to perform quantitative analysis and apply health economic modeling techniques.
• Research Proficiency: Experience in conducting policy research, synthesizing data, and translating findings into actionable insights.
• Economic Evaluation: Knowledge of budget impact analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and other health economic evaluation methods.
• Policy Analysis: Ability to understand and interpret health policy, legislation, and regulations, and their impact on the pharmaceutical industry.
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• Strong stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Health Policy, Public Affairs, Economics, or related field; Master’s degree in Health Economics will be a strong advantage.
• Proven experience in health economics, policy research, or market access within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong understanding of the Philippine healthcare system and procurement processes.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to analyze policy trends and their implications for the industry.
• Strategic thinker with a collaborative mindset.
• Exceptional project management skills, with a track record of successfully leading complex projects.
  
  
  

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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