Strategic Market Access Manager
Content + Source + Freshness • 13 Feb 2026 • 95% confidence
Offer value
The position emphasizes market access strategy and stakeholder engagement within the pharmaceutical domain, presenting a significant opportunity for career advancement.
- Strong focus on strategic market access
- Opportunities for career advancement within Bayer
- Influence healthcare decisions positively
Pros
- Involvement in strategic decision-making at Bayer
- Opportunity to impact healthcare access positively
- Collaborative environment with diverse stakeholders
Cons
- Requires specific expertise in market access and reimbursement
- May involve high-stakes negotiation outcomes
- Potentially demanding workload and project timelines
Who it's for
Senior / Expert • Full-time office-based
Good fit
- Senior professionals in market access strategy
- Individuals interested in healthcare economics
- Stakeholder relationship managers
Not recommended for
- Entry-level candidates without relevant experience
- People not interested in high-stakes negotiations
- Individuals who prefer less dynamic environments
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.
Strategic Market Access Manager
Main Purpose
The position aims to enhance the company's market access capabilities in Poland by focusing on strategic stakeholder engagement and broadening portfolio thinking. The role centers on fostering partnerships with key decision-makers, understanding payer perspectives, and negotiating effectively to ensure our products remain accessible and reimbursed.
Key Working Relations (internal / external)
- Internal: CEE MACS Capability Home Head, Market Access Managers in Poland and within CEE, Pricing Managers, Country Managers, Commercial and Marketing representatives, Medical Affairs, Finance Business Partners, Regulatory Affairs, O2C/Logistic, Liaising with Health Economics & Pricing departments of HQ including Global MACS department
- External: Pricing and reimbursement authorities, stakeholders of reimbursement and market access (e.g. country parliamentary health committee, Ministry of Health, Health Insurances, other reimbursement process personnel), vendors, advisory boards, healthcare professionals, and industry groups.
Your Tasks & Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategic access plans that align with business objectives while ensuring long-term sustainability in the market.
- Engage with external stakeholders, including the Ministry of Health, payer organizations, and other relevant entities, to advocate for our portfolio and facilitate positive health outcomes.
- Collaborate across departments to ensure all market access activities are aligned with business strategy and are internally coherent.
- Facilitate the development of local health economy processes that positively influence the uptake of Bayer brands, including the development of protocols, formularies and guidelines for payers.
- Conduct thorough analysis of the healthcare environment in Poland to identify opportunities and challenges, providing insights to cross-functional teams.
- Lead strategic negotiations with payers and relevant bodies to secure product reimbursement and access.
- Manage and expand relationships with external stakeholders, ensuring consistent communication and collaboration.
- Provide intelligence and insights into payer dynamics, health policy changes and potential shifts in the market landscape, advising on strategic adjustments.
- Innovate and co-create with customers strategic access initiatives to address unmet healthcare needs, boosting the positioning of our products.
- prepare pricing & reimbursement dossiers as well budget impact models with help of HQ and/or local vendorsand lead Health Technology Assessment (HTA) submission, HE models with ability to assess implications and recommend further steps.
- lead the negotiation with payers/authorities in co-creative manner with other local team members.
Who you are?
- University degree in Public Health, Health Economics, Business, or similar
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in market access, payer relations, or healthcare strategy, preferably within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology sectors
- Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate with high-level stakeholders
- Deep understanding of Poland's healthcare system, payer priorities, and reimbursement landscape
- Proven strategic thinking capabilities with a track record of successfully developing and implementing market access strategies
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Fluency in Polish and English.
- DSO Behaviors: focus on outcomes, co-create for customers, collaborate with accountability, act, learn fast and evolve.
YOUR APPLICATION
This is your opportunity to tackle the world’s biggest challenges with us: Maintaining our health, feeding growing populations and slowing the rate of climate change. You have a voice, ideas and perspectives and we want to hear them. Because our success begins with you. Be part of something big. Be Bayer.
Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.
Location: Poland : Mazowieckie : Warszawa
Division: Pharmaceuticals
Reference Code: 855946
