Job Title: Market Access Lead - Oncology, Egypt

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to shape how breakthrough oncology medicines reach patients across Egypt? This role puts you at the center of translating science into sustainable access, where every negotiation, strategy, and evidence package turns into real-world impact for people living with cancer.

You will own the country access agenda for priority brands from launch through lifecycle, partnering closely with Medical, Commercial, Finance, and Market Access colleagues to remove barriers and accelerate adoption. Expect to work at pace with a pipeline that is moving fast, guiding value stories, pricing, and payer engagement so patients receive the right medicines at the right time. How will you use data, pricing strategy, and payer partnerships to unlock timely, equitable access?

Accountabilities:

• Access Strategy and Business Partnership: Lead end-to-end market access strategies for assigned brands in alignment with brand and country goals, partnering with Commercial and other stakeholders to shape account positioning, prioritize payer and physician education, and drive tailored access plans that support uptake and business objectives.
• Pricing, Contracting and Governance: Develop pricing and contracting strategies that ensure competitive and sustainable price positioning across launch and in-market phases, in alignment with global strategy, local pricing policies, and implementation governance.
• Payer Engagement, Negotiation and Reimbursement: Build and maintain trusted relationships with key payers and decision-makers, support negotiations with key accounts, and drive successful listings, HTA outcomes, formulary positioning, and reimbursement decisions at regional and national levels.
• Cross-Functional Leadership, Financial Stewardship and Compliance: Lead cross-functional collaboration across Medical, Commercial, Finance, and Market Access to design and deliver access solutions that improve adoption and affordability while meeting financial objectives and ensuring full compliance with applicable policies and the Code of Ethics.
• Evidence Generation and Value Communication: Define payer-specific evidence strategies and communicate clinical and economic value propositions for new and in-market therapies, while supporting external stakeholder understanding of HTA and value-based care to strengthen evidence-based decision-making.
• Market Insights and Pipeline Influence: Generate actionable insights on customer trends, competitive dynamics, policy developments, and local market requirements to inform current access strategy and influence early pipeline and development decisions.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Market Access Experience within Multinational Pharmaceutical Companies
• Strategic thinking
• Business Analytics & Insights
• Leading complexity and decision quality
• Building collaborative / trust-based relationships
• Knowledge of Health Technology Assessment (HTA), value-based care and evidence-based decision-making process
• Partners & Key Accounts Management
• Negotiation & Persuasion Ability

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Deep understanding of Egypt’s payer landscape, HTA processes, and formulary decision pathways
• Track record in people management & leading teams
• Proven success delivering innovative access schemes, including risk‑sharing or outcomes‑based agreements
• Experience influencing global pricing and launch planning and aligning local execution with global policies
• Advanced degree in Health Economics, Outcomes Research, or Public Health is a plus
• Therapy area experience in Oncology is a plus

Why AstraZeneca: Join a team that turns science into access at pace, connecting payers, clinicians, and internal experts to bring transformative medicines to more patients. You will work on a fast‑moving pipeline with real momentum, in an environment that trusts you to take ownership and backs you with data, know‑how and unexpected teams in the same room unleashing bold thinking. We value kindness alongside ambition, pairing rigorous evidence with inventive approaches to overcome barriers so that individual contributions scale to a wider impact on health across the country.

Call to Action: Lead Egypt’s CVRM access agenda and help more patients benefit from our innovations—take the next step today and shape what better access looks like!

Date Posted

08-يوليو-2026

Closing Date

23-يوليو-2026

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.