Access Excellence Director

Project overview

ACCESS EXCELLENCE DIRECTOR

Start Date: ASAP

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in Value & Access roles and/or Operational Excellence roles / Access Operations roles.
• 2+ years of international or regional experience in Operational Excellence or Access roles.
• Proven experience building KPI frameworks, access governance processes and dashboards.
• Strong understanding of access data, systems and governance models.
• Experience managing budgets.
• High comfort operating in matrixed, global environments.

Nice to have

KEY LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES REQUIRED

SThree_Germany is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

• 7+ years of experience in Value & Access roles with experience in Access Operations.
• MBA, Ph.D., M.D. or RPh.
• 5+ years of international markets or regional experience.
• Demonstrates strong communication skills and can influence across a range of diverse stakeholders to drive change.
• Balances strategy and operational excellence to ensure end-to-end execution of the strategy.
• Effectively balances the needs of various stakeholders and defines priorities based on highest impact for business and patients.
• Strong solution-orientation and enterprise mindset.
• Competitive and entrepreneurial mindset with proven track record of fostering innovation.

Project details

Basel, Switzerland (100% on - site)

1 year

The Access Excellence Director is part of Access Excellence organization responsible for enabling access performance, raising the bar for how access is planned, executed and measured. Leads IV&A data management, analytics strategy, performance management enablers in partnership with other V&A teams, regions, priority countries and other cross-functional teams as applicable.

The role is responsible for driving operational excellence & continuous improvement in execution across International & key markets. Access Excellence Director serves as single point of contact for annual budget management, process excellence, defining book of work, IV&A governance processes, SoPs & knowledge management platforms.

This role ensures high data integrity, disciplined KPI management, systematic best practice sharing, effective budget stewardship, enabling predictable, high quality access outcomes.

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor and strengthen IV&A governance processes, book of work for IV&A pillars and decision support systems. Accountable for driving operational excellence, building and running a robust access performance & governance process.
• Support IV&A senior leadership to drive data driven decision making using deliverables defined as per IV&A book of work, access KPIs and dashboards.
• Define and own access data standards, definitions & quality control measures aligned with Enterprise data management guidelines. Ownership of IV&A SharePoints and other knowledge management platforms.
• Partner with IT, analytics and markets to enable reliable data flows into performance management systems and enable adoption across countries. Act as single point of accountability for one source of access data.
• Design and maintain an enterprise access KPI framework and book of work across pre-launch, launch, post-launch & LoE. Embed KPI-led decision making into access leadership forums & governance processes.
• Lead annual budgeting process for IV&A, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities. Track spend vs outcomes and analytics across IV&A pillars (e.g. HEOR, Pricing, TA Access, Access Excellence). Support business cases and investment decisions, including budget trade-offs.
• Build a strong culture of accountability, learning and continuous improvement in collaboration with cross-functional partners (HEOR, Pricing, TA Access, Access Excellence, Finance, etc.).
• Effectively work in a matrix organization, balancing cross-functional perspectives and alignment with business priorities against available resources.
• Ensure appropriate Ethics, Risk and Compliance procedures are followed as per company policies and procedures.
• Start: 2026-11
• Remote: onsite
• Location: Basel, Schweiz, CH