Associate Director – Strategic Market Access, Value Communications | United Kingdom

Reporting to: Director, Strategic Market Access (SMA)

Job Summary

Are you passionate about translating complex evidence into compelling value stories that influence access to medicines and healthcare innovations? As an Associate Director within our Strategic Market Access team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering high-impact value communication programmes that help clients demonstrate the value of their products to payers and other key stakeholders.

As a senior member of a fast-paced, multidisciplinary global organisation, you will combine scientific expertise, strategic thinking, and client leadership to develop clear, compelling, and evidence-based value narratives. You will lead impactful projects, build trusted client relationships, provide strategic direction and quality oversight, and collaborate closely with colleagues across disciplines to deliver solutions that address global and regional market access needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence market access strategy, contribute to business growth, mentor talented colleagues, and help shape the future of our Value Communications capability.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Lead value communication projects and provide strategic and scientific oversight across a range of high-quality deliverables, including:

Global and core value dossiers, including regional and local adaptations
Value propositions, value stories, and value message frameworks
Payer value decks and visually engaging value presentations
Objection handlers, payer communication tools, executive summaries, and field-based materials
Training decks and supporting materials that help internal and field teams effectively communicate product value
Value-focused manuscripts and publications, including publication-ready scientific content communicating clinical, economic, and humanistic evidence
Evidence-based materials that support payer engagement, internal alignment, and broader market access strategy

In addition, you will:

Lead client relationships and multidisciplinary project teams, managing timelines, budgets, and project delivery while ensuring exceptional quality standards
Provide strategic guidance and senior review across project deliverables
Contribute to proposals, scopes of work, and new business opportunities, while identifying opportunities to deepen and expand client partnerships
Mentor and develop junior and mid-level colleagues, fostering a collaborative and supportive team environment
Contribute to the evolution of Value Communications methodologies, best practices, and team capabilities

Experience, Skills & Qualifications

You will bring:

A degree in life sciences, health economics, public health, health policy, or another relevant discipline; an advanced degree is advantageous
Years of experience in value communications, market access, HEOR, medical communications, or a related consultancy or pharmaceutical environment
Significant hands-on experience developing and strategically directing value communication deliverables
Strong experience delivering global/core value dossiers, value propositions and stories, payer value decks, objection handlers, training materials, and payer communication tools
Demonstrable experience developing scientific manuscripts for publication alongside a broad range of value communication materials
A strong understanding of the global market access landscape and the communication needs of payer, HTA, and other market access stakeholders across different markets
Excellent scientific writing, editing, and referencing skills, with the ability to critically review and enhance complex deliverables
Proven experience leading client relationships and providing strategic recommendations, including the confidence to challenge constructively where appropriate
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing project scope, timelines, budgets, resources, priorities, and risks
Experience contributing to proposals, pitches, scopes of work, and wider business development activities
Experience providing senior quality oversight and delivering clear, constructive feedback to colleagues
Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with the ability to build strong relationships both within OPEN Health and with external stakeholders
A proactive, collaborative, and commercially minded approach, with the ability to balance competing priorities while consistently delivering high-quality work

Why Join Us?

At OPEN Health, you'll have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects that shape healthcare decision-making around the world. You'll collaborate with talented colleagues across disciplines, partner with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients, and play a key role in helping patients gain access to innovative treatments. In return, you'll find a supportive environment that encourages professional growth, innovation, and career development.

About OPEN Health

At OPEN Health, we connect visionary minds, pioneering science, and advanced technology to drive real impact. By uniting people, science, and technology, we activate new opportunities for biopharma innovation. Our expertise across medical affairs and market access unlocks faster, smarter routes to market. We are committed to improving patient outcomes worldwide. To learn more, visit www.openhealthgroup.com.

OPEN Health. The right combination to unlock possibilities.

What we offer:

As a global organization, OPEN Health is committed to supporting our employees and their families through a comprehensive benefits program

Competitive pay, generous paid vacation, holidays and more, across all our locations
Ongoing training and development opportunities which foster and shape your individual career path
An active and growing commitment to bettering the communities our employees call home through our Corporate Social Responsibility program
The opportunity to thrive in a global, collaborative environment while working every day to improve health outcomes and patient wellbeing
Diverse, inclusive culture that encourages you to bring your whole self to work

If we sound like the sort of business environment in which you would thrive, then we would love to hear from you.

OPEN Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.