Company Description
At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.
As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.
Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.
Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.
Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.
Job Description
Primary Function of Position:
The role of the country Global Access, Value & Economics (GAVE) Director – France is to proactively cultivate and manage the “economic health” of the France marketplace; leading to expanded patient access to Intuitive’s products and technologies by identifying and executing strategies to eliminate access, coverage, reimbursement, evidence and economic barriers through market access and health policy initiatives to accelerate broad adoption.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Work directly with EU leadership and local marketing teams to identify, lead and execute strategies to improve access, coverage and utilization through HTA management, identifying evidence generation needs and opportunities, managing coverage/reimbursement development, support tendering shaping activities, leading relationships with key payers and local and national government agencies, KOL and specialty society stakeholders, and supporting development of post market and go-to-market launch plans.
Serve as a expert market access liaison to all French Health Authorities, HTAs, systems, and professional societies, at local and national levels, by leading and executing various activities to gain access and coverage of Intuitive’s technologies.
Partner with Clinical & Product Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, MACA, GPA, Clinical Affairs and Medical Affairs to conduct market access landscape assessments and integrated plans to collaboratively align on short- and long-term strategies to resolve barriers to access and adoption.
Conduct, with EU leadership, monthly, quarterly, and annual management alignment on country prioritization and execution plans and activities. Will also serve on the GAVE European leadership team.
Formulate and refine clinical and economic value proposition for local and national policymakers and key stakeholders across France.
Work extensively with the GAVE organization’s “Center of Excellence” teams to drive strategies to address challenges from French local health authorities, policymakers, HTA agencies, medical societies, and major health systems.
Develop relationships and be active in forums, committees and/or events where major healthcare systems professional societies, payers, HTAs, academic researchers, coverage committees and policymakers commonly participate.
Educate and train the organization on requirements and key competencies needed to overcome barriers inhibiting adoption and utilization of Intuitives technologies in France.
Qualifications
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years or masters/PhD with 10+ years of experience of increasing responsibilities in applied market access, health economics, health policy/reimbursement development, payer relations, and/or HTA management.
A relevant field of study in health economics, HEOR, health policy, public health, health or business administration, or other health or scientific discipline.
Long term experience in health care medical device, technologies, hospital industry, and health care consulting are mandatory.
Subject matter expertise in health care strategy, French health Systems, health policy, coverage and payment development, payer relations, medical policy development, and HTA management.
Excellent teamwork skills with proven ability to collaborate and facilitate across multiple disciplines in a cross-functional matrix organization.
Independent, self-starter, capable of significant autonomy, can create structure within ambiguity.
Results-oriented, self-confident, and able to react quickly under pressure.
Strong presentation skills, in front of senior internal and external audiences.
Excellent prioritization, project management and analytical skills.
Ability to travel up to 30-40%.
Must be fluent in both French and English, other European languages are a plus.
Preferred location(s): Must be based in France, ideally near Intuitive’s Bordeaux office.
Additional Information
Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
