Value Access & Policy Head (Singapore/Malaysia)
Amgen · Kuala Lumpur
Career Category
Value and AccessJob Description
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
Our mission is to serve patients living with serious illnesses. We discover and deliver innovative medicines across Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease.
Our collaborative, science-based culture gives teammates the opportunity to contribute, learn, and grow while helping patients live fuller lives.
Live
What you will do
Based in Malaysia, the Value Access and Policy Head leads Amgen’s value access and healthcare policy agendas across Malaysia and Singapore, with equal accountability for both markets. The role develops market-specific strategies to expand appropriate and sustainable access to Amgen medicines, including pricing, reimbursement, evidence, innovative funding pathways, and policy engagement. It works with the Country General Manager, affiliate leadership, JAPAC and global teams, and cross-functional colleagues to turn market insight into clear priorities and execution.
Responsibilities:
Value Access and Innovative Access Pathways
- Own value access strategies for priority brands, launches, new indications, and lifecycle opportunities in both markets, with tailored country plans, measurable objectives, and clear execution priorities.
- Assess public and private payer pathways, reimbursement and listing requirements, procurement dynamics, provider needs, competition, and affordability; identify barriers and actionable opportunities.
- Lead pricing and reimbursement strategies and recommendations, evaluating access, financial, competitive, and policy implications and aligning proposals with Amgen governance and regional/global direction.
- Develop payer value propositions and evidence packages, including health economic and budget impact analyses and real-world evidence where relevant, to support reimbursement and funding decisions.
- Identify and develop sustainable access routes, partnerships, alternative funding models, and patient access programs, with appropriate business cases and Legal, Compliance, and Medical governance.
- Build payer and provider stakeholder plans and lead cross-functional execution with Finance, Commercial, Medical, Regulatory, Legal, and Compliance; track outcomes, resolve barriers, and adapt plans as market conditions change.
Policy
- Lead the Malaysia/Singapore healthcare policy and government affairs agenda, aligned with affiliate priorities and JAPAC/global direction.
- Monitor healthcare, reimbursement, fiscal, trade, legislative, political, and regulatory developments; translate them into business implications, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
- Develop policy positions, narratives, stakeholder maps, engagement plans, briefing materials, and approved messaging for consistent external engagement.
- Build compliant relationships with relevant government agencies, policymakers, payers, healthcare institutions, clinicians, industry associations, patient organizations, and other policy influencers; represent Amgen in relevant forums.
- Prepare senior leaders for external engagements, track follow-up actions, and bring country insights into affiliate, JAPAC, and global discussions.
Win
What we expect of you
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy, economics, public policy, law, business, or a related field and 8 or more years of directly related experience; or
- Master’s degree in a relevant field and 5 or more years of directly related experience; or
- Doctorate degree in a relevant field and 3 or more years of directly related experience.
- Fluent written and spoken English and eligibility to work in Malaysia.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, value access, pricing and reimbursement, health policy, or government affairs.
- Experience developing access and pricing strategies, securing reimbursement or institutional access, and engaging government or payer stakeholders.
- Strong working knowledge of healthcare systems and policy environments in Malaysia and Singapore, including public and private funding and payer decision-making.
- Experience applying HEOR, health economic models, budget impact analysis, real-world evidence, and value communication to payer decisions.
- Ability to lead cross-functional work, influence in a matrixed organization, and translate complex information into clear business recommendations; additional relevant local language capability is an advantage.
Core capabilities
- Value access strategy: Connects pricing, reimbursement, evidence, and access pathways to brand and affiliate objectives.
- Policy insight and influence: Anticipates external changes and develops credible positions and engagement plans.
- Analytical judgement: Tests assumptions and communicates implications, options, and trade-offs clearly.
- Stakeholder and matrix leadership: Builds trusted relationships and aligns teams across two distinct markets.
- Execution and integrity: Turns priorities into accountable plans and applies sound ethical judgement.
Thrive
What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being
- Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
- Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
- Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.
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