Medical Market Access Manager

**Main purpose of the job**:

- Assume overall direct responsibility for the deliverable of the Market Shaping output, manage all milestones, timelines, and any emerging interdependencies
- Lead the implementation of the Market Shaping working

**Location**:

- **Parktown - Johannesburg**

**Key performance areas**:

- Provide overall project leadership of market surveillance
- Develop market shaping strategy and detailed annual work plans
- Facilitate and lead deal design
- Identification and design of market-shaping interventions
- Oversee the development of technical content needed to engage with all external stakeholders
- Lead and coordinate implementation of the market-shaping output
- Develop and maintain a strong relationship with Unitaid (donor) as relates to the market-shaping output work
- Manage the contractual relationship with CHAI and ensure that they, as sub-grantee meet all their key technical deliverables
- Work closely with CHAI and oversee the implementation and monitoring of defined supply-side interventions
- Manage the contractual relationship with various drug manufacturers as relates to incentives
- Manage the day-to-day relationships with all stakeholders, in particular with CHAI, and maintain technical oversight over their deliverables and all other stakeholder inputs - e.g., ensure that Wits RHI is represented in all field verification site visits
- Ensure comprehensive and timely reporting to Unitaid
- Contribute to the strategic direction to the project
- Develop and effectively manage relationships with relevant Wits RHI structures
- Maintain close communication with the Wits RHI Communications team to achieve effective Wits RHI media coverage on market shaping
- Manage day-to-day operations and coordination of the market-shaping output
- Ensure project deliverables are on track to deliver high quality, timeous, successful project outcomes
- Oversee the planning and coordination of the Wits RHI team on market-shaping issues
- Oversee coordination between the two output streams: (1) Supplier Engagement/Contract Management; (2) Drug Development & Regulatory Processes
- Lead the technical coordination between Wits RHI, Unitaid, CHAI, and all other stakeholders and ensure that Wits RHI is represented
- Ensure optimal communication between and across the Wits RHI and CHAI teams is optimal and that program activities are coordinated and leveraged
- Ensure the market shaping work (output 4) dovetails with other Unitaid-funded work, particularly Project PrEP (output 1, 2, and 3)
- Contribute to the achievement of Wits RHI’s corporate goals and objectives. Actively participate in key global, regional, and national stakeholders for a Line manage two senior technical experts: (1) Supplier Engagement/Contract Management; (2) Drug Development & Regulatory Processes. Also, manage a project administrator and a project statistician
- Oversee the management of the broader market-shaping output team - 6 team members in total
- Manage the market shaping budget - e.g., oversee and approve such aspects such as payments to CHAI and incentives to drug manufacturers
- Report monthly on key achievements, challenges, and any anecdotal success stories
- Support financial management and control as related to the above Human Resources and other activities
- Manage line reports in keeping with Wits RHI policies and procedures
- Plan, convene, and produce reports for monthly one-on-one meetings with supervised staff to monitor performance and support
- Attend to all staffing requirements and administration
- Oversee the duties of subordinates to ensure optimal staff utilization and maintenance of sound labor relations
- Plan, organize and lead staff performance assessments
- Identify substandard performance by team members and plan and implement necessary corrective action
- Coach and train subordinates and team members to ensure the acquisition of knowledge and skills required by the organization
- Lead the promotion of harmony, teamwork, and sharing of information
- Provide day-to-day support to all project staff
- Take ownership and accountability for tasks and demonstrate effective self-management
- Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately maintained
- Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
- Take ownership of driving your own career development by participating in ongoing training and development activities such as forums, conferences, policy-setting workshops, etc.

**Required minimum education and training**:

- **A Graduate-level Degree with significant experience in product development, commercialization and regulatory affairs, including conceptualization, design, and execution of market-shaping opportunities**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- **Minimum 10 years of work experience, with a focus on product development commercialization and regulatory affairs, including conceptualization, design, and e