Dir Value, Access & Policy

What You Will Do

The Value, Access & Policy (VA&P) Lead is a key member of the China Leadership Team (CLC) and reports directly to the China General Manager.

This role leads the VA&P function in China, overseeing key areas including Government Affairs, Policy Advocacy, Central and Regional Market Access, Health Economics, and Pricing.  The role plays a critical leadership role in shaping and executing China’s market access, government affairs, policy advocacy, pricing, and stakeholders engagement strategies.

The successful candidate will serve as a strategic enterprise leader, partnering closely with commercial, medical, regional, global, and cross-functional teams to advance Amgen’s mission and ensure sustainable patient access to Amgen’s innovative medicines in China.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the development and execution of China’s integrated Value, Access & Policy strategy. 
• Translate global product access strategies into locally relevant and actionable country-level plans. 
• Shape and execute government affairs, policy advocacy, market access, pricing, and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Partner with global, regional, and affiliate VA&P colleagues to ensure alignment across markets and functions.
• Represent Amgen externally with key stakeholders, including government agencies, payers, industry associations, healthcare institutions, and other relevant partners.
• Lead, develop, and empower a high-performing VA&P team with strong business impact and enterprise leadership.

Key Deliverables:

Access:

• Secure and maintain access and reimbursement for inline products to support Amgen’s near-term business success.
• Develop effective access strategies for pipeline products to enable future growth.
• Coordinate short- and long-term access planning assumptions to support successful product entry and lifecycle strategies.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure access strategies are aligned with business priorities and patient needs.

Evidence Generation:

• Develop and execute clinical and health economic evidence-generation strategies to demonstrate the value Amgen brings to patients, healthcare providers, payers, and health systems.
• Ensure evidence plans are aligned with market access, reimbursement, pricing, and policy objectives.
• Leverage clinical, real-world, and health economic evidence to support value communication and stakeholder engagement.

Policy, Government Affairs & Advocacy: 

• Develop and execute healthcare policy, government relations, and advocacy strategies to help shape a favorable external environment.
• Build effective relationships with government, industry associations, policy stakeholders, and other external partners.
• Represent Amgen’s perspectives through appropriate policy engagement and industry collaboration.
• Anticipate policy trends and assess their potential impact on Amgen’s business, portfolio, and patients.

Pricing & Contracting:

• Develop and execute pricing and contracting strategies in line with governance requirements and business objectives.
• Support sustainable pricing approaches that deliver value to customers while securing an appropriate return on Amgen’s investment.
• Explore innovative pricing and access models where appropriate, including value-based or risk-sharing approaches.
• Ensure pricing and contracting decisions are informed by market dynamics, payer expectations, competitive landscape, and internal governance.

Reputation & Thought Leadership:

• Build and strengthen Amgen’s reputation as a credible, science-based thought leader in China.
• Position Amgen as a trusted contributor to patients, healthcare providers, health systems, policymakers, and society.
• Advance Amgen’s external presence through thoughtful engagement, evidence-based dialogue, and responsible advocacy.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Partner effectively with commercial, medical, regulatory, legal, compliance, finance, and other functional colleagues to support Amgen’s business and mission.
• Collaborate with global and regional teams to ensure China’s priorities, insights, and market dynamics are appropriately reflected in broader strategies.
• Drive enterprise alignment across internal stakeholders to support access, policy, and business objectives.

Team Leadership: 

• Develop, empower, and lead a talented, results-oriented VA&P team.
• Build organizational capabilities across market access, policy, government affairs, pricing, and health economics.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous development.
• Partner with the VA&P team to develop and implement training materials and capability-building initiatives that strengthen functional excellence within Amgen.

What We Expect of You

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a strategic, collaborative, and solutions-oriented leader with strong enterprise leadership, external stakeholder management, and market access expertise.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree with at least 8 years of directly related experience; or
• Master’s degree with at least 10 years of directly related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Health Care Management, Health Policy, Health Economics, Public Affairs, Health Care Financing, or a related discipline.
• Direct payer experience and/or strong experience in product commercialization.
• Proven national-level experience and a track record of meaningful achievements in market access, policy, pricing, or government affairs.
• Strong experience in strategic planning, healthcare policy, and access strategy.
• Deep understanding of strategic pricing and contracting, including innovative models such as risk-sharing or value-based agreements.
• Ability to review and interpret clinical and health economic literature, including disease-state information, clinical trial design and outcomes, and pharmacoeconomic studies, with a clear understanding of payer implications.
• Strong business acumen and experience navigating policy, access, and commercial dynamics in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology sector.
• Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with government, payer, industry, and healthcare stakeholders.
• Mature, credible, and influential leadership style, with the ability to operate effectively in a complex and evolving external environment.
• Strong understanding of government policy, healthcare system dynamics, commercial considerations, and business issues in China.