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Job Function: Market Access

Job Sub Function: Reimbursement

Job Category: Professional

All Job Posting Locations: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Job Description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Manager, Market Access - Private Payers, a field-based position in Canada aligned to our Toronto, Ontario office. The Manager, Market Access - Private Payers is responsible for shaping and executing the national private payer strategy for assigned accounts and contributing insights to optimize reimbursement and patient access across the Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine portfolio in Canada. The role serves as an interface with private reimbursement stakeholders, including private insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, perks consultants and plan sponsors that influence drug coverage and access. Combining strategic account leadership, evidence-based value communication, market insight generation, and cross-functional influence, the Manager enables access environments, advances sustainable reimbursement solutions, and supports both current portfolio optimization and future launch readiness. The role represents Johnson & Johnson as a credible,



patient-focused partner committed to improving health outcomes for Canadians.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Execution of Private Payer Strategy

- Contributes to the development and execution of national private payer strategies for inline, launch, and pipeline products.
- Identifies access opportunities, barriers, and emerging risks within the Canadian private reimbursement workplace and translate them into actionable plans.
- Supports the private payer environment and reimbursement pathway to shape launch readiness, formulary access, and lifecycle management.

Strategic Payer Partnerships

- Build and sustain trusted relationships with national and regional insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, advantages consultants.
- Serve as Johnson & Johnson’s market access representative for assigned private payer accounts and stakeholder groups.
- Identify and advance appropriate partnership opportunities with key stakeholders.
- Contribute to reimbursement discussions, listing negotiations, and access-related partnerships within approved governance and parameters.
- Secure, maintain, and optimize private coverage for Johnson & Johnson therapies.

Generate Insights and Shape Strategy

- Develop a deep understanding of payer priorities, decision-making processes, affordability pressures, and evolving private market dynamics.
- Generate actionable insights that inform portfolio strategy, evidence planning,



business decisions, and launch execution.
- Make timely recommendations to the organization on access risks, competitive developments, and market-shaping opportunities.

Lead Through Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Act as a private payer subject matter expert and strategic advisor within cross-functional product, launch, and portfolio teams.
- Partner across Market Access, Medical Affairs, Patient Support Programs, Brand teams, Finance, Legal and Compliance.
- Shape priorities and drive alignment across a complex matrix organization without direct authority.
- Ensure payer insights and patient access considerations are integrated into strategic planning and execution.

What Success Looks Like

Achieve optimal private coverage for J&J; brands by executing account plans that address therapeutic and patient needs, clinical and budget impact implications and secure listings in line with brand plans. Build credible and trusted relationships with insurers and benefits stakeholder that drive mutual value and advance collaborative opportunities to bring innovative treatments to patients. Establish strong working relationships with cross-functional business partners, including Finance and Commercial teams; serve as a subject matter expert on the private market to ensure market access considerations are appropriately integrated into brand plans and forecasts.

Qualifications

Education

- Bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, health sciences, pharmacy, economics, health policy, or a related discipline.
- An advanced degree such as an MBA, MSc, PharmD, or relevant training in health economics or market access is an asset.

📌 Manager, Market Access (Toronto)
🏢 Johnson & Johnson
📍 Toronto