Market Access Manager - Gulf

Site Name: UAE - Dubai

Posted Date: Feb 2 2026

About The Role

As a Market Access Manager, you will develop and lead Market Access strategies focused on the Public/Tender reimbursement environment across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. You will work cross-functionally with Government Affairs, Medical, Marketing and Value Access colleagues to ensure launch readiness and sustainable growth for our vaccine’s portfolio, enhance payer engagement, and expand patient access.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a detailed understanding of the Public/Tender access landscape across GCC markets to identify barriers and opportunities from both health system and patient perspectives.
• Lead Market Access Strategy and Launch Excellence Plans for vaccines in the Public/Tender sector, ensuring alignment with regional and country-level priorities.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with public health authorities and other payers; identify partnership opportunities to support reimbursement, formulary inclusion and broader patient access.
• Support development of payer-centric value propositions in collaboration with Medical, Marketing and Value Access teams.
• Conduct and interpret market research and payer landscape analyses to inform strategy and support business sustainability.
• Monitor trends in payer policies, healthcare financing and access pathways; identify risks and mitigation actions and work with Government Affairs to inform partnership agendas.
• Coordinate cross-functionally to ensure consistent operational execution of Market Access plans and alignment across therapy areas.
  
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, Business Administration or equivalent. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years’ pharmaceutical experience with exposure to Market Access, Healthcare, Government Affairs or related roles, preferably in vaccines or public-sector reimbursement.
• Recent gulf countries experience is preferred (UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain)
• Recent vaccine experience is preferred.
• Strong understanding of payer dynamics, healthcare systems, and pharmaceutical market access processes in the GCC region.
• Proven experience building strategic partnerships with public health authorities and other external stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in market research, data interpretation and evidence-based value messaging.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple markets and adapt to diverse regulatory and healthcare environments.
  
  
  

Working arrangements

This is a hybrid role based in the UAE with regular travel across Gulf markets. Specific working pattern will be agreed with your manager in line with local policy.

How To Apply

If you’re ready to join us in this impactful role, apply today! Together, we’ll get ahead of disease and shape the future of healthcare.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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