Director Market Access

Location: Hannover Region / Hybrid
Salary: Competitive, based on experience

Our clients in Healthcare & Life Sciences are leading innovators in pharma, biotech, medtech, digital health, and diagnostics. As part of Kintiga, Europe’s largest independent specialist consultancy, and SKC Beratungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany’s market access and pricing experts, we support the successful launch and reimbursement of breakthrough therapies and technologies.

Join our team and help shape the future of the most innovative healthcare solutions. At Kintiga and SKC, we foster a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment where every voice counts. We value diversity, openness, and integrity, encouraging our team members to bring their ideas and passion to work. You’ll join a supportive, dynamic team that thrives on innovation, continuous learning, and making a real impact in healthcare and life sciences.

As Director Market Access, you will be accountable for both strategic leadership and hands-on delivery excellence, shaping the future of our business by combining client delivery oversight, business development, capability building, and team development. You will manage key accounts, lead complex market access projects, and drive innovation in methodologies and tech-enabled delivery. You will play a critical role in translating strategy into operational impact, both in Germany and across our European organization:

• Lead and manage client relationships for pharma and biotech accounts, ensuring satisfaction and long-term
  partnerships.
• Serve as product owner or strategic advisor on key market access projects (AMNOG, EU HTA, pricing,
  reimbursement).
• Oversee delivery standards and apply agile working methods across teams.
• Drive business development, proposal management, and client relationship building.
• Define portfolio vision, drive innovation pipeline, and align strategies across geographies.
• External thought leadership representation at conferences and associations.
• Mentor and develop delivery teams, manage staffing and resource allocation.
• Shape recruitment strategy and contribute to talent pipeline development.
• Champion Kintiga values and foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture.

• Master’s degree in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy, health economics, or business.
• Excellent German and English language skills.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in market access within the German and European pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
• Strong understanding of the German (AMNOG) and European market access landscapes.
• Demonstrated success in client relationship management and business growth.
• Excellent organizational and agile and classic project management skills.
• Strategic mindset, analytical thinking, and problemsolving ability.
• Thought leadership and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Affinity for technical advancements and digital health.
• Occasional availability to travel.
• PhD in a relevant field (preferred).
• More than 5 years in strategic market access roles, ideally with internatinal exposure (preferred).
• Familiarity with digital health, innovative pricing models, and EU HTA processes (preferred).
• Advanced skills in CRM, project management, and data tools (preferred).
• Multilingual communication skills (preferred).

• Dynamic work environment with a highly motivated team.
• Exciting career opportunities in a fast-growing international business.
• Entrepreneurial culture, openness, and integrity.
• A comprehensive onboarding and mentoring program as well as employee events
• Individual development with extensive training and development programs. 
• 30 days vacation (depending on geography) and a permanent position.
• High-end digital equipment and hybrid working.
• Modern, centrally located office space with a variety of healthy snacks
• Attractive coporate benefits: wellbeing support, E-Leasing, employee events and much more.

We look forward to receiving your application, incl.

• Letter of application
• Curriculum vitae
• Complete certificates incl. high school diploma
• Earliest possible start date
• Salary expectation

Please submit your application via our online application portal.