Senior Market Access Manager – DaVinci & Ion

About the role

Intuitive, a market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, is hiring a Senior Market Access Manager in Seoul. The role owns the Korea market access strategy and roadmap for the daVinci and Ion portfolios, working closely with the Affiliate Management Team and cross-functional stakeholders to secure reimbursement, coverage and patient access.

Key responsibilities

• Own the Korea market access strategy and roadmap for daVinci and Ion, aligned to business unit priorities and product lifecycle needs
• Monitor the market access landscape, including competition, HTA developments and healthcare policy, and run payer engagement, negotiation and objection-handling plans
• Develop fee model and reimbursement pricing strategies and strategies to broaden access through private insurance channels
• Lead nHTA strategy and execution, including dossier preparation, evidence gap assessment, Q&A responses and HTR process management
• Lead reimbursement, coverage and coding strategy, including pricing narrative and justification packages and reimbursement guidance for internal teams
• Translate clinical and health economic evidence into payer-ready value propositions and partner with Clinical Affairs and HEOR on evidence generation needs
• Engage KOLs, academic societies and key decision-makers, represent Market Access in local governance forums and give updates to Korea leadership
• Monitor healthcare policies, MoHW and FSS announcements, and provide internal reimbursement training

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (MPH, MSc, PharmD, PhD, MBA) in health economics, public health, pharmacy, life sciences or a related field preferred
• 15+ years of experience in Korea market access, reimbursement, pricing, HTA/nHTA or government/payer strategy in medical devices, diagnostics or interventional technologies
• Hands-on experience with nHTA submissions, premium reimbursement for medical materials and post-nHTA reimbursement pathways
• Strong understanding of the Korea healthcare system, including MoHW, HIRA, NHIS and HTA processes
• Excellent written and spoken Korean and English

Preferred skills

• Experience in endoscopy, endoluminal procedures, minimally invasive technologies, oncology or digital health
• RWE/registry planning, claims/EMR analysis or local evidence generation partnerships
• Familiarity with hospital procurement/committee processes and provider economics in Korea
• People leadership or matrix leadership experience