Practice Summary

Access Partnership is a global advisory firm that makes innovation work for the world by helping governments, industry, and development partners navigate complex regulatory and policy environments. With more than 150 consultants across 39 countries, we combine a strong global footprint with region-specific technical expertise and on-the-ground presence across Asia and other key markets.

Our Health & Life Sciences team brings deep experience in health systems strengthening, health financing & policy, and market access strategy. We work at the intersection of technical analysis and ecosystem shaping—partnering with ministries of health and finance, regulatory authorities, biopharmaceutical companies, and multilateral institutions to translate evidence into policy reform and sustainable access pathways. Our experts have served within governments, global foundations, USAID, WHO, and development banks, giving us a practical understanding of how policy is designed, financed, and operationalized—and how to align incentives across the broader health ecosystem.

The result is a distinctive model: technical depth, real-world policy engagement, and in-market execution capability—enabling clients to unlock access, shape sustainable solutions, and deliver measurable impact across diverse health systems.

About the Role

We are seeking a high-performing Associate (2–4 years experience) to support complex, multi-country health policy and market access engagements across Asia-Pacific and global markets. This role offers a strong development opportunity for someone who is eager to deepen their expertise in health policy and consulting. The successful candidate will be coached and mentored by senior team members while gaining hands-on exposure to high-impact, senior-level projects.

This role will work directly under the H&LS Associate Director to support strategic advisory projects spanning:

• Immunization financing and life-course vaccination

• Health financing reform and sustainable funding models

• Market access and pricing & reimbursement policy

• Multi-stakeholder coalition strategy

• APEC and multilateral policy engagement

• Global health and life sciences strategy

The ideal candidate is intellectually rigorous, structured, comfortable managing multiple workstreams, and able to translate complex policy issues into clear, client-ready deliverables.

Core Responsibilities

Policy Research & Analytical Rigor

• Conduct structured desk research across health financing, regulation, pricing & reimbursement, and policy implementation domains

• Assist and eventually grow into developing regional and country landscape assessments across multiple markets

• Synthesize large volumes of policy, regulatory, and stakeholder information into concise, strategic insights

• Support development of analytical frameworks (e.g., financing archetypes, access matrices, coalition mapping tools)

Client Deliverables & Writing

Assist and grow into drafting high-quality client deliverables including:

• Policy briefs

• Executive summaries

• Concept notes

• Proposal sections

• Stakeholder mapping matrices

• Comparative country tables

• Translate technical findings into clear, executive-level messaging

• Ensure internal consistency and high editorial quality across documents

Project & Stakeholder Management

• Maintain structured tracking across multiple concurrent projects

• Support development of Gantt charts, milestone trackers, and deliverable timelines

• Track stakeholder outreach and follow-up across governments, multilaterals, and industry partners

• Prepare briefing materials for bilateral meetings and high-level engagements

• Draft diplomatic external correspondence

Data & Tools

• Build and maintain structured Excel databases and matrices

• Support dashboard data cleaning and formatting

• Develop comparative country tables and scoring frameworks

• Support economic framing and evidence synthesis

Event & Policy Dialogue Support

Support preparation of:

• Moderator scripts

• Briefing notes

• Policy dialogue materials

• Workshop facilitation documents

• Synthesize discussion outcomes into structured summaries

• Track follow-up actions post-event

Required Qualifications

• BA/BS in health policy, global health, economics, international affairs, or related degree; Masters in similar fields preferred

• 2–4 years of relevant professions experience in areas such as: Health policy, Global health, Life sciences consulting, Health economics/market access, Multilateral or government advisory work

• Strong analytical writing skills (required)

• Experience synthesizing complex policy environments

• Basic to intermediate Excel skills

• Experience developing cogent and visually appealing PowerPoint deck

• High attention to detail

• Comfort managing multiple deadlines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in or with Asia-Pacific markets

• Familiarity with immunization policy, health financing, or pricing & reimbursement

• Experience preparing materials for multilateral or government audiences

• Exposure to proposal writing and business development

• Experience supporting senior client-facing leaders

What we offer you: