Head of Healthcare Access

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions. Governs the strategic development of the relevant unit, develops the specific strategy guidelines and principles, for the organization assigned. Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions. Apply now for the position of Head of Healthcare Access. The Head of Healthcare Access leads Varian’s enterprise-wide strategy to expand equitable access to cancer care across geographies, aligning initiatives with the Strategy, Healthcare Access, and Clinical Integration agenda to translate into action. This leader defines and drives a portfolio spanning market entry and regulatory pathways, reimbursement and innovative financing models, partnerships, evidence generation, and product/service adoption—removing barriers across affordability, availability, and acceptability of care. Acting as Varian’s senior voice on Healthcare Access, the Head engages ministries of health, multilateral agencies, NGOs, clinical societies, and strategic partners, and represents the company in forums that shape policy, reimbursement, and clinical integration. The role combines strategic vision with disciplined execution, mobilizing teams across product, regulatory/quality, commercial, clinical integration, and operations to deliver measurable outcomes for patients and health systems. You will report to the Head of Strategy, collaborating closely to align your initiatives with the organization’s overarching strategic goals. Your Role You will build and lead the enterprise Healthcare Access strategy, shaping models for global health equity and capacity building. You will identify target regions, population-specific clinical needs, and partnership opportunities with governments, NGOs, multilateral institutions, and global health investors. You will develop innovative economic, clinical, and delivery models tailored for emerging markets to improve access and affordability. You will partner with business lines to adapt and localize products and solutions for diverse healthcare environments. You will prepare systems, workflows, and clinical teams before introducing new technologies to ensure sustainable improvements in care. You will drive education initiatives as a critical lever for multiplying patient touchpoints and enhancing care delivery. You will measure and report Access to Care impact across global health indicators, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. You will represent the company in global health equity forums and coalitions, advocating for sustainable and inclusive healthcare solutions. You will collaborate cross-functionally—especially with government affairs, medical affairs, and commercial teams—to align clinical, operational, and regulatory priorities. You will focus on building value-based touchpoints and guiding resource allocation to deliver measurable patient impact globally. Your Expertise You have a deep expertise in end-to-end patient access journeys for radiation oncology, from referral and diagnosis through simulation, treatment, and follow-up. You have the ability to identify and remove structural, financial, operational, and geographic barriers that delay or prevent timely treatment. You have an expert understanding of payer coverage, reimbursement, and utilization management dynamics impacting radiation therapy (prior authorization, site-of-care shifts, bundled/value-based models). You have a strong fluency in how reimbursement policy translates into real-world provider behavior and patient outcomes. You have a working knowledge of radiation therapy clinical and operational workflows, including scheduling constraints, capacity planning, and interdependencies across care teams. You have an understanding of how access delays affect clinical outcomes, patient experience, and system efficiency. You have credibility with radiation oncologists, clinic administrators, and oncology leadership. You have a proven ability to define enterprise access-to-care strategies aligned with business, clinical, and patient-outcome objectives. You have expertise in de