Associate Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research

Viltis; Lake Forest (IL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the diagnostics industry seeks an Associate Director for Health Economics & Outcomes Research. This pivotal role involves executing evidence plans that assure patient access to innovative diagnostics, requiring strong analytical and collaboration skills, and a Master's degree in a relevant field. Based in Lake Forest, this is a unique opportunity to impact global health across various infectious diseases.

Benefits

Free coverage in HIP PPO medical plan for participants completing wellness assessment

Qualifications

• 10+ years in pharmaceutical, medical devices, or diagnostics industry.
• 5+ years in Outcomes Research, Clinical Research, Epidemiology, or Health Policy.
• Global experience across cultures and understanding market requirements.

Responsibilities

• Conduct HEOR projects to support clinical, humanistic, and economic value.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for HEOR strategy.
• Drive health economic modeling and publication strategy.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Master’s degree in public health, economics, epidemiology, health services research, or HEOR-related field

Job description

Other Area(s)

Lake Forest , Illinois Direct Hire Apr 8, 2024

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Lake Forest, IL location within the Infectious Disease Division. This position is on site daily.

Our client has an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) to join our Market Access organization. This new position will work closely with Global and Regional Market Access, Marketing, Medical & Clinical Affairs, and Research & Development colleagues to help ensure patients gain appropriate access to company's life changing point of care, rapid diagnostics. This unique role will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across all geographies and across infectious disease states, such as Respiratory Diseases, Malaria, and HIV, that affect millions of people every day.

The Associate Director, Global HEOR, will be responsible for the development and execution of clinical & economic value evidence plans, aligning with the clinical and economic evidence requirements of key markets to gain appropriate reimbursement and funding from public and private payors.

We would really like someone to apply that has the following:

• Positive attitude, confidence, integrity and professionalism. Initiative and self-motivation; strong work ethic; leadership and team orientation; strong proactive interpersonal skills with proven ability to work with others; ability to work in a matrixed environment, strong cross-functional management by influence.
• Relentless curiosity— proactively anticipating risks; demonstrated ability to uncover hidden (or less obvious) risks, take ownership of problems, resolve ambiguities, exercise sound judgment, and independently determine appropriate course of action where precedent may not exist.
• An approachable and credible communication style, with excellent verbal and written communication skills; to keep all levels of the organization informed and engaged.
• Demonstrated robust analytical skills related to economic and financial modeling, research and analytics.
  
  

This role will report to the Director, Global Market Access & HEOR who is also located in our Lake Forest, IL location.

What You’ll Work On

• Conduct Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) projects to support the Clinical, Humanistic, and Economic Value of key stakeholders
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional and cross-regional team members, such as Market Access, Clinical Affairs, Medical Affairs, Brand Marketing, Government Affairs, and others to drive HEOR strategy and deliverables
• Responsible for health economic modeling, such as financial, budget impact and cost effectiveness models
• Consider the access evidence requirements needed for key markets and drives the strategy and tactical execution for both the health economics and outcomes research for pipeline products
• Participate in determining clinical and economic gaps and develops plan to help fulfill these gaps
• Drive HEOR Publication strategy and works with KOLs on implementation of this strategy
• Prioritize & stage development of HEOR toolset planning within investment constraints and annual planning
• Deliver proactive, transparent, and effective communications cadence to ensure timely dissemination of information with market access leadership and matrix stakeholders
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public health, economics, epidemiology, health services research, pharmacy, medicine, or HEOR-related field.
• 10+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, medical devices, diagnostics or point of care diagnostics fields with strong knowledge of healthcare industry.
• 5+ years relevant experience in at least one of the following fields: Outcomes Research, Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Health Policy
• Thorough understanding of global guidelines as they relate to HEOR and Medical Affairs, as well as expertise in global HTA/payer reimbursement and market access requirements.
• Global experience working across cultures and understanding market requirements.
• Leadership and intrapersonal skills to ensure that the vision is shared, understood and executed against by colleagues across the world in a complex matrix organization.
• Ability to earn followership and be an active and collaborative thought partner both within team and across the company.
• Results-oriented: demonstrates a sense of urgency for overcoming obstacles and achieving measurable results; resourceful and driven to drive projects and timelines.
• Ability to travel globally up to 20% of the time.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Diagnostics Industry Experience.
• Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.
  
  

The base pay for this position is

$125,300.00 – $250,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job Family

Market Access

Division

IDEM ARDx Infectious Disease Emerging Markets

This job will be reviewed periodically and is subject to change by management.

NOTE: This position summary is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

The Company complies with all laws respecting equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate against applicants with regard to any protected characteristic as defined by federal, state, and local law, including disability/veteran status. This position may require you to work onsite or interact in person with customers of the Company and/or work onsite from time to time at the Company’s facilities.