Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research

Alcon; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel - up to 20%

Relocation - Yes

Sponsorship – No

Job summary

Alcon in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Director of Health Economics & Outcomes Research – Pharma. You will lead HEOR strategy across assets, shape evidence plans for market access, and partner with global teams to ensure successful product launches in the US and worldwide.

The role requires deep HEOR expertise, leadership experience, and strong collaboration with commercial, medical, and regulatory teams to deliver robust payer evidence and value propositions for reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience
• 10 Years of Relevant Experience
• 6 Years of Demonstrated Leadership

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute integrated HEOR strategies aligned with asset development plans and commercialization objectives.
• Lead HEOR contributions to launch readiness, including payer evidence planning and value communication.
• Represent HEOR on cross-functional asset teams and influence development plans and pricing strategy.
• Identify evidence gaps and translate payer and patient needs into prioritized research plans.

Skills

HEOR leadership

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional

Evidence generation

English fluency

Education

PhD/PharmD/MPH

Job description

At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers.

Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research – Pharma

The Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research – Pharma will serve as a strategic HEOR leader for Alcon’s pharmaceutical portfolio, translating clinical, economic, real-world, and patient-centered evidence into actionable strategies that support product development, value demonstration, reimbursement, and patient access. The role will serve as the strategic HEOR lead for priority pharmaceutical assets and will play a critical role in shaping evidence strategies that support future market access, reimbursement, value communication, and successful product launches in the U.S. and globally. This role is on-site in our Fort Worth, Texas location and a typical day would include:

• Develop and execute integrated HEOR and evidence-generation strategies aligned with asset development plans, target product profiles, regulatory strategy, global market access priorities, and commercialization objectives.
• Lead HEOR contributions to launch preparation, including payer evidence planning, value proposition development, evidence dissemination strategies, reimbursement support tools, and cross-functional launch readiness activities.
• Represent HEOR on cross-functional asset teams and influence clinical development plans, endpoint strategies, evidence requirements, stage-gate decisions, and launch-readiness planning.
• Identify evidence gaps and translate payer, health technology assessment, provider, and patient needs into prioritized research plans, including evidence synthesis, burden-of-disease studies, real-world evidence, patient-reported outcomes, comparative effectiveness research, and economic modeling.
• Lead development of global value evidence and communication resources, including value dossiers, economic models, payer evidence materials, publications, and other tools supporting reimbursement and access decisions.
• Anticipate U.S. payer and ex-U.S. HTA evidence requirements and partner with regional and country teams to adapt global strategies to local reimbursement needs.
• Provide HEOR input into early asset assessments, business development and licensing opportunities, product differentiation, value proposition development, and pricing and reimbursement strategy.
• Ensure HEOR projects are scientifically rigorous, compliant with applicable standards and procedures, delivered within approved budgets and timelines, and effectively communicated to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Manage external research partners, including project scoping, vendor selection, contracting, budget oversight, quality review, and delivery of high-impact evidence.
• Build organizational understanding of HEOR and strengthen cross-functional capabilities by communicating the strategic and business implications of evidence to senior leaders and key partners.
• Contribute to the continued development of the Pharma HEOR function, including research standards, governance, prioritization processes, operating models, and scalable capabilities needed to support a growing and increasingly complex portfolio.

What You’ll Bring To Alcon

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +18 yrs; Assoc.+14 yrs; M.S.+7 yrs; PhD+6 yrs)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
• 10 Years of Relevant Experience
• 6 Years of Demonstrated Leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD, PharmD, MPH, MS, or equivalent advanced degree in health economics, outcomes research, epidemiology, public health, pharmacy, or related field
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical product launches
• Experience with U.S. payer evidence requirements and global HTA processes
• Experience with global value dossiers, AMCP dossiers, economic models, and value communication tools
• Experience managing HEOR vendors and external research collaborations
• Experience supporting specialty, biologic, or advanced-therapy products

How You Can Thrive at Alcon

See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities. Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career.

Alcon provides a robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off and much more.

Benefits

• Travel - up to 20%
• Relocation - Yes
• Sponsorship – No

Equal Opportunity

ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY

Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

At Alcon, we are committed to helping people see better. We believe patients should have access to quality eye care regardless of their economic circumstances; however, barriers to good eye health exist for patients in both developed and emerging markets.

Alcon develops and manufactures innovative devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs. Its surgical group is one of the largest makers of equipment used for cataract removal and laser vision correction. Its consumer products include the well-known Opti-Free line of contact lens solutions and related products. Alcon, which was founded in 1945, sells its products in 180 countries worldwide.