Director, Value Outcomes Liaison (VOL)

Summit Therapeutics; United States; Remoto; USD 190.000 - 237.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Summit Therapeutics is seeking a Director, Value Outcomes Liaison (VOL) to join our mission of developing Ivonescimab, a novel immunotherapy with the potential to help patients suffering from life-threatening cancers.

The Director, VOL plays a critical role interfacing with US population-based decision makers, educating stakeholders on clinical, economic, and humanistic impact to inform formulary access and pathway decisions. Travel up to 75% is expected.

Competenze

• MD, PharmD, or PhD in Health Services Research, Health Economics, or related field.
• Minimum of 12+ years relevant experience in healthcare industry with minimum 5+ years direct experience in the pharmaceutical, managed care, or consulting industries.
• Previous experience in Oncology, preferably non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
• Previous experience in field-based role with strong understanding of the US healthcare system, market access landscape and value-based decision makers.
• Experience analyzing health care data and utilizing real-world evidence (RWE) is a plus.
• Strong analytical capabilities and excellent communication skills, including ability to communicate large amounts of scientific information in a manner that is clear, concise and memorable.
• Ability to work collaboratively across diverse teams and manage multiple stakeholders with ability to influence and collaborate to make a business impact.
• Ability to be proactive, enthusiastic and goal oriented.
• Travel up to approximately 75% of time, including overnight travel for internal and external meetings.

Mansioni

• Independently cultivate and manage relationships with PBDMs, acting as primary point of contact and collaborating closely with other field roles to ensure an aligned approach to stakeholder engagement
• Collaborate with internal HEOR team and market access team, to execute on scientific engagement strategy for appropriate stakeholders (e.g., Payers, PBMs, GPOs, IDNs and Oncology Pathways) within a territory or customer base
• Serve as a conduit and resource for providing clinical and healthcare economic information (HCEI) to payers and formulary decision-makers
• Maintaining required knowledge of ivonescimab, to proactively and reactively communicate clinical and economic information related to ivonescimab to advance formulary decision-making and improve patient outcomes
• Capture and communicate internally key stakeholder insights and evidence gaps/needs including potential opportunities for collaboration
• Understand the medical affairs priorities to contribute to content strategy development and execute aligned field tactics
• Work with stakeholders to ensure inclusion of ivonescimab in clinical/payer pathways, and treatment order sets, while optimizing budget assessments.
• Collaborate effectively with medical affairs, HEOR, market access and other colleagues as appropriate in support of developing and implementing account engagement plan, providing input on scientific and value topics
• Understanding of principles of study design, methodology, data analysis, and interpretation to successfully communicate data to stakeholders
• Utilize and effectively present clinical, humanistic, and economic evidence as well as the value proposition in a clear and compelling manner to the payer audience
• Maintain understanding of market and payer needs in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment to drive actionable recommendations to inform medical and market access strategy
• All other duties as assigned

Conoscenze

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Formazione

MD, PharmD, or PhD in Health Services Research, Health Economics, or related field

Descrizione del lavoro

About Summit:

Summit Therapeutics Inc. is a biopharmaceutical oncology company with a mission focused on improving quality of life, increasing potential duration of life, and resolving serious unmet medical needs. At Summit, we believe in building a team of world class professionals who are passionate about this mission, and it is our people who drive this mission to reality. Summit’s core values include integrity, passion for excellence, purposeful urgency, collaboration, and our commitment to people. Our employees are truly the heart and soul of our culture, and they are invaluable in shaping our journey toward excellence.

Summit’s team is inspired to touch and help change lives through Summit’s clinical studies in the field of oncology. Summit has multiple global Phase 3 clinical studies, including:

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

• HARMONi: Phase 3 clinical study which was intended to evaluate ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy compared to placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with EGFR-mutated, locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous NSCLC who were previously treated with a 3rd generation EGFR TKI.




• HARMONi-3: Phase 3 clinical study which is intended to evaluate ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy compared to pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy in patients with first-line metastatic NSCLC.




• HARMONi-7: Phase 3 clinical study which is intended to evaluate ivonescimab monotherapy compared to pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with first-line metastatic NSCLC.

Colorectal Cancer (CRC)

• HARMONi-GI3: Phase 3 clinical study intended to evaluate ivonescimab in combination with chemotherapy compared with bevacizumab plus chemotherapy.

Ivonescimab is an investigational therapy not presently approved by any regulatory authority other than China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). Summit is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and has additional offices in California, New Jersey, the UK, and Ireland.

Overview:

Summit Therapeutics is seeking a Director, Value Outcomes Liaison (VOL), to join our mission of developing Ivonescimab, a novel and unique immunotherapy with the potential to help patients suffering from life-threatening cancers.

The Director, VOL is a critical member of an expanding team, responsible for interfacing with US population-based decision makers (PBDMs) including payers, health systems, clinical pathway organizations, P&T committees, and policy makers. The VOL educates key stakeholders on clinical, economic, and humanistic impact of ivonescimab to help inform formulary access, pathway/guideline decisions, and improve lives of cancer patients. Providing objective and scientifically sound medical information on ivonescimab and the relevant disease states through use of economic models, outcomes tools, educational programs, and collaborations to enhance key stakeholder recognition of Summit Therapeutics. The VOL will compliantly partner with the commercial market access field team to facilitate access to ivonescimab through proactive engagement with organized customers, ensuring the delivery of accurate, non-promotional medical information.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Independently cultivate and manage relationships with PBDMs, acting as primary point of contact and collaborating closely with other field roles to ensure an aligned approach to stakeholder engagement


• Collaborate with internal HEOR team and market access team, to execute on scientific engagement strategy for appropriate stakeholders (e.g., Payers, PBMs, GPOs, IDNs and Oncology Pathways) within a territory or customer base


• Serve as a conduit and resource for providing clinical and healthcare economic information (HCEI) to payers and formulary decision-makers


• Maintaining required knowledge of ivonescimab, to proactively and reactively communicate clinical and economic information related to ivonescimab to advance formulary decision-making and improve patient outcomes


• Capture and communicate internally key stakeholder insights and evidence gaps/needs including potential opportunities for collaboration


• Understand the medical affairs priorities to contribute to content strategy development and execute aligned field tactics


• Work with stakeholders to ensure inclusion of ivonescimab in clinical/payer pathways, and treatment order sets, while optimizing budget assessments.


• Collaborate effectively with medical affairs, HEOR, market access and other colleagues as appropriate in support of developing and implementing account engagement plan, providing input on scientific and value topics


• Understanding of principles of study design, methodology, data analysis, and interpretation to successfully communicate data to stakeholders


• Utilize and effectively present clinical, humanistic, and economic evidence as well as the value proposition in a clear and compelling manner to the payer audience


• Maintain understanding of market and payer needs in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment to drive actionable recommendations to inform medical and market access strategy


• All other duties as assigned

Experience/Education:

• MD, PharmD, or PhD in Health Services Research, Health Economics, or related field


• Minimum of 12+ years relevant experience in healthcare industry with minimum 5+ years direct experience in the pharmaceutical, managed care, or consulting industries


• Previous experience in Oncology, preferably non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)


• Previous experience in field-based role with strong understanding of the US healthcare system, market access landscape and value-based decision makers


• Experience analyzing health care data and utilizing real-world evidence (RWE) is a plus


• Strong analytical capabilities and excellent communication skills, including ability to communicate large amounts of scientific information in a manner that is clear, concise and memorable


• Ability to work collaboratively across diverse teams and manage multiple stakeholders with ability to influence and collaborate to make a business impact


• Ability to be proactive, enthusiastic and goal oriented


• Travel up to approximately 75% of time, including overnight travel for internal and external meetings

This is the pay for this position

Pay Transparency

$190,000—$237,000 USD

Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. The total compensation package for this position may also include bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable variable compensation.

Summit does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact Summit’s Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail] to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to Summit.

Summit Therapeutics Inc.is an Equal Opportunity Employer and takes pride in creating and maintaining diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training or promotion or any 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.