Associate Principal Scientist, Health Economic and Decision Sciences
Merck
August 24, 2026
Remote friendly (Boston, MA)
United States
Market Access
Role
- Under the direction of an HEDS Senior Director, provide strategic development and use of predictive and economic models to understand disease and quantify/communicate value of oncology products to patients, providers, and payers.
Responsibilities
- Serve as BARDS-HEDS lead for one or more Value and Implementation teams; develop health economic, disease, and predictive models for business insights.
- Use discovery, real-world evidence, clinical trial and published data to build economic/integrated models to answer questions across drug/vaccine development (Phase I through loss of data exclusivity).
- Advance integrated quantitative modeling and simulation (economic, disease, predictive) with internal and external partners.
- Develop/maintain global health economic models and tools in-house or with external vendors.
- Support and train HEDS models/tools for country/regional adaptations and external stakeholder communications.
- Disseminate findings via congress presentations and scientific journal publications.
- Collaborate with external thought leaders (payer/HTA experts, alliance partners) and cross-functional internal teams to ensure adoption of new methods/analytics.
- Monitor external data/methodologies/IT tools to enhance capabilities in modeling, simulation, and data visualization.
- Share work product and best practices enterprise-wide.
Education/Experience
- PhD (preferred) or Master’s in Health Economics, Biostatistics, Health Services Research, Actuarial Sciences, Operations Research, or related quantitative field.
- HEOR experience beyond degree.
- Oncology economic evaluation experience.
- Hands-on health economic modeling (conceptualization through dissemination).
- Track record of HTA submissions and peer-reviewed publications.
- Strong communication/organization; understanding of US and key international market access.
Required Skills
- Data Management, Economic Modeling, Health Economics, Health Economics Evaluation, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Oncology, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning.
Benefits (if applicable)
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable); comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision, retirement (401(k)), paid holidays, vacation, and sick/compassionate days.
Application Instructions
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or Workday Jobs Hub for current employees).
- Under the direction of an HEDS Senior Director, provide strategic development and use of predictive and economic models to understand disease and quantify/communicate value of oncology products to patients, providers, and payers.
Responsibilities
- Serve as BARDS-HEDS lead for one or more Value and Implementation teams; develop health economic, disease, and predictive models for business insights.
- Use discovery, real-world evidence, clinical trial and published data to build economic/integrated models to answer questions across drug/vaccine development (Phase I through loss of data exclusivity).
- Advance integrated quantitative modeling and simulation (economic, disease, predictive) with internal and external partners.
- Develop/maintain global health economic models and tools in-house or with external vendors.
- Support and train HEDS models/tools for country/regional adaptations and external stakeholder communications.
- Disseminate findings via congress presentations and scientific journal publications.
- Collaborate with external thought leaders (payer/HTA experts, alliance partners) and cross-functional internal teams to ensure adoption of new methods/analytics.
- Monitor external data/methodologies/IT tools to enhance capabilities in modeling, simulation, and data visualization.
- Share work product and best practices enterprise-wide.
Education/Experience
- PhD (preferred) or Master’s in Health Economics, Biostatistics, Health Services Research, Actuarial Sciences, Operations Research, or related quantitative field.
- HEOR experience beyond degree.
- Oncology economic evaluation experience.
- Hands-on health economic modeling (conceptualization through dissemination).
- Track record of HTA submissions and peer-reviewed publications.
- Strong communication/organization; understanding of US and key international market access.
Required Skills
- Data Management, Economic Modeling, Health Economics, Health Economics Evaluation, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Oncology, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning.
Benefits (if applicable)
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable); comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision, retirement (401(k)), paid holidays, vacation, and sick/compassionate days.
Application Instructions
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or Workday Jobs Hub for current employees).