Director, HEOR Real World Evidence

Role Summary

Director, HEOR Real World Evidence. Responsible for evidence generation to support the Paltusotine program throughout its lifecycle management, designing, implementing, and managing HEOR studies to support value proposition and market access, in collaboration with cross-functional teams and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Focus on immediate and short-term (<2 Years) strategic planning horizon
• Provide leadership, career management, coaching and mentoring to others on the team and cross-functionally
• Drive team objectives and goal setting, prioritization, and adherence to plan and strategy
• Develop HEOR research strategies that support the value proposition for product launches, label expansions, and US & EU market access
• Build value materials to meet evidentiary requirements (i.e. RWE case control studies, literature reviews etc.)
• Perform analysis using real-world large healthcare databases (e.g., insurance claims, electronic health records, retrospective and prospective database analyses)
• Conduct literature search, review and synthesis; review and critique medical and evidence-based outcomes literature & analyses
• Collaborate with internal interdisciplinary teams and external partners to understand and meet needs of key partner evidentiary requirements
• Communicate regularly with internal and external stakeholders to ensure all parties are up to date on the HEOR & RWE information relevant to them, including strategies, and progress
• Strengthen partnerships with stakeholders within the organization and externally with data providers, platform vendors, healthcare providers, payers, FDA etc.
• Collaborate with researchers and expert contributors to assess and recommend data opportunities; lead data strategy working group operations supporting data assessments with functional subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree related to health economics and/or health outcomes research (MSc, MPH, PhD, PharmD, RN, MD)
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant pharmaceutical/ consulting HEOR experience, plus a minimum of 8 years in a supervisory role
• Biotech experience is preferred
• Preferred breadth of experience to include PRO development, statistical analysis, and observational research
• Ability to impact, influence, and interact with senior business leaders and partners
• Demonstrable success in employing innovative techniques to overcome data limitations
• Excellent analytical skills, including in-depth technical expertise and experience, economic modeling, patient-reported outcome measures and outcomes research methodologies
• Experience of exceptional collaboration with other functions (e.g., biometrics, clinical research, medical affairs, patient advocacy and commercial)
• Possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills especially over departmental and geographical boundaries
• Ability to lead, collaborate and influence cross-functional teams
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies and procedures, as well as US healthcare laws and regulations
• Flexible, adaptable, diplomatic, and able to effectively deal with ambiguity
• Possesses a good blend of strategic and operational experience with the ability to see the big picture and strong attention to detail

Skills

• HEOR study design and management
• Real-world data analysis (claims, EHR, observational studies)
• Literature review and evidence synthesis
• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
• Data strategy and partnering with data providers / vendors
• Regulatory and market access knowledge

Education

• Advanced degree in health economics, outcomes research, or related field (as listed above)

Additional Requirements

• Travel up to 5% of time