Group Director, Real World Value and Evidence - Oncology Solid Tumor

Role Summary

Group Director, Real World Value and Evidence - Oncology Solid Tumor, located in Horsham, PA. Responsible for creating and implementing an evidence strategy based on sound study design and statistical rigor, developing value statements, and broad communication plans for a Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine product or portfolio. Leads RWV&E activities to enable market access and ensures alignment with the Integrated Evidence Generation Plan (IEGP) and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure real world evidence and market access scientific support requirements are understood and built into US value propositions to address the needs of key external stakeholders. Lead scientific strategic planning for RWV&E activities to enable market access.
• Lead RWV&E activities including formulating research questions, identifying analytical questions, designing and conducting studies, planning analytics, managing publications, developing communication materials, and partnering with RWV&E FIELD and Medical Scientific Liaisons, Scientific Communications, and Copy Approval Committees to ensure effective communications.
• Ensure strategies and projects are aligned to the Integrated Evidence Generation Plan (IEGP) and business needs and executed on time.
• Collaborate with internal and external experts to prioritize and generate rigorous scientific data and develop dissemination plans to support the product‚Äôs IEGP.
• Ensure compliance with US requirements and operating procedures, and regulatory, legal and commercial regulations in conducting research and dissemination of scientific information.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners on scientific strategies to support access for products.
• Directly initiate and manage research studies and related projects.
• Serve as subject matter expert in responding to US-focused Health Technology/Value Assessments of products.
• Ensure quality of design, execution, and publication of real-world evidence studies, and quality of models and tools developed for business partners.
• Develop annual business plan budget, present for approval, and manage funds.
• Ensure quality in internal/external communications including publications, training support of RWVE studies, and models/tools developed to support the product.

Qualifications

• Required: A Master‚Äôs degree in Public Health, Statistics, Health Services Research, Economics, Epidemiology, Pharmacy, Health Policy, or a related discipline.
• Preferred: Ph.D. or PharmD with methodological training in health economics study design and application.
• Required: A minimum of 7+ years of research experience.
• Required: Expertise in healthcare industry, clinical knowledge across multiple therapeutic areas, medical reimbursement, and technical expertise in economic evaluations or patient-reported outcomes, including data analysis and statistics.
• Required: Excellent leadership, collaboration, influencing and communication skills (written and presentation).
• Required: Experience leading cross-functional franchise teams on observational data or research studies, market access strategy, payer insights/data needs, etc.
• Required: Experience communicating technical data to non-technical audiences.
• Required: Independent high-level planning and execution of research strategies.
• Required: Expertise in conducting Real World Evidence studies using health economics, patient-reported outcomes, retrospective data analyses, epidemiology or health services research.
• Required: Understanding of drug development and health economic inputs; regulatory standards for data approval and communication; knowledge of US healthcare systems and customers.
• Required: Understanding of evidence-based medicine and comparative effectiveness analyses for health policy decision-making.
• Required: Up to 30% travel, mostly national with occasional international travel.

Skills

• Experience leading teams and managing direct reports
• Knowledge of precision medicine landscape, stakeholders, and trends
• Knowledge of US healthcare landscape from HCP and payer perspectives (preferred)
• Experience with large datasets, survey techniques, mixed models, comparative analyses, advanced statistics and experimental design (oncology preferred)
• Strong written and oral communication; publications in related fields (solid tumor experience preferred)
• Experience communicating results to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to work in a matrix team environment
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality deliverables on time and within budget
• Fluent in spoken and written English

Education

• Master‚Äôs degree required; PhD or PharmD with methodological training preferred

Additional Requirements

• Up to 30% travel required (national with occasional international travel)