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

Role Summary

Group Director, Real World Value and Evidence (RWV&E) for Oncology Solid Tumor, located in Horsham, PA. Responsible for creating and implementing an evidence strategy based on sound study design and robust 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, ensure alignment with the Integrated Evidence Generation Plan, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to support product access and strategic decisions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure real world evidence and market access scientific support requirements are understood and built into US business value propositions to address the needs of key external stakeholders. Lead scientific strategic planning for RWV&E activities to enable market access.
• RWV&E activities include: formulating key research questions, identifying analytical questions to shape market access strategy, designing and conducting studies, planning and conducting market access analytics, managing publications, developing communication materials (e.g., Evidence & Access decks), and partnering with RWV&E FIELD and Medical Scientific Liaisons, Scientific Communications, and Copy Approval Committees to ensure effective and compliant communications.
• Ensure strategies and supporting projects are aligned to the Integrated Evidence Generation Plan (IEGP) and business needs and are executed on time.
• Ensure compliance with all US requirements and operating procedures, and regulatory, legal and commercial regulations (for example Contract Pricing Committee, Copy Approval Committee) in conducting research and dissemination of scientific information.
• Collaborate with cross-functional business partners on scientific strategies to support access for our products.
• Directly initiate and manage research studies and other related projects.
• Serve as subject matter and functional area expert in responding to U.S.-focused Health Technology/Value Assessments of our 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 to appropriate levels of management for approval, and manage budgeted funds appropriately.
• Ensure quality in internal/external communications including publications, training support of RWVE studies, and models or tools developed to support the product.

Qualifications

• Required: A minimum of a Master’s degree in Public Health, Statistics, Health Services Research, Economics, Epidemiology, Pharmacy, Health Policy, or 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, economic evaluations or patient-reported outcomes, including data analysis and statistics.
• Required: Excellent skills in leading without authority, collaboration, influence, and communication (written and presentation).
• Required: Ability to serve as a leader on cross-functional franchise teams pertaining to observational data or research studies, market access strategy, payer insights/data needs, etc.
• Required: Experience communicating technical data to non-technical audiences (internally and externally).
• Required: Independent high-level planning and execution of research strategies.
• Required: Expertise in conducting Real World Evidence studies applying health economics, patient-reported outcomes, retrospective data analyses, epidemiology or health services research.
• Required: Understanding of drug development process including health economic inputs to support value proposition.
• Required: Understanding of regulatory standards for data approval and communication.
• Required: Understanding of US health care systems and customers; knowledge of business models and perspectives.
• Required: Understanding of evidence-based medicine and comparative effectiveness analyses for health policy decision-making.
• Required: Up to 30% travel required, 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 health care landscape from HCP and payer perspectives (preferred)
• Experience with large datasets, survey techniques, mixed models, comparative analyses, and advanced statistics (oncology preferred)
• Publications and strong written communication experience (solid tumor experience preferred)
• Ability to communicate results to technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience in a matrix team environment (preferred)
• Ability to deliver high-quality results on time and within budget
• Fluent in spoken and written English

Education

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Statistics, Health Services Research, Economics, Epidemiology, Pharmacy, Health Policy, or related field (required)
• Ph.D. preferred or PharmD with methodological training (preferred)

Additional Requirements

• Up to 30% travel required, national with occasional international travel