Job Description

HEOR Specialist

Delivery of company objectives

• Identification, analysis, and communication of economic barriers and gaps to access
• Determining outcomes research requirements and developing local data generation strategies in collaboration with a respective TA market access manager
• Preparing health technology assessment and dossiers for National listing of essential medicines (NLEM) and tendering submissions
• Analysing business environment, payer perceptions, and competitor pricing strategies
• Searching literature and critically reviewing, extracting and summarising relevant evidence
• Writing reports and presentations as part of the market access team
• Supporting the wider external affairs team to engage in evidence-based conversations with key stakeholders as appropriate
• Developing strategy and design, in collaboration with medical affairs, of local data generation studies

• Real world local data generation (LDG) projects:

  • Designing LDG projects in alignment with CORE.
  • Overseeing the data procurement, data analysis, and reporting.
  • Overseeing the publication of findings and dissemination of finding to commercial teams.
• Present at conferences on the topic of health economics and LDG findings to strengthen value and affordability cases to key leaders in the industry.
• Develop good relationships with KOLs based on a shared interest in research and scientific methodologies.

• Provide strategic input into market access and commercial plans

  • The building of models to explore different scenarios in order to inform strategic decisions. E.g. alternative reimbursement models, business case models for new product launches, pricing strategies, etc.
  • Assist with the analysis of current data and trends, partnering with the relevant market access managers in guiding the commercial teams on strategic decisions.

Leadership and strategic counsel

• Maintaining up-to-date internal knowledge of pricing, listing and tendering systems, including submissions of PARFs for senior leadership and Global approval

Candidate specification: key selection criteria

Education

• Background in science, business or economics – ie postgraduate qualification in a health-related field (e.g. policy, economics, biostatistics, epidemiology)

Experience

• Up to 3 years’ experience of health economics, outcomes research, and listing issues in the healthcare sector, academic setting, pharmaceutical industry or consulting
• Experience of developing value dossiers, submissions to payors or reimbursement bodies
• English language skills
• Relevant experience in a priority therapeutic area

Critical competencies for success

• Problem-solving skills: proven ability to analyze and address market access barriers

• Business acumen: ability to apply commercial management principles to achieve business outcomes

• Communication: ability to communicate findings in clear, compelling materials

• Knowledge of pharmaco-economics, health technology assessment, outcomes research: maintenance of up-to-date knowledge of health economics and the requirements of pricing, listing and tendering systems

• Teamwork: ability to work with others in the market access team to help them understand their needs and achieve their goals

Other personal characteristics

• Other desirable personal characteristics include being:
• Highly committed
• Able to engage a complex set of issues
• Attentive to detail
• Of impeccable integrity
• Calm under pressure
• Tenacity and resilience
• Digital savvy
• Superior communication skills on technical subjects.
• Ability to embrace a mindset of Networking, Empowering, Experimenting, Sharing & Learning, whilst maintaining focus on Purpose, High Integrity & Ethics, Patient-Focus and Diversity & Inclusiveness.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

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Job Posting End Date:

01/31/2025

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Requisition ID:R307892