Health Economics & Payer Evidence Lead

Position: Health Economics & PayerEvidenceLead- Early Assets Solid Tumors

Location:   Gaithersburg, USA: hybrid minimum60% timein office  (3 days per week)

AtAstraZenecaevery one of our employees makes a difference to patient lives every day.Each and everyone of us believes that sciencehas the ability tochange lives and that to deliver this takes many people with many skill sets. When we deliver a life-changing medicine, that success comes from the combined efforts ofall ofour people. 

We’recurrently looking for aHealth Economics & PayerEvidence Lead(HEPEL)to be based inourGaithersburg(USA)tojoin ourOncology Market Access and Pricing (OMAP)team, supporting our growingearly solid tumoroncology pipeline.

The globalOMAPteamare an experienced team of specialists with many different skills, aligned to a commonobjective–we shape the payer environment; create and deliver highly valued market access solutions to unlock the potential of our life changing medicines for patients.

This isaccomplishedby working with R&D,globalcommercial,local markets,and external partnersand expertsto ensure that credible andtimelyevidence and insights are available at every stage of the development and commercialization process. 

Thejob holderwill lead the development of payer evidence strategies, applications of health economics methods and approachesandengagement with experts.Thisrolerequires an in-depth knowledge of global HTA and reimbursement requirements (including JCA), payer evidence (e.g.ability toinput into clinical trial design and analyses, comparative effectiveness/indirect comparisons), and its strategic application to pharmaceutical development,subsequentmarket access, and pricing. The role holder is expected to lead these activities forearly solid tumor assets including business developmentworking in close alignment with key markets and regions; this willgenerally focusoninitialclinical development plans and for investment decisions for trials with regulatory intent. Thejob holderwill alsorequirestrong skills in communication, influencing, business acumen, and effective prioritization.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop detailed strategic and tactical planning of payer evidence (e.g., clinical trial design and analysis, economic modelling, evidence synthesis including indirect treatment comparisons) to support market access and reimbursement for assigned projects.
• Ensure that the Payer Evidence Strategy & Plan (PESP) is developed and/or validated at each investment decision with key internal and external stakeholders, that it meets the needs of key markets, EU JCAand respective payer archetypes, that it is aligned with the clinical, medical, and brand strategies, and that it is endorsed by all relevant governance bodies.
• Develop JCA strategy across indications and assets in partnership with EU region and marketing companies 
• Develop health economics and modelling strategies across indications and assetsin partnership with regionsand marketing companies
• Secure cross-functional input to the PESP including real world evidence (RWE) and patient reported outcomes (PROs) for payer needs.
• Plan budgets effectively and secure resources to deliver the evidencerequiredfor patient access as outlined in the PESP. Deliver assigned projects to time, budget, and quality, including the management of vendors asrequired.
• Provide payer relevant evidence requirements into the product development plan, including TPP, Phase 3, RWE/observational studies, integrated evidence plan, and post-launch data planning (anticipatingkey payer requirements) ensuring its implementation/delivery and communication.
• Drive thebrand, policy &publicationstrategiesto support payer needs
• Prepare requests for proposals for outsourced health economics / payer evidence projects and manage the vendor selection process.

Essential requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant area, such as health economics or a related quantitative discipline.

• 3+ years of HEOR experience
• Oncology therapy area experience.

• Local or global market access launch experience, having worked at a senior level within a health economic consultancy or several years in a pharmaceutical company (either at a marketing company/local affiliate or global level).

• Effective communication skills to different audiences, including both scientific and commercial.

• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently, understand and apply differenttechnical approaches, and have a wide understanding of different HTA systems.

Desirableattributes:

• Master’s degree (or higher) relevant area.

• Globalmarket accesslaunch experience and global payer evidence development experience.

• Substantial therapy area experience for the role.

• Candemonstratean in depth and practical understanding of innovative study methodologies, including analyses, that incorporates clinical, medical, regulatory, commercial, payer and HTA needs.

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer. AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $188,700- $283,000. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles), to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles), and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and, health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors

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