Director, HEOR Strategy - Neuroscience

Responsibilities

• Oversees the design and conduct, of projects and effectively communicates the findings and strategic impact of findings to internal and external audiences
• Provides product leadership to HEOR strategic direction for consistent with business goals established in conjunction with the appropriate cross functional partners
• Safeguards project plan integration and alignment with the product strategic plans from matrix teams as well as commercial interests
• Shares project execution decisions and provides updates on execution of plans to product as well as functional management
• Liaises with other members of the product team to generate innovative ideas and create buy-in to strategies
• Accountable for end-to-end delivery of HEOR book of work under their remit, from strategy development to content pull through
• Ensures strong partnership with all relevant HEOR COE functions to ensure a comprehensive HEOR voice is represented in cross-functional meetings
• Executive presence and ability to engage with senior leaders in a cross functional setting

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in health economics or related discipline
• Minimum of seven years working experience with Master’s, five year with PhD (can include fellowship experience)
• Professional training in a health field (MD, PharmD, etc.) is a plus
• PREFERRED: PhD in Economics, Econometrics, or (pharmaco)epidemiology or any other related field with 3 years of relevant experience
• Experience leading complex products and/or clinical development in support of pipeline development and on-market product
• Typically 3+ years of clinical development experience in the pharmaceutical industry, CRO, academia or other health-related consulting company plus having expert knowledge in a relevant therapeutic specialty
• Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment
• Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy
• The Director must perform at times in previously uncharted territory with few, if any, established guidelines or procedures
• Must be able to develop creative and effective solutions to inter- and intra-project priority conflicts, resource constraints and other problems which may impact project or group goals and deliverables across multiple programs
• High goal-orientation with the ability to see solutions rather than problems as projects encounter the inevitable ups and downs associated with new drug development or on-market product support
• Extensive knowledge of the global regulatory, HTA and PR&A landscape, as well as understanding of other development-related functions as they relate to all phases of drug development
• Skills to perform the dual roles of leading a cross functional team and managing scientific personnel in clinical research
• Must be able to interact successfully with Senior Management globally (Executive staff, Area VPs, GMs etc.) and act as the HEOR project/group champion and spokesperson