Director, Payer, Value & Outcomes

About the role

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to serve as the first-line medical point of contact for clinical, health outcomes, and real-world evidence. This role requires a deep understanding of payer strategies, scientific priorities, and evidence needs, with a focus on supporting key national formulary decision-makers.

Responsibilities

• Develop Scientific Account Plans tailored to key accounts, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of payer’s population-management strategies, scientific priorities, and clinical perspectives on Jazz products.
• Build and maintain relationships with national managed care organizations, health care systems, government payers, and other stakeholders involved in formulary management, medication positioning, and health care policy.
• Engage in credible and transparent scientific information exchange, providing clinical, health outcomes, and pharmacoeconomic information in alignment with the 21st Century Cures Act.
• Provide customer insights to internal teams on key evidence gaps relevant to health care decision makers to guide Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) and Real World Evidence (RWE) efforts.
• Facilitate educational and collaborative research opportunities, and partner with HEOR and RWE teams to conduct and publish HEOR and HCEI in alignment with Jazz’s SOPs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners on the development of educational tools and resources (disease state education, payer-focused slide decks, Medicaid testimony, economic models, etc.) to improve therapeutic area understanding and access to Jazz’s marketed and pipeline products.
• Implement and execute scientific training for the PVO team and cross-functional partners (ARM, Field Payer/Market Access teams and HEOR).
• Collaborate with the Medical Affairs trainer and Medical Science Liaison (MSL) management to provide managed markets training and mentorship for MSLs.
• Ensure continuous and consistent communication on activities/projects and represent PVO as the technical/medical payer expert on cross-functional internal teams.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory guidelines governing commercial and scientific interactions with healthcare professionals, payers, advocacy, and other business partners.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of post-doctoral relevant scientific work experience in a pharmaceutical industry or managed markets setting, with 3 years in a field-based payer/outcomes role.
• In-depth knowledge of the biopharmaceutical industry and US managed markets, including various access and reimbursement models (Managed Care, Medicare Part B, Part D and Medicaid, etc.).
• Demonstrated expertise in health outcomes, health care policy, health technology assessment, and pharmacoeconomic principles including AMCP Dossiers, 21st Century Cures Act, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), and pharmacoeconomic models and their application to evaluate and deliver the value of medicines.
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting critical medical, health economic data and business information to internal stakeholders and external national payer customers.
• Strong strategic-thinking skills; demonstrated ability to network and identify opportunities for medical engagement, set scientific engagement goals, and create and influence value propositions for innovative medicines and services.
• Strong personal integrity, interpersonal skills, teamwork abilities, and customer focus.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, adapt, prioritize, and work effectively in a matrixed organization and in an evolving/changing health care environment.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in the health sciences (MD, PharmD, PhD) is required. An additional master’s degree in business or health economics is preferred (e.g. MBA, MS).

Skills

• Strong knowledge of therapeutic areas (neurology, hematology and oncology is strongly preferred).
• Strategic thinking and networking skills.
• Ability to present complex medical and health economic data clearly and persuasively.
• Experience in managing and maintaining knowledge in multiple therapeutic areas.
• Expertise in health outcomes, health care policy, health technology assessment, and pharmacoeconomic principles.

Benefits

The full and complete base pay range for this role is $216,000.00 - $324,000.00. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, and other pertinent factors. The goal is to ensure fair and competitive compensation aligned with the candidate's expertise and contributions, within the established pay framework and our Total Compensation philosophy. Internal equity considerations will also influence individual base pay decisions. This range will be reviewed on a regular basis. At Jazz, your base pay is only one part of your total compensation package. The successful candidate may also be eligible for a discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation (depending on the role), in accordance with the terms of the Company's Global Cash Bonus Plan or Incentive Compensation Plan, as well as discretionary equity grants in accordance with Jazz's Long Term Equity Incentive Plan. The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation. For more information on our Benefits offerings please click here: here.