Principal Scientist (Director) - Outcomes Research - Lung Cancers

Job Description

Job Description:

This position resides within our company's Value and Implementation, Outcomes Research organization, which is responsible for real-world evidence generation and outcomes research to enable sustained patient access to our company’s innovations and improve patient health outcomes. Under the guidance of a senior leader, this individual will be responsible for the Outcomes Research strategy and value evidence activities in support of a Lung Cancers program.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead Outcomes Research strategy for a specific Lung Cancer program and contribute to value evidence activities for in-line and pipeline products. Obtain senior management approval of value evidence generation plans. Provide outcomes research leadership on cross-functional regional and global teams.
• Critically assess drivers and barriers to reimbursement and market access in collaboration with internal teams, and provide input into clinical, payer/access, marketing and value evidence generation strategies and programs.
• In collaboration with internal teams and external partners, design non-interventional and data synthesis studies, author study protocols, develop measurement questionnaires, case report forms, data analysis plans, final study reports, scientific presentations, and publications.
• Responsible for study-related contracting, budgets, and vendor/partner management.
• Develop American Managed Care Pharmacy dossiers for US payers, and Global Value Dossiers.
• Develop supplementary clinical data package for submission to Health Technology Assessment agencies in close partnership with local country affiliates and Health Technology Assessment statistics group.
• Support country affiliates to understand local evidence generation needs, adapt health economic evaluations, customize outcomes research documents, such as protocols and reimbursement dossiers, according to local requirements.
• Work closely with cross functional teams to effectively communicate outcomes research and health economic modelling data internally and to external stakeholders.
• Maintain awareness of new scientific and methodological developments within therapeutic area.
• Build relationships with scientific experts worldwide.
• Present outcomes research data at national and international congresses and publish articles in scientific journals.

Requirements for Education, Experience and Skills:

• Advanced or professional degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Outcomes Research, Health Economics, Epidemiology, Pharmaceutical Administration, Public Health, Health Policy, Medicine, or Clinical Pharmacy)
• 4+ years of experience post-doctoral degree or 7+ years of experience post master’s degree in life sciences industry conducting non-interventional research and generating value evidence.
• Oncology experience

Preferred for Education, Experience and Skills:

• PhD in a relevant discipline (e.g., Outcomes Research, Health Economics, Epidemiology, Pharmaceutical Administration, Health Policy, Public Health)
• Lung cancer/thoracic malignancies experience

Required skills:

• Decision making: Identifying and understanding problems and opportunities by gathering, analyzing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information; choosing the best course of action by establishing clear decision criteria, generating and evaluating alternatives, and making timely decisions; taking action that is consistent with available facts and constraints and optimizes probable consequences.
• Emotional intelligence: Meeting the personal needs of individuals to build trust, encourage two-way communication and strengthen relationships. Ability to work with difficult stakeholders while achieving business results.
• Networking and partnerships: Building partnerships; developing and leveraging relationships within and across work groups to achieve results.
• Innovation: Creating novel solutions with measurable value for existing and potential customers (internal or external); experimenting with new ways to solve work problems and seize opportunities that result in unique and differentiated solutions.
• Knowledge of evolving payer and reimbursement environment: Educate the asset teams on impact of US Value Assessment and other key market HTA requirements on the asset and possible mitigation strategies.

Required Skills:

Cancer Epidemiology, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Observational Studies, Outcomes Research, Real World Data, Real World Evidence (RWE), Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning

Preferred Skills:

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