Senior Manager – Payer Evidence – Methods – & Access Affairs

Senior Manager – Payer Evidence – Methods – & Access Affairs

Requirements

• Advanced education in a numerate subject (e.g. health economics, epidemiology, biostatistics, healthcare forecasting, management science)
• 5+ years of pharmaceutical industry or health-related/HTA experience involving reimbursement or health policy, or agency/government experience
• Practical experience with HTA, cost-effectiveness models, detailed reviews, network meta-analysis, survival/statistical analyses, budget impact models
• Track record of success delivering payer evidence leading to positive HTA recommendations
• A detailed understanding and genuine interest of healthcare systems and reimbursement processes
• A working understanding and interest of payer evidence methods (HRQoL studies, costing studies, SLRs, ITCs, patient preference studies and applications of PayerEv)

Responsibilities

• Lead matrixed cross-functional teams to build and deploy overarching payer evidence plans to shape HTA decision-making frameworks and policies and ensure innovative therapies are appropriately valued
• Work with partners within the healthcare system, including HTA experts, health economists, methodologists, and academics to shape advanced HTA methods and devise strategies on incorporating these into pharmaceutical assessments
• Work with patients and caregivers to understand how to best incorporate patient preferences into HTA processes
• Identify payer evidence and HTA process gaps and devise plans to demonstrate the value of our products, focusing on outcomes significant to payers and HTA decision-makers
• Provide strategic mentorship to the team of health economists on cost-effectiveness models, detailed reviews, network meta-analysis, survival/statistical analyses, budget impact models, with practical applicability to HTA submissions
• Work with external experts in crafting specific payer evidence (PayerEv) to support brands, indications across the AZ portfolio, translating this evidence into economic value, and supporting publications to benefit the HTA community
• Attend and present at external conferences and meetings
• Devise efficient dissemination plans including posters, publications, panels at academic conferences, roundtables, and white papers, as well as embracing new innovative channels such as digital streams, podcasts, and social media
• Work with Global colleagues to understand, assess, and identify best HTA and health economic practices from other healthcare systems and developing plans on adapting these to the Canadian healthcare environment
• Act as the project owner when working with vendors on PEMAA related projects

Preferred Qualifications

• A high level of initiative, sense of urgency, and ability to lead multiple priorities of significant scope in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to connect and cultivate relationships with external partners
• Holistic thinking to make connections between evidence, methods and applications
• Strategically agile with the ability to synthesize and parse out information from diverse sources to advise and formulate strategies and initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to work with cross functional and global teams with excellent communication and project management skills
• The ability to interpret sophisticated topics and processes to business impact across the enterprise, and effectively communicate to leadership for decision making