Associate Principal Scientist (Associate Director) - Outcomes Research

MSD•Rahway, NJ

1d•$156,900 - $247,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Principal Scientist/Associate Director, Value & Implementation (V&I) Outcomes Research position resides in the V&I organization, which includes Global Medical and Scientific Affairs as well as Outcomes Research. Under the guidance of a senior leader, the position plans and manages real-world and economic evidence activities for inline and pipeline products to meet evidence needs of clinicians, payers, policymakers, health technology assessment (HTA) and reimbursement agencies, and health systems globally. Study types include prospective and retrospective observational studies addressing disease burden and epidemiology, treatment patterns, health-care resource utilization and costs; physician and patient satisfaction surveys; clinical and patient-reported outcomes assessments; systematic reviews and meta-analyses; and economic modelling. The role also develops American Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) dossiers for U.S. payers and Global Value Dossiers for local subsidiaries’ HTA submissions. It works cross-functionally with clinical development, medical affairs, biostatistics, market access, commercial teams, and country affiliates, and may supervise external vendors or partners. The incumbent may interact directly with HTA agencies, reimbursement decision makers, or national immunization technical advisory groups.

Requirements

Master’s degree in a relevant discipline: health services research, outcomes research, epidemiology, public health, health economics, pharmacoeconomics, or pharmacy administration.
One to three years of experience post-master’s degree, or one or more years of experience post-doctoral degree.
Skills in economic modeling, epidemiology, health economic modeling, health economics, health technology assessment (HTA), observational studies, outcomes research, public health, stakeholder relationship management, and strategic planning.

Nice To Haves

Doctoral degree (PhD, MD, DrPH, ScD, or PharmD) in a relevant discipline: health services research, outcomes research, epidemiology, public health, health economics, pharmacoeconomics, or pharmacy administration.
Skills or experience in health services research, immunizations, infectious disease, pharmacoeconomics, or scientific publishing.

Responsibilities

Help achieve and sustain reimbursement and market access for assigned programs and indications.
Critically assess drivers and barriers to reimbursement and market access, and provide input into clinical, regulatory, payer/access, marketing, and evidence-generation strategies and programs.
Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to design studies; author study protocols; and develop measurement questionnaires, case report forms, data analysis plans, final study reports, scientific presentations, and publications.
Manage study-related contracts, budgets, and vendors or partners, and ensure studies comply with company policies and SOPs and worldwide regulations and standards, including Good Pharmacoepidemiology Practice (GPP) where applicable.
Develop AMCP dossiers for U.S. payers and Global Value Dossiers.
Develop supplementary clinical data packages in partnership with markets and the HTA statistics group for HTA agency submissions.
Support country affiliates in understanding local evidence-generation needs, adapting health-economic evaluations, and customizing outcomes research documents, including protocols and reimbursement dossiers, to local requirements.
Work with cross-functional teams to communicate outcomes research and health economic modelling data internally and to external customers.
Maintain awareness of new scientific and methodological developments within the therapeutic area.
Build relationships with scientific experts worldwide.
Present outcomes research data at national and international congresses and publish articles in scientific journals.