Director, US RWE, Health Outcomes - Anti-Infectives and Respiratory

GSK, Plc.•Collegeville, PA

57d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, US Real World Evidence & Health Outcomes (US RWE/HO), Anti-infectives and Respiratory, reports to US RWE/HO Therapeutic Area Head, Anti-Infectives & Respiratory. The incumbent will provide leadership in developing and executing a quality, strategically aligned research agenda, focused on delivering a relevant, high impact evidence package to demonstrate the value of US pipeline and marketed assets in the assigned therapeutic area. They will conduct research that incorporates customer insights from the US reimbursement and access environment to support the strategic direction of the asset & work closely with the field-based medical and payer teams to obtain US physician, reimbursement and access insights. The Director will represent US RWE/HO on matrix teams and advise internal stakeholders in clinical development, payer marketing and commercial; ensure provision of US RWE/HO information to support internal decision-making during product development and commercialization. They will fully integrate with evidence generation partners (Global RWE/HO, Epidemiology and other quantitative sciences) and develop a framework for aligning evidence generation activities across the matrix facilitating delivery of a value evidence package. They will manage budgets for multiple US-focused projects and/or product budgets and be responsible for governance-related activities for projects and represent the department at a disease and product level at external professional, scientific meetings and forums. This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

Requirements

PhD or Master's degree in health economics and outcomes research or related discipline (e.g., economics, sociology, epidemiology), or PharmD.
5 + years' experience in Real-World Evidence/Health Economics and Outcomes Research roles for candidates with PhD, or 8+ years' experience in HEOR for candidates with Master's degree, or PharmD.
3 + years US market experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
Must have a strong publication record in health economics and/or outcomes research.
Must have deep experience of the US reimbursement systems and US healthcare market dynamics.

Nice To Haves

Strategic and tactical application of RWE and therapeutic expertise
Business knowledge and application to problem solving
Excellent verbal, written, presentation and organizational skills.
Experienced in interacting with all levels of management and staff
Comfortable enabling and driving change
Customer-Focus orientation
Flexible Thinking
Ability to engaging and develop others
Influence in cross-functional matrix
Team player

Responsibilities

Lead the development, management and implementation of US RWE/HO strategies and tactics within assigned therapeutic areas to support the medical and commercial objectives of products during development, launch, and life cycle management.
Work in partnership with cross functional matrix teams to represent the evidence generation needs for the US Market; ensure provision of health outcomes information to support internal decision-making during product development, commercialization and life cycle management.
Represent US RWE/HO on appropriate GSK initiatives.
Participate in global and/or regional matrix teams to ensure that all relevant planning factors/impacts are assessed in development, pre-launch, launch and life cycle management strategies.
Implement US RWE/HO strategies and tactics during life cycle management to secure and maintain reimbursement, market access/formulary listing, promotion and optimal pricing.
Apply negotiation skills internally and externally to ensure the value of US RWE/HO is used to maximum advantage for GSK products.
Plan, track and adjust US RWE/HO projects across team and with external contractors and suppliers to ensure delivery on time, to budget and in accordance with the plan. Document any changes from plan.
Assure quality of deliverables, including review and sign-off of project specifications, protocols, data analysis plans, final study reports, abstracts, posters and manuscripts, adherence to SOPs.
Develop and maintain understanding of internal customer needs for US RWE/HO deliverables to support the value of our products.
Develop and maintain strong alignment with the Field Based Payer Medical Teams to obtain insights from the external customers. Adjust plans accordingly to support reimbursement and access for GSK products.
Ensure all company and departmental required training for self is completed within necessary timeframe and documented appropriately.
Ensure all company and departmental SOPs are understood and adhered to by self.
Interface with cross-functional matrix teams. Key matrix partners include Field Based Payer Medical Teams, Internal Medical Affairs Teams, Global RWE/HO, Epidemiology, Quantitative Sciences, Market Access and Brand Marketing.
Responsible for the management of vendors in execution of US RWE/HO projects.