Health Economics Program Manager - Hybrid or Remote based in N. America or Europe

Cook Group•Bloomington, IN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Overview We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced health economics and value professional who wants to directly lead, shape and grow Cook Medical’s global value-based healthcare and health economic agenda, working closely with Global Health Economics leadership to drive change and adoption company-wide. As part of our expanding Health Economics team, this role will focus on market access by shaping projects and creating user-friendly health economic models and value tools, in partnership with commercial and functional teams. This role will collaborate with and advise peers and internal stakeholders on clinical/health economic studies, and identification and development of new business opportunities. The successful candidate will: Demonstrate strong communication, collaboration, and project management skills. Have an analytical mindset and data-based approach to create clear concise value tools, translating value claims into quantitative/health-economic models. Enjoy being challenged by finding the value story behind the existing data and is comfortable challenging the status quo to drive new processes forward. Thrive working autonomously, be confident in making decisions to ensure timely project progression and focus on producing key impactful deliverables to support health economic and value conversations. Possess these capabilities: Produce insightful visualizations of large data sets Translate complex technical and clinical data in an easily digestible and interesting manner. Lead change at all levels Responsible for managing market access programs, projects and creation of user-friendly health economic models and value tools, with a deployment to external customers while partnering with relevant teams, in alignment with Division and specialty goals, priorities and overall company strategy and vision. Collaborate with, advise and influence peers and company stakeholders on clinical/health economic studies, and identify and contribute to the development of new business opportunities.

Requirements

Minimum 7 years relevant experience, including health economics, market access, and/or reimbursement.
Prior experience and deep knowledge in health economic modelling and creating value messaging and support tools.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively autonomously as well as in teams.
Broad project management skills with experience prioritizing and managing large/complex and simultaneous projects to completion.
Excellent communication skills (writing and verbal) with strong ability to communicate complex concepts in a simple and engaging manner
Prior experience presenting to leadership and external audiences.
Demonstrated ability to create structure within ambiguity.
Demonstrated strong relationship building skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office with advanced Excel skills in modelling and analysis.

Nice To Haves

Advanced graduate degree (Ph. D. or master’s degree) in health economics or related field.
Health economics, market access, and/or reimbursement experience in Medical Device or pharmaceutical industry.
Demonstrate positive and constructive behaviors that drive team cooperation in achieving objectives.
Experienced in providing coaching, guidance and training to other employees
Demonstrate excellent leadership and presentations skills.
Excels in a highly collaborative team setting.
Demonstrate the ability to think strategically.

Responsibilities

Collaborate closely with the divisions and other company functions to advance the market access strategy for new and existing technologies that align division and company goals and strategies.
Develop economic value propositions and communicate the value messaging through bespoke business cases, value tools, training materials and summary sheets to support commercial, business and reimbursement discussions with decision-makers.
Create and utilize different health economics models (i.e. budget impact models, cost-effectiveness models) to communicate the public health impact and economic value of Cook technologies to clinical and non-clinical stakeholders, such as payers and providers.
Use previous experience to offer moderate improvements on existing processes and practices in line with value-based healthcare agenda to support future growth of Cook.
Support all stages of product development by actively engaging in evidence strategy development, acting as value expert in early value proposition development, providing early health economic models and compiling burden of disease reviews and adapting information according to global market needs.
Interact regularly and effectively with external customers (SME’s, medical societies, and other key national and regional stakeholders) to assist with describing the value proposition and models.
Develop new external stakeholder relationships to understand needs and explore partnership opportunities.
May provide guidance and coaching and training to other employees across the Company, and directly with customers, within area of health economics and product value propositions.
Provide commercial support (e.g., training regional teams, engaging customers directly) as needed to drive business results and serve as day-to-day support on health economics matters for various teams.
Execute and manage projects with academia, external collaborators and vendors to ensure timely completion and quality of deliverables as well as budget and legal compliance
Partner with business leadership to ensure health economic and value activities align with and support commercial objectives.
Monitor, analyze and communicate relevant developments in health technology assessments (HTA) and value-based healthcare for assigned countries.
Adapt current health economic tools for wider global adoption in collaboration with company stakeholders.
Meet deadlines and complete administrative tasks such as expenses, training, reporting, policy acknowledgements, etc. in a timely manner.
Understand and be accountable for conducting Cook business with integrity and in compliance with applicable standards including Cook policies.
Within scope of responsibility, ensure all quality, regulatory, compliance and product-specific requirements are met.