Health Outcomes Liaison - East

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

2d•$190,000 - $210,000•Remote

About The Position

The Health Outcomes Liaison (HOL) is a field-based scientific and clinical expert who engages regional and local payers and healthcare decision-makers to communicate the clinical and economic value of Arrowhead’s cardiometabolic RNAi portfolio. The HOL serves as a trusted scientific partner to managed care organizations, integrated delivery networks, pharmacy benefit managers, and other healthcare decision-makers through compliant, non-promotional scientific exchange concerning clinical evidence, real-world evidence (RWE), health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), and value-based care. The role executes field-level engagement in support of the broader national payer strategy and reports to the Medical Affairs Payer Director. This is a highly mobile, customer-facing role requiring more than 60% travel across the assigned geography, including overnight travel, weeknights, and weekends as business needs require. The successful candidate is expected to work autonomously and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced biotechnology environment. Candidates must have current, valid authorization to work in the country where the role is located.

Requirements

MD, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent degree.
At least 2 years of industry experience as a Payor Medical Liaison.
At least 3 years of clinical or related practical experience.
Experience in Managed Care/PBM, HEOR activities, or strong knowledge of P&T committee processes.
Strong scientific and clinical acumen, including the ability to understand and translate complex scientific data from novel modalities such as RNA interference (RNAi).
Ability to execute within a defined territory strategy and contribute insights to senior Medical Affairs leadership.
Agility and adaptability in a fast-paced, resource-conscious environment, including willingness to take on varied responsibilities and shift priorities.
Ability and willingness to travel more than 60% of the time, including weeknights and weekends as needed.
Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills, including the ability to tailor complex clinical and health economic data to payer and population health audiences.
Strong compliance orientation and working knowledge of laws, regulations, and guidelines governing compliant, non-promotional scientific exchange with payers and healthcare decision-makers.
Current, valid authorization to work in the country where the role is located.

Nice To Haves

Cardiometabolic experience.

Responsibilities

Engage regional and local healthcare decision-makers on payer initiatives, RWE, HEOR, and clinical and economic barriers to patient access for Arrowhead’s cardiometabolic RNAi therapies.
Plan and execute territory-level engagement strategies for assigned customers in alignment with the Medical Affairs Payer Director and broader Medical Affairs strategy.
Establish and maintain scientific relationships with payer medical directors, pharmacy directors, formulary committee members, IDNs, ACOs, and other local and regional healthcare decision-makers.
Deliver scientific presentations to formulary committees and other key healthcare decision-makers, communicate Arrowhead’s health economic model and supporting clinical data, and serve as the primary field-based contact for related questions.
Maintain a productive field presence across the assigned geography and attend customer meetings, regional meetings, and conferences as needed.
Gather and communicate payer insights on formulary considerations, evidence gaps, utilization management, prior authorization requirements, reimbursement barriers, and evolving healthcare policy to inform national strategy and evidence-generation planning.
Serve as a field-based scientific resource on clinical outcomes, comparative effectiveness, RWE, HEOR, and value evidence for Arrowhead’s cardiometabolic RNAi portfolio.
Collaborate with field-based medical colleagues, appropriate market access colleagues, and the broader organization to provide scientific expertise and share field insights.
Partner with Medical Value Evidence and Outcomes and Market Access on payer engagement plans and materials, supporting consistent scientific messaging in the field.
Support enterprise and national priorities as needed, including medical congress and payer conference coverage, advisory boards, internal training, and ad hoc projects.
Travel more than 60% within the assigned territory, including overnight travel, weeknights, and weekends as needed; travel by car and air is expected.
Work independently in a remote, field-based setting and take on responsibilities beyond the defined role scope in support of team and company objectives.