Manager, HEOR

Neurocrine Biosciences•San Diego, CA

4d•$130,800 - $179,000

About The Position

The Manager, HEOR is responsible for executing and maintaining product- and disease-specific projects that establish disease or symptom prevalence and burden, or assess health outcomes from treatment. The role works closely with Global Clinical Development, New Product Planning, Medical Directors, Field Medical, and Medical Communications to support departmental and corporate strategic objectives. The position designs and implements evidence projects to inform commercial strategy, value assessment, and market access; owns HEOR content in partnership with development or brand team leads; and collaborates with internal partners to meet external evidence needs. The manager also oversees vendors, advises less experienced colleagues, develops guidelines and tactical initiatives, and contributes to departmental goals. The role requires cross-functional collaboration, research and data analysis expertise, and the ability to communicate complex clinical and statistical information effectively.

Requirements

Master's degree in health outcomes, health economics, or a related field and 4 or more years of pharmaceutical industry experience in an HEOR role with direct research experience preferred, or completion of a two-year HEOR research-focused fellowship; alternatively, a PhD or PharmD in health outcomes, health economics, or a related field and 2 or more years of similar experience.
Strong written communication skills, including publication or medical writing experience.
Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to build successful relationships with internal experts, teams, and other stakeholders.
Excellent presentation skills and highly proficient computer skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as SAS or other statistical programming.
Strong data analytic skills, including experience using large commercial claims and publicly accessible data sets as the foundation for research.
Ability to analyze and summarize data, think critically, manage projects, influence others, work in a team environment, and synthesize complex clinical and non-clinical statistical and medical information to communicate medical and scientific information effectively.
Understanding of how the team or work area relates to other areas, and ability to use that knowledge to improve efficiency and produce high-quality work on cross-functional problems.
Ability to identify and resolve technical, operational, and organizational problems related to the discipline.
Ability to work cross-functionally and frequently represent the area.

Nice To Haves

Direct research expertise.
Some managerial, functional management, or lead experience.
Demonstrated knowledge of claims analysis, data-set analysis, and potentially economic modeling.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement projects that create disease- or product-specific evidence to inform commercial strategy, value assessment, and market access.
Work with development or brand team leads and take responsibility for HEOR content.
Collaborate with internal business partners to meet the evidence needs of external consumers.
Manage vendors.
Develop guidelines that enable less experienced employees to accomplish work independently.
Recommend policy changes and establish procedures affecting immediate organizations.
Manage the development and implementation of tactical initiatives.
Use established processes and operational policies to select methods and techniques, solve moderately complex problems, and identify viable, often innovative options.
Advise less experienced colleagues to help meet schedules and resolve technical problems.
Assist in meeting departmental goals.
Perform other duties as assigned.