Modeling Lead Oncology

Sanofi•Cambridge, MA

1d•$178,500 - $257,833•Onsite

About The Position

Join the team transforming care for people with immune challenges, rare diseases, cancers, and neurological conditions. In Specialty Care, you’ll help deliver breakthrough treatments that bring hope to patients with some of the highest unmet needs. This role provides strategic development and use of industry-leading predictive and economic models to enhance our understanding of disease and to quantify and communicate the value of our products to patients, providers, and payers. The position is scientifically responsible for the design and implementation of cost-effectiveness and budget impact models to evaluate the economic impact and value of health care interventions in order to support the market access strategy for the SANOFI portfolio. The role ensures timely availability of complex and/or simple clinical, economic models that meet the needs of payers, consults with HEVA Business Partners and Value & Access to determine model requirements, and undertakes ‘what-if’ modeling to aid product strategy/development decisions. It also provides guidance to individual markets regarding model adaptation, supports countries for local HTA submissions, conceptualizes advanced model design, and works on methodological aspects of modeling. The role involves analyzing prospectively collected health economic data for inclusion in models, managing external vendors, and interacting with Pricing and external advisors. The Modeling Lead will lead the Economic Platform workstream related to allocated projects and reports to the Modeling Head within the Global HEVA function.

Requirements

Masters Degree in Statistics and/or Health economics
Proven track (at least 5 years) record in HEOR disciplines incl. data analyses, health economic methodology and modeling, medical and statistical scientific methodology, scientific publication record, decision modeling, input to clinical trials /observational studies
Experience in design and successful execution of state-of-the-art modeling techniques (incl. mathematical modeling), including partitioned survival modeling
Experience in advanced survival analysis (extrapolation, cure model, relative survival analysis) and in using R software
Proven track-record in constructing and using models for internal decision-making and use with payers
Documented experience having initiated and delivered health economic models (from cost-effectiveness to budget impact models) and tools to support country reimbursement and access in Europe, US and other Asian markets (Australia, Taiwan, Japan etc.)
Documented experience in early modeling for internal decision-making supporting portfolio strategy
English fluent, both written and oral
Clear understanding of the use of models within different payer contexts
Strong familiarity with methods acceptable to payers
Knowledge of data analyses and health economic methodology
Understanding of medical and statistical scientific methodology
Understanding of health utility assessment
Excellent organizational and communication skills, both written and oral, with attention to detail.
Ability to communicate technical details to non-expert audiences
Ability to communicate effectively the methods and results of complex analyses to a range of audiences, both orally and in writing with peers, senior managers and internal customer
Understanding of research principles and familiarity with key aspects of the literature.
Strong customer focus & team spirit
Strong analytical/ statistical skills/ synthesis of quantitative data are essential
Project management experience

Nice To Haves

Additional PhD in Economics, Health Economics, (Pharmaco)epidemiology, or related field is a plus
Preferably combined with a degree in public health or related field
Experience working across several therapeutic areas, including oncology

Responsibilities

Provide visionary and creative leadership for Global HEVA Economic Modeling group concerning Sanofi developmental and in-line product portfolio
Ensure that the development of economic models (Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact) are done in a timely manner and to high standards of quality and rigor
Advance the use of integrated quantitative approaches, focusing on economic, disease, and predictive modeling and simulation in partnership with other internal groups and external organizations
Lead early economic modeling for strategic input to development design and pricing strategy
Keep abreast of trends in Modeling research and HTA/Payers environment
Monitor the latest developments in the area of health economic modeling
Actively participate in the discussion to advance modeling methodology in the HEOR community
Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional teams as well as external vendors to ensure robust economic evidence support pricing and market access decisions
Communicate complex health economics concepts into messages actionable for business-critical decision to cross-functional teams with clarity and impact