Scientific Director, Medical Payer Strategy - Oncology
About The Position
The Scientific Director provides medical and scientific input into oncology medical market access strategies and tactics for payers, group purchasing organizations, health systems, guidelines, pathways, and other healthcare access decision makers. The role develops and executes payer and healthcare access decision-maker strategies and educational initiatives, including medical education, data, guidelines, pathways, and value propositions. It translates clinical, economic, humanistic, and real-world evidence into differentiated value narratives that shape access strategy, brand and portfolio priorities, and enterprise decisions. The position leads medical affairs payer and healthcare access decision-maker strategy for the assigned therapeutic area and assets, and works across commercial, HEOR, and medical affairs teams in a highly matrixed environment. It contributes scientific, medical, pharmacoeconomic, and healthcare landscape input to portfolio and product strategies, develops and approves field and omnichannel materials, and delivers training to Medical Outcomes Science Liaison teams. It also partners on integrated evidence planning, collaborative customer research, thought-leadership forums, and external partnerships. The Scientific Director monitors scientific, health economic, access, and healthcare policy trends and provides proactive input to portfolio, therapeutic area, and brand strategies. The role is accountable for compliance with corporate, divisional, legal, and regulatory requirements and serves as the scientific team interface for key regulatory, OEC, and Legal discussions. It may assist with medical affairs-sponsored or supported real-world evidence research and leads cross-functional and functional subteams responsible for discrete therapeutic-area projects.
Requirements
- Typically 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent.
- Substantial understanding of managed care.
- Management and leadership experience at the project level, including experience with strategic initiatives and issues.
- Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional environment.
- Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy.
- Ability to advance real-world evidence studies or medical affairs-directed research independently with little supervision.
- Knowledge of statistical methodology and regulatory requirements governing real-world evidence, and experience in development strategy and the design of real-world evidence protocols.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to work mostly independently with limited guidance.
Nice To Haves
- PhD, PharmD, PA, or NP advanced education is highly preferred.
- Residency or additional postdoctoral training is highly preferred.
- Pharmacoeconomic experience is preferred.
- International experience is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Lead development of medical affairs payer and healthcare access decision-maker strategy for the assigned therapeutic area and assets.
- Translate clinical, economic, humanistic, and real-world evidence into differentiated value narratives that shape access strategy, brand and portfolio priorities, and enterprise decisions.
- Participate in cross-functional brand, medical affairs, and market access teams, providing medical, scientific, pharmacoeconomic, and healthcare landscape input to portfolio and product strategies.
- Develop and obtain approval for medical affairs access and healthcare access decision-maker field and omnichannel materials.
- Lead and deliver training to Medical Outcomes Science Liaison teams.
- Partner with Medical Affairs and HEOR on integrated evidence plans aligned with medical affairs evidence gaps and business strategy.
- Develop strategies for payer and healthcare access decision-maker collaborative customer research, thought-leadership forums, and external partnerships in partnership with HEOR and Medical Affairs.
- Monitor scientific, health economic, access, and healthcare policy trends through conferences, insight gathering, and external engagement; provide proactive input to relevant strategies.
- Ensure compliance with applicable corporate and divisional policies and procedures and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
- Serve as the scientific team interface for key regulatory, OEC, and Legal discussions.
- May assist with scientific review, development, execution, and communication of medical affairs-sponsored or supported real-world evidence research activities.
- Lead cross-functional and functional subteams responsible for discrete projects within the therapeutic area.
Benefits
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick leave.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees.
- 401(k) for eligible employees.
- Eligible to participate in long-term incentive programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
