Senior Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR)

Innoviva Specialty TherapeuticsWaltham, MA
$245,000 - $280,000

About The Position

Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics, Inc., a subsidiary of Innoviva, Inc., is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative solutions for patients and healthcare providers in the fields of Critical Care and Infectious Diseases. Our mission to deliver innovative, life-saving medicines for serious unmet medical conditions drives us every day and contributes to building a sustainable business for the long term. It also inspires our entrepreneurial culture which fosters innovation, collaboration, and a relentless commitment to the people we serve. Patients are at the center of everything we do because everyday matters. Every employee is encouraged to take initiative, explore new ideas, and turn challenges into opportunities that can potentially transform lives, especially those suffering from serious and difficult-to-treat illnesses.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree (Ph.D., Pharm.D., M.P.H., M.S or M.D.) in Public Health, Health Economics, Epidemiology, Medicine, Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmacy Administration, Pharmacy or related a scientific field
  • 10 plus years of experience in health economics and/or outcomes research within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
  • Experience interacting with hospitals and/or payer decision makers, with a strong understanding of the US reimbursement environment, including the submission of health economics, pricing dossiers and/or reimbursement dossiers
  • Proven ability to develop health economic strategies that support the US reimbursement with a demonstrated track record of success
  • Credible, collaborative, and team-oriented HEOR/RWE leader with executive presence, strong communication skills, and a strategic mindset
  • Strong business acumen with demonstrated ability to influence internal and external stakeholders, including customers
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines
  • Excellent planning, organization, and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and growing biotechnology environment, with the flexibility to adapt to evolving business needs and priorities

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with hospital antibiotic and critical care product is preferred

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic leadership and HEOR expertise across the organization to inform market access, pricing, reimbursement, and evidence-generation strategies
  • Monitor the evolving HEOR, payer, and reimbursement landscape to identify emerging trends, risks, and opportunities that may impact IST’s products
  • Design and execute HEOR strategies that demonstrate product value to U.S. hospital systems and payer formulary decision-makers, supporting commercialization, including reimbursement and pricing
  • Partner with Market Access and Commercial Leads to identify HEOR evidence needs across the product lifecycle, business development planning, and product commercialization
  • Collaborate with contract strategy and analytics to develop innovative value-based contracting approaches for use with reimbursement decision-makers (pharmacy, medical, and quality groups)
  • Build strong relationships with external stakeholders, including hospital quality and outcomes groups
  • Lead economic model development (cost calculators, budget impact models) and customer presentations to formulary decision-makers in collaboration with key account teams
  • Lead various database analyses such as patient registry data, epidemiologic research, retrospective claims, and contribute to observational studies.
  • Partner with Medical Affairs to provide evidence generation needs and reimbursement requirements for clinical projects
  • Lead health economics publication and communication strategies, including presentations at external conferences
  • Assist Marketing and Market Access in the development of training materials and modules related to health economic messages
  • Where appropriate, undertake in-house economic studies and related activities such as literature reviews and modeling.
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