Senior Manager/Associate Director Global HEOR Oncology
Company name
Astellas Us, LLC
Location
Northbrook, IL, United States
Employment Type
Full-Time
Industry
Manager, Healthcare, Sciences
Posted on
Oct 12, 2022
Profile
Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!
Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at
This position is based in Northbrook, Illinois. Remote work from certain states may be permitted in accordance with Astellas' Responsible Flexibility Guidelines. Candidates interested in remote work are encouraged to apply.
Purpose and Scope:
The Global HEOR Product Lead co-leads the Global Value Team and is responsible for pro-actively formulating, consolidating, and implementing Astellas HEOR strategies and ensuring that global and regional HEOR perspectives and strategies are integrated within the MA core medical plans, brand plans, and relevant development plans for assigned products. He/she is responsible for development, management and delivery of health economic, comparative effectiveness, real world evidence, patient reported outcomes, and epidemiologic data and economic and cost effectiveness modeling and health technology assessment including early scientific advice and assessments post-approval for assigned in-line and early and late stage development compounds that are medically relevant and scientifically valid and address business needs and support patient access and HTA/reimbursement requirements.
This position requires excellent interpersonal and matrix leadership skills to support effective partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders including global, regional and local HEOR leaders, Department Heads, TA Heads, CMT Leads, Development, Regulatory Affairs, and Market Access.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
Medical Affairs Leadership
Responsible for development of HEOR strategies and tactics that are evidence based, scientifically valid, and medically relevant; of clinical, humanistic, and economical importance; patient focused; and integrated in the Core Medical Plans and address the needs of global regulators, HTA, patients, health care providers, payers, and policy makers
Responsible for successful execution of global HEOR activities and deliverables and support of execution of regional HEOR activities across assigned products and to ensure these are delivered with high quality and within timelines and budget
Responsible for the development and maintenance of core value dossiers and core economic models that provide the foundation for region and country HEOR professionals to create local value dossiers and local economic models to fulfill local HTA/reimbursement needs across assigned products
Support regional / local adaptation of core value dossiers and core economic models to local HTA requirements and oversee alignment with the global value messages
Matrix Leadership
Actively promote strategic collaborations with other Astellas HEOR colleagues across the globe to share and replicate best practices and advance HEOR initiatives to support the Astellas product portfolio and patient access
Serve on and/or lead organizational initiatives and taskforces as appropriate to shape the strategic direction of the global HEOR function
Maintains an integrated partnership within global, regional and local Medical Affairs and cross-functional colleagues including global Market Access to identify collaborative opportunities, ensure optimal alignment, leverage resources, and support business priorities
Lead global value team and core health economics team and represent HEOR function in global product strategy team and core medical team
Scientific / HEOR technical Expertise
Maintains working knowledge of Astellas products/disease states across assigned products
Lead and support preparation and coordination for HTA/payer advice, mock preparations, submissions, face to face meetings and objection handling
Actively monitor the changing healthcare landscape to identify emerging global clinical and health economic trends
Maintain in depth knowledge about patient access and HTA/reimbursement requirements, processes and best practices to inform HEOR strategies
Represent Astellas on HEOR issues at global forums, conferences and professional associations, including monitoring ad communicating activities by such forums to executive leadership
Medical Governance
Provide scientific input for all HEOR projects, data interpretation, protocol development, regulatory documents, scientific publications, and independent research proposals for assigned products
Responsible for the organized and timely completion of assigned HEOR projects that include appropriate outcome assessments, analysis plans and final reports with expectations for peer-reviewed publications relevant to HEOR evidence generation strategies
Ensures all HEOR activities support Astellas' commitment to integrity and delivery of the highest standard of quality and in compliance with all applicable regulations, external policies and ethical standards
Ensures training compliance to ensure integrity and performance, efficiency and quality
Quantitative Dimensions:
The HEOR Global Product Lead develops innovative, cutting edge economic, epidemiological and clinical outcomes data generation activities and related medical tools (>15 annually) across assigned products that are designed to shape the medical value proposition for Astellas products throughout their life cycle including early development compounds. The HEOR Global Product Lead will provide matrix leadership to represent regional and local HEOR within the GVT. He/she is accountable for managing resources, priorities and workload across products and includes direct budget responsibilities of $1-1.5 mln annually. The results produced by the HEOR Global Product Lead must be scientifically sound and in compliance with applicable regulations.
Organizational Context:
The HEOR Global Product Lead reports to the Global HEOR TA Lead. They will have multiple cross-functional collaborative project teams and matrix responsibility across the broader Astellas organization.
The HEOR Global Product Lead will collaborate with the following colleagues:
Medical Affairs: TA Heads, Executive Directors, CMT leads, Senior Medical Directors/CMT members, HEOR Leaders
Development: Global Development Project Leads, Core Team Leads, Core/Project Team members, Global Medical Leads
Market Access: Senior Directors
Other: Senior Director/Director Legal, Ethics & Compliance, Brand General Managers
External: Executive leadership of Astellas partners and organizations
Requirements
Qualifications
Required
Advanced Degree (PharmD, PhD, MD) with consideration for MPH or other advanced degree in Life Sciences, HE or Epidemiology with relevant advanced industry experience
3-5 years relevant experience in at least one of the following fields: Outcomes Research, HE, Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Health Policy
Demonstrated strategic thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills
Expertise in understanding interface between clinical practice and outcomes research
Expertise in leveraging outcomes data in the appropriate clinical context
Demonstrated strong interpersonal relationship and collaboration skills working within cross-functional teams
Thorough understanding of global guidelines as they relate to HEOR and Medical Affairs
Expertise in global HTA/payer reimbursement and market access requirements
A collaborative style of working and a strong sense of ethics, compliance and integrity
Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
Expertise in HEOR including principles, pharmaceutical research design and methods as well as excellent project and vendor management skills
Preferred
Benefits
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Generous Paid Time Off options, including Vacation and Sick time, plus national holidays including year-end shut down
401(k) match and annual company contribution
Company paid life insurance
Annual Corporate Bonus and Quarterly Sales Incentive for eligible positions
Long Term Incentive Plan for eligible positions
Referral bonus program
Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans.
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