Director of Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)

Company: Bevov
Location: Providence
Posted on: February 19, 2021

Job Description:

Position Summary: Our client is seeking a specialized economic modeler for 24 hours per week who will be responsible for the development of Excel-based economic models, such as budget impact models and cost-effectiveness models, and MS Word-based modeling reports for pharmaceutical products. This position will be responsible for interfacing with clients, presenting models, and providing model training sessions to client teams. In addition, this role may also be responsible for assisting with the development of Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) formulary submission dossiers, global value dossiers, posters/abstracts, manuscripts, systematic literature reviews, training slide decks, and other health economic outcomes research (HEOR)/medical communication pieces. The primary audience for the work is the US payer audience. This position will report to the Chief Operating Officer. Position Functionality and Responsibilities: The primary responsibilities of the Director of HEOR Services will be independently developing and presenting economic models for company clients and, secondarily, assisting with related HEOR/clinical writing, such as AMCP formulary submission dossiers, manuscripts/abstracts, and/or slide decks.

In order to successfully develop the required HEOR material, the candidate must be able to:

• Develop user-friendly and -modifiable, transparent Microsoft Excel-based economic models (budget impact, cost-minimization, and cost-effectiveness analyses), including univariate and multivariate sensitivity analyses, using clinically-relevant inputs from the literature, pricing and coding databases, and company Client data on file. Use MS Visual Basic to generate macros and control features as required.
• Present model structure, inputs, and base-case scenarios from developed economic models to company Clients, when requested
• Prepare training slides on developed economic models and present slides to company Clients, when requested
• Write conference abstracts and manuscripts on model findings
• Perform literature searches on a specific pharmaceutical product, its disease state background, its clinical guidelines, and its therapeutic class competitors to identify relevant clinical and economic published materials for inclusion in HEOR project development
• Evaluate the strength and relevance of data from a large volume of clinical and economic material identified in literature searches, in addition to the material provided by company Clients, for inclusion in HEOR projects
• Digest clinical and economic product data as above, in consideration of study design strength, in order to concisely summarize the clinical and economic highlights of a product in Word documents and thereby synthesize a product's value on the US market and its place in therapy for a US payer audience
• Support all statements with relevant (primary when possible) citations that can be clearly supported if questioned. This may include annotation when requested by the company Client
• Revise documents in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint based on suggested revisions from company Client and company leadership Qualifications Experience Required:
  • 3+ years of experience developing Excel-based economic models for the pharmaceutical and/or healthcare industry
  • Familiarity with the best practice guidance for economic model development
  • Experience with managed care, market access, and pharmaceutical pricing in the US
  • Experience developing technical written materials in AMA style
  • Experience verbally presenting economic models/HEOR materials to pharma clients both with and without HEOR expertise
  • Clinical practice experience ideal but not required
    Education Required:
    • PharmD with an advanced degree in a HEOR-related field (eg, MS, Ph.D., MPH)
    • Other clinical degrees may be considered, depending on HEOR-degree
    • A HEOR degree with 5+ years of experience would be considered in lieu of a PharmD
      Proficiencies Required:
      • Mastery of MS Excel including Visual Basic for macros and experience developing economic models in the pharmaceutical/medical space
      • Excellent written skills in (US) English and AMA style
      • Confident verbal communication skills in English
      • Working knowledge of clinical practice and US managed care
      • Attention to detail is a must as is the ability to succinctly summarize findings
      • MS Word
      • MS PowerPoint
      • PubMed literature searching (or other medical journal search engine familiarity)
      • Internet searching (for finding professional meeting abstracts, meeting registration details, relevant FDA sites, relevant Cochrane library articles, relevant government data [eg, CMS, CDC, SEER, AHRQ, NICE, CADTH, etc.])
      • Thorough understanding of study design and relevance grading/strength of evidence assessment of scientific literature

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