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Sanofi Group Global HEOR Business Partner, Oncology in Cambridge, Massachusetts
About the job
We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.
Purpose of Role :
To support Oncology portfolio to plan and generate robust health economics and value-based evidence to maximize the value propositions from both a global and US perspective working within the Market Access tripod.
Major Activities / Key Responsibilities
Health Economics strategy, evidence generation and reimbursement support
Deliver quality research projects, economic models, trial design recommendations and other activities in support of programs/products. The incumbent interfaces with Clinical, Medical Affairs and business partners including Marketing, External Affairs and Market Access. He/she is accountable for the planning, design, implementation and completion of innovative evidence based research programs that are consistent with program/product strategies. The research programs developed will provide appropriate evidence and/or tools to be used for internal decision making and for external audiences at product launch and over product life cycle.
(Note: The list below is not comprehensive; this job is also responsible for other duties as assigned). Minimum requirements within this job function:
Develops strategies and provides new ideas and concepts on how to move the program, product or therapeutic franchise forward
Manage the HEVA evidence generation strategy
Execute approved HEVA studies and manage ongoing studies according to budget and timeline expectations
Identify new HEVA evidence generation opportunities to maximize lifecycle management
Assist countries in developing or adapting health economic models and other materials for reimbursement, payer objection handling and other purposes
Develop and maintain effective relationships with key internal stakeholders including North American Medical Affairs, European Medical Affairs, Sanofi Emerging Market regional teams, and Established Products.
Sets strategic evidence generation priorities and direction for assigned responsibilities and is able to incorporate this into appropriate planning documents
Takes a leadership role in the development of relationships and continued advocacy with external advisors in appropriate therapeutic areas
Develops collaborative research relationships that provide data of value to decision makers. Leverages interactions to identify strategies that will improve the impact of research and build advocates for data
Interacts with senior level management providing high level strategies and long term vision of assigned work
Implementation of evidence generation tactics consistent with HEVA strategic goals including designing, budgeting, contracting, tracking, reporting, and publication plans
Provides input to clinical and medical teams regarding opportunities to execute HEVA strategies within their planned research activities by identifying the appropriate evidence to collect and report
Serves as a resource to commercial organization in terms of pricing, positioning and reimbursement of products based on economic evaluations
All incumbents are expected to demonstrate effective communication, organizational and interpersonal skills to be able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. The incumbent is expected to work independently, but in concert with the direction provided by their management, in accordance with defined functional policies and precedents, budgetary guidelines, company values, ethics and applicable law.
Key Performance Indicators:
Demonstrated contributions to product success
Development and execution of strategies that address data gaps and customer needs and ensure strategies and tactics anticipate scientific, regulatory and reimbursement/access trends and events that will affect Sanofi’s standing as a valued healthcare partner
Expertise recognized within the function, corporation and healthcare field
Develops and maintains peer relationships with clinical and economic methods
Anticipates communication needs to cross-divisional audiences and pre-empts issues with timely and effective action
Established track record of scientific and/or methods publications in peer-reviewed journals
Compliance with all relevant internal SOPs and external laws and regulations.
Basic Qualifications :
Strong strategic and analytical skills to translate clinical and economic information and messages into payer evidence strategies.
Strong customer focus
Ability to work well in a cross-functional team
Understanding of the disease environment and the evolution of the market access landscape and implications for the business
At least 7 years of experience in HEOR or market access in pharmaceutical industry, CRO or academic experience
Global experience is a must
Proven track record working successfully in a project/matrix-oriented environment
Strategic mindset and proven innovation/out of the box thinking in evidence generation/value documentation
Excellent communication skills and ability to understand and present complex information in digestible ways for internal (e.g. senior management) and external audiences
Strong team spirit, sense of transversality, multicultural awareness and ability to drive matrix teams
Required Experiences:
Understands reimbursement decisions to determine value drivers and how evidence is used in decision making and how it impacts various payers (e.g., providers, patients, health systems)
Knowledge of methods and principles of health economics, health technology assessment (HTA) reviews
Systematically reviewed available scientific evidence to identify clinical needs of the payer
Provided timely and strategic recommendations to clinical development programs aimed at ensuring differentiation for payer value demonstration
Translated Target Value Propositions and access strategies into evidence hypotheses, requirements and generation plans addressing payer/provider/health system unmet needs
Understands, creates and applies relevant methods (e.g., observational data, post hoc analysis of clinical trials, meta-analysis, indirect comparison, etc..) to demonstrate product value potential
Has created and applied state-of-the-art decision analyses in order to meet payer/provider methodological best practices
Understands the risks and opportunities deriving from generating Real World Evidence
Education : Advanced degree (Doctoral or Masters level) in relevant field
Demonstrated understanding disease physiopathology, drug mechanism of action, clinical development principles, epidemiology, biostatistics, statistical programming, patient-reported outcome development, systemic literature reviews, network meta-analyses
Languages : English fluent required
Key Interfaces:
Internal:
External Affairs – Market Access, Public Affairs, Communications
Global Market Access, US Market Access, Global Value & Access, Global Pricing and HEVA – headquarters and affiliates
Medical Affairs - GBUs, affiliates, RW Evidence and Analytics, Clinical Outcomes Generation
R&D – Global project teams and Clinical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs, Compliance and Legal
External:
Payers/Reimbursement Authorities
KOLs
HTAs and other review bodies
Why Choose us
Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
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