Associate Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research

Role Overview

• Lead the development and execution of Medical Affairs aligned HEOR and real-world evidence (RWE) data generation for hematologic oncology assets across prelaunch and postlaunch phases.
• Lead and identify evidence gaps relevant to clinical practice, treatment pathways, and patient outcomes in hematologic malignancies (e.g., lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma).
• Provide strategic input into Medical Affairs plans, including integrated evidence generation and scientific communication strategies.
• Design and oversee observational studies, registries, chart reviews, and other RWE initiatives relevant to hematologic oncology populations.
• Partner with Clinical and Biostatistics teams to ensure alignment between clinical trial data and RWE generation.
• Oversee the development and interpretation of health economic analyses (e.g., cost effectiveness, burden of illness, healthcare resource utilization) to contextualize clinical benefit in hematologic oncology.
• Ensure economic and outcomes evidence is scientifically rigorous, clinically meaningful, and suitable for external scientific exchange under Medical Affairs standards.
• Collaborate cross functionally to ensure consistency of value messaging while maintaining Medical Affairs independence and compliance.
• Lead or support the development of HEOR related abstracts, posters, manuscripts, and congress submissions in hematologic oncology.
• Serve as a Medical Affairs HEOR subject matter expert to support MSL training, scientific platforms, and field medical needs.
• Support compliant scientific exchange with external experts, cooperative groups, and other stakeholders on outcomes and RWE.
• Work closely with Medical Directors, Clinical Development, Market Access, and Regulatory colleagues to ensure integrated and nonpromotional evidence planning.
• Manage external vendors and academic collaborators to ensure high quality execution of HEOR studies.
• Oversee timelines, deliverables, and budgets for assigned HEOR initiatives.

Requirements

• Advanced degrees (PhD, DrPH, ScD, MD, PharmD), with experience in health economics, outcomes research, epidemiology, public health, health services research, or related fields.
• 4-6+ years of experience in HEOR, outcomes research, or RWE within pharmaceutical, biotech, consulting, or academic environments.
• Candidates with advanced scientific degrees may be considered with fewer years of industry experience.
• First-hand experience executing site-based non-interventional studies, systematic literature reviews, claims / administrative database analysis, patient-reported outcomes and health economic modeling.
• Ability to translate complex data into clinically relevant insights for scientific audiences.
• Experience with scientific publications and congress presentations.
• Strong cross functional collaboration and project management skills.
• High standards for scientific rigor, compliance, and Medical Affairs independence.
• Experience in Global dossier preparation (preferably EU region).
• Prior experience in hematologic oncology or closely related oncology settings is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Medical Affairs or clinical focused evidence generation.
• Experience supporting cross-functional internal stakeholders.
• Familiarity with treatment landscape of treatment and evolving standards of care in hematologic malignancies.
• Strong entrepreneurial spirit who can work independently and proactively.
• Experience working across global or regional Medical Affairs organizations.