Director, Health Economics – Outcome Research

Role Overview

• Develop and execute a comprehensive global health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) strategy aligned with enterprise growth priorities, reimbursement objectives, and lifecycle management plans.
• Design and deliver robust economic models (cost-effectiveness, budget impact, cost-utility, and cost-consequence analyses) to quantify clinical and financial value across sites of care.
• Lead the design and oversight of health economic endpoints within clinical trials and post-market studies.
• Translate complex health economic and real-world evidence into clear, payer-relevant value narratives that support market access and commercial objectives.
• Support development of global value dossiers, AMCP dossiers, and health technology assessment (HTA) submissions.
• Support evidence generation roadmaps across priority therapeutic areas to support coverage, coding, payment, and value-based positioning.
• Ensure methodological rigor through application of advanced biostatistics, epidemiology, and outcomes research methodologies.
• Partner with regional Market Access leaders to inform payer engagement strategies and respond to economic evidence requirements.
• Provide health economic insights to support coverage negotiations, value-based agreements, and risk-sharing arrangements.
• Provide economic analyses to inform pricing strategy, reimbursement positioning, and competitive differentiation.
• Support scenario modeling related to reimbursement reform, coding changes, and policy evolution.
• Serve as the HEOR subject matter expert across Global Market Access, Commercial, R&D, Clinical Affairs, Medical Affairs, and Professional Education.
• Integrate health economic evidence into launch planning, innovation pipelines, and early-stage product development.
• Represent the company in external forums, advisory boards, and scientific congresses related to HEOR and value assessment.
• Oversee publication strategy for economic and outcomes research in peer-reviewed journals and scientific meetings.
• Build and maintain relationships with key academic institutions, health economists, and research partners.
• Establish global HEOR standards, methodologies, and best practices across regions.
• Manage external research vendors and academic collaborations to ensure high-quality and timely evidence generation.
• Build scalable HEOR capabilities to support future pipeline growth and global expansion.

Requirements

• B.S./B.A. from an accredited university required.
• Master’s required or Doctorate preferred in a related field.
• 7 – 10 years medical device/pharmaceutical health economics or HEOR experience.
• Prior medical device industry experience strongly preferred.
• Advanced expertise in health economic modeling, including cost-effectiveness, budget impact, cost-utility, and scenario analyses is required.
• Proficiency in statistical and econometric methodologies, including regression analysis, survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis, and real-world evidence evaluation is strongly preferred.
• Ability to form strong and constructive internal and external professional relationships.
• Excellent collaboration skills and success working in matrix organizations at all levels.
• Proactive, results-oriented, self-starter motivated by an interesting and challenging task.
• Excellent written and verbal presentation communication skills.
• Must be able and willing to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short
• and long-term disability
• business accident insurance
• group legal insurance
• savings plan (401(k))