HEOR Field Director- East

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Position Overview

The Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) Field Director- East is the field-based scientific lead for HEOR in U.S. settings, with responsibility to manage interactions by HEOR with U.S. National and Organized Customer Group (OCG) accounts on a portfolio basis. 

U.S. population-based healthcare decision makers have specialized needs with respect to the technical sophistication and type of HEOR/RWD (real world data) related evidence required to make optimal decisions for the care of populations. The HEOR Field Director supports the evidence requirements by engaging as a field-based scientific professional directly with U.S. population-based healthcare decision makers to identify key scientific questions and evidence gaps, provide insights to support HEOR and medical plans, and to facilitate real world research and other collaborations, as appropriate. The HEOR Field Director supports HEOR’s objectives to generate, translate, and communicate real world evidence to U.S. healthcare decision makers to demonstrate the value of Exact Sciences products and inform appropriate decision making.

This position is field based for the Eastern half of the US, candidate must live within territory.

Essential Duties

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Facilitate HEOR research collaborations and engage with internal HEOR research resources to deliver insights on evidence gaps, and support execution of key projects aligned with Exact Sciences strategy.
• Engage in sophisticated value conversations with decision makers who require expertise in health economics, outcomes research, real-world evidence generation, and value assessment.
• Identify current and future real-world evidence requirements and methodologies, and effectively convey insights internally to ensure customers’ value-based evidence requirements are met.
• Engage as appropriate in HEOR related scientific discussions and communications regarding economic models and real-world evidence findings, using approved materials.
• Conduct peer-to-peer level value discussions with HEOR experts within OCGs, health technology assessment, or value framework organizations; including, but not limited to, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the evolving U.S. healthcare environment and implications for HEOR strategy.
• Maintain strong, consistent relationships with customers and HEOR key thought leaders, such that they are viewed as a trusted scientific advisor on HEOR topics.
• Manage account requirements for HEOR topics on a portfolio basis and serve as the primary HEOR field point of contact.
• Collaborate closely with field and internal medical resources to ensure customers’ information needs are fully met, and coordination is optimized.
• Ensure compliance with applicable standard operating procedures (SOPs) in all activities.
• Support internal training initiatives on HEOR methodologies and application, as appropriate.
• Communicate complex pharmacoeconomic principles and evidence to decision makers with different levels of knowledge, as well as internal partners, to inform and support healthcare decision making.
• Utilize economic models, systematic reviews, and other technical tools with expertise.
• Serve as principal field-based HEOR point of contact for population and value-based decision makers within designated OCGs; including, but not limited to, pharmacy directors, medical directors, quality, and health outcomes and analytics teams.
• Identify appropriate collaboration opportunities and communicate and support internally.
• Represent the evidence needs of health care decision makers to HEOR and other internal stakeholders to ensure that unmet needs are identified and prioritized in planning processes.
• Facilitate real-world research, health services, and other partnerships between Exact Sciences and investigators, and collaborate internally to ensure assessment of ethical considerations, scientific merit, and the technical feasibility of proposed studies.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation