We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 Jan 2026

 

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

 

The Principal Health Economics and Outcomes Specialist will be a critical leader in Surgical OU Statistics and Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) team. This role is responsible for providing strategic, analytical and methodological expertise to support the development and execution of global health economic and outcomes research evidence for Surgical products, procedures, services, and disease focus areas. Specifically, this role will provide leadership and support to design and execute RWE (Real World Evidence) studies using administrative health care claims data, electronic health record data and other data sources to fulfill the evidence needs of Surgical products and are submitted to regulatory agencies and notified bodies. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams with clinical, regulatory, medical affairs, marketing, reimbursement, healthcare policy, and other functions on real world evidence generation strategies, research methods, study design, and research standards using real world data. other duties may be assigned.

 

 

 

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

• Design and implement RWE studies for regulatory agency submissions, fulfillment of evidence needs submitted to notified bodies, marketing decisions and product reimbursement strategies, using administrative health care claims data, electronic health record data and other real-world data sources

• Provides hands-on support in study design, protocol development, analysis, programming, interpretation, study report and presentation of RWE studies by designing and conducting scientifically rigorous research

• Drive and develop the publications (abstracts, posters, oral presentations, manuscripts) based on the analyses performed, with the intent of publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentation at clinical and economics conferences.

• Prepare results of analyses for internal and external presentation; with content adapted to the audience at hand. Create visually appealing and simple to understand representation of complex analyses

• Authors and documents all studies related files by complying with internal SOPs and best practices

• Works with clinical research function to add relevant health outcomes and economic endpoints to clinical trials, and clinical biostatisticians to analyze and report study results

• Design, modify, or implement economic models using inputs from clinical and observational data research, literature review, and clinical or stakeholder expertise.

• Develop country specific evidence to meet requirements for optimal reimbursement coverage and usage

• Conducts a range of ad hoc projects and other tasks as needed to support functional excellence of health economics and outcomes research

• Develop procedure and device-specific knowledge of Surgical product portfolio and published evidence, and apply this knowledge to evidence planning, needs assessment, and study protocol design

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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working with healthcare claims and/or EHR data

• Proficiency programming using statistical software (e.g. SAS, R, etc), data visualization, graphical presentation, and study report/manuscript preparation

• Strong subject matter expertise in real-world data and retrospective data analysis methods

• Proven track record of peer-reviewed scientific publications

 

 

EDUCATION REQUIRED:

Bachelor’s degree

 

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 7 years of experience working in health economics and outcomes research, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience

 

 

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DESIRED/PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master or PHD degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Economics, Health Economics, Epidemiology, Health Services Research, or Public Health

• Experience in the healthcare industry (medical device, pharmaceutical, biotech, insurance, ho