We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 7 Jun 2025

 

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 & Outcomes Research Specialist will be a critical leader on the Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) team. This role is responsible for providing analytical and methodological expertise to support the development primary peer-reviewed evidence and internal strategic analyses using real-world datasets.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate in study design, protocol development, analysis, interpretation, and messaging of retrospective analysis of administrative health care claims data (both public, commercial, and hospital claims data) with the intent of publication in peer-reviewed medical journals and presentation at clinical and health economics conferences
• Serve as the lead SAS programmer on the neurosciences team in performing advanced programming of patient selection, dataset linking, and setting up the infrastructure for use of new data assets
• Build best practices within the Neuroscience HEOR team on efficient data manipulation
• Assist in answering business-specific strategic questions from marketing, business development, value-based healthcare teams, and reimbursement colleagues through primary analysis of internal data sources available and/or through external vendor sources
• Prepare results of analyses for internal and external presentation; with content and messaging adapted to the audience at hand. Create visually appealing and simple to understand representation of complex analyses
• Develop therapeutic area and device-specific knowledge of Neurosciences product portfolio and published evidence, and apply this knowledge to evidence planning, needs assessment, and study protocol design

Required Knowledge and Experience: 

• Requires a Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 7 years of health economics and outcomes research experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience.

Nice to Have:

• MS/MA/MPH in Biostatistics/Statistics, Economics/Health Economics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Data Science, or Computer Science
• SAS programming experience (interview team reserves the right to request sample code and a basic SAS test)
• Proven ability to work effectively as a team player in a highly matrixed organization
• Experience with advanced predictive modeling techniques (machine learning algorithms) and their application to retrospective healthcare data
• Demonstrated business communication and presentation skills, both live and remote
• Experience in analysis of large administrative claims or EHR databases with proficiency in programming using statistical software (e.g., SAS, R, or Python).
• Comfort with data visualization, graphical presentation, and study report/manuscript preparation.
• Basic familiarity with medical code sets (ICD-10-CM, CPT, NDC).
• Experience in the healthcare industry (medical device, pharmaceutical, biotech, insurance, hospital, or health system).
• Proficiency in econometric modeling methods.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

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