Director, Health Systems & Outcomes

Alfasigma is a privately held global healthcare company founded over 75 years ago in Italy, where it remains headquartered today in Bologna and Milan. The Group operates in over 100 markets spanning Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa. 

Over three years ago, we embarked on a transformative journey to become a truly global innovative healthcare company with a leading focus on Gastrointestinal (GI) health. We have experienced remarkable growth, nearly doubled our revenues, expanding geographically, and integrating several key acquisitions. We have also evolved our portfolio, expanded into rare and specialty segments, and strengthened our pipeline and people's capabilities. 

But our journey is far from complete! In fact, this is just the beginning of a bold new chapter in Alfasigma's history. We are committed to advancing innovation and leveraging our deep expertise to provide better health and a better quality of life for patients and consumers worldwide and expand our reach across diverse markets. 

As we continue to grow, we are seeking a Director, Health Systems & Outcomes, to join the USA Pharmaceuticals Field Medical Affairs team. 

 

Scope of the role: 

The Director of Health Systems & Outcomes (HSO) is a therapeutic, disease, population health and health systems focused field-based role who develops on-going professional relationships with healthcare decision makers for a designated set of national/regional payers and provider organizations (e.g., health plans, organized providers, integrated delivery networks, large group practices).  The HSO Director provides accurate clinical and health economic scientific information across the full Alfasigma USA Biopharmaceuticals product portfolio, clinical science, and quality management in a balanced and credible manner consistent with the regulatory environment and Alfasigma’s ethical standards.  Through a deep understanding of the accounts’ population health strategies, the HSO Director serves as the medical account manager, collaborating and coordinating with other Medical Affairs colleagues and select commercial roles, to bring relevant health care information and solutions to these accounts.  This role serves as a resource for the US Medical Affairs management team and leads key strategic initiatives as assigned. 

 

Your key responsibilities: 

The successful candidate must be able to perform each of the following satisfactorily, with or without an accommodation: 

• Develop ongoing professional relationships with key decision makers in national organized health systems, serving as the primary medical contact to ensure access to medical and scientific information on the full Alfasigma USA Biopharmaceuticals product portfolio and areas of therapeutic interest, as well as non-product initiatives and areas of focus (e.g., quality management, outcomes research, adherence) 

• Partner with Sales and Market Access teams to address strategic account plans and develop associated medical account plans and then ensure execution of medical activities are aligned with agreed plan 

• Serve as the primary resource for national market dynamics to fully understand evolving information needs by decision makers to feed into the ongoing value-proposition development process for Alfasigma’s offerings – product and non-product  

• Lead medical account management and planning with associated medical affairs functions for assigned national accounts 

• Closely collaborate with Medical Research on HEOR projects, asset development, and advice on tools and data in development, including leading certain projects and liaising between the site and internal stakeholders 

• Effectively communicate and coordinate with field and HQ Medical Affairs colleagues regarding medical and scientific support needs in relevant health systems accounts 

• Serve as the internal medical subject matter expert for each national and healthcare account, which enables strategic assessments and medical account management, through a complete and systematic communication process to the rest of US Medical Affairs 

• Maintain a macro view of the account to appropriately allocate Alfasigma resources (e.g., human, technical) 

• Build and develop breadth and depth of relationships with key decision makers and can anticipate the account’s population health management goals and needs 

• Proactively share customer insights to help inform, advance, and support medical brand strategies, customer educational needs, health outcomes, and research priorities 

• Develop strategies and lead tool development for HSO field engagement 

• Serve as a technical resource for questions raised by Sales Management and staff on Alfasigma products 

• Attend and support scient