HEMA Director - IO&E

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.       

About the role:
We are seeking a strong strategic leader to oversee upstream and downstream HEMA initiatives for a rapidly growing and market-leading Boston Scientific franchise. The HEMA Director for the Interventional Oncology & Embolization business has responsibility for developing and directing global strategies, to ensure successful market access and meaningful health economics research. This is a highly visible and influential role, representing the HEMA function as a member of the cross-functional IO&E business team.
 
Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead the development and execution of global HEMA strategies for the IO&E businesses, for the entire IO&E portfolio, including implantable and single use devices, therapeutics, and brachytherapy. 
• Lead execution of up and down-stream HEMA strategies in the US and support implementation in global markets.
• Proactively identify reimbursement pathways for portfolio pipeline (coding/coverage/payment) 
• Monitor and proactively influence health policy developments that impact reimbursement of BSC products. 
• Provide strategic input to portfolio and business development teams, to ensure global health economics and reimbursement needs are incorporated into product development plans.
• Participate in evidence planning to identify health economics research needs. Collaborate with health economics and clinical colleagues to advance HE research in support of economic value propositions.
• Direct tactical initiatives for achieving HEMA strategic objectives (e.g., preparation of economic and coverage dossiers for payer negotiations, new code applications, clinical trial reimbursement, customer reimbursement support, and data analytics).
• Build relationships and effectively communicate with professional societies, policy makers (CMS), industry working groups (AdvaMed, MDMA), hospitals, KOL physicians and commercial payers. 
• Collaborate with PI HEMA and HEOR colleagues and cross-functional IO&E teams in the development and communication of economic value messages to support product adoption.
• Identify opportunities for HEMA data analytics, in support of the Interventional Oncology & Embolization business (e.g. market assessments, forecasting, pricing strategies and RWE analyses)
• Deliver internal training to sales, marketing, clinical, regulatory, and legal colleagues to increase awareness and understanding of health economics and reimbursement competencies and their role in supporting a product’s success.
• Collaborate with the HEMA Value & Access and Field organization to ensure customer support excellence in reimbursement and facility economics.
• Direct and manage external reimbursement call center supporting the IO&E businesses
• Direct and supervise staff as necessary to implement the above strategic and tactical initiatives.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years working in the medical industry, including experience guiding HEMA strategies for a medical device manufacturer.