Director, HTA,Value and Evidence Breast Cancer and Precision Medicines
Job Description
ROLE SUMMARY
The Director, Value & Evidence – Breast Cancer (BC) and Precision Medicines (PM) will support the strategic goals of the Oncology Business Unit (BU) by driving optimal patient access though evidence generation and partnership with cross-functional colleagues.
This role directly impacts the ability to achieve business objectives on a global basis by providing strategic guidance and robust evidence development relevant to achieve optimal patient access by demonstrating the value of our BC and PM franchise. The Value & Evidence Director will be responsible for developing and executing against the global evidence generation strategy, including direct oversight of evidence generation activities and dissemination of technical deliverables.
This position will be part of Pfizer’s dynamic Global Access & Value (GAV) team and will have the important role of managing health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) to generate data to support patient access for both BC and PM. This position will have flexibility in accountability across the BC portfolio and specific to BRAF/MEK in melanoma. This position will be working closely with various cross-functional and country teams across both melanoma and BC to foster a culture that promotes innovation and thrives on doing better for Pfizer’s patients and healthcare.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the development of the evidence generation strategy to support the value of BC assets and BRAF/MEK melanoma within the Oncology BU in close partnership with the cross-functional matrix team.
- Lead the design and execution of global HEOR studies (eg, network meta-analyses, non-interventional studies) from concept through publication.
- Partner with other V&E breast cancer colleagues to ensure strategic alignment and successful/timely execution of BC-specific projects
- Incorporate humanistic and economic endpoints into clinical trials across all phases of product development to build comprehensive trial-based evidence aligned with overall asset strategy and to ensure global reimbursement and access requirements. Provide strategic input into clinical trial designs (eg, patient populations, comparators, endpoints) to enable successful negotiations, reimbursement, and appropriate patient access with global payer and regulatory decision makers.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure appropriate customer facing dissemination of HEOR materials per regulatory guidance and internal SOPs.
- Develop strategic partnerships and research collaborations with key external experts, healthcare policy makers, payers, and various academic and community oncology settings to support asset strategies.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
- Graduate degree required (e.g. MSc, MPH, PhD)
- Required: 9+ years of experience with MSc/MPH/MBA degree; 7+ years with PharmD/PhD in HEOR or relevant related fields (health economics, epidemiology, health services research, or other research-focused public health field).
- Demonstrated in-depth understanding of fundamental health services research methods and tools, including health economic modeling, patient-reported outcomes, statistics, and real-world evidence studies including technical and methodological aspects of registries and observational study design, implementation, analysis and interpretation. Capable of independently managing complex non-interventional study projects.
- Knowledge and understanding of drug development process is strongly preferred
- Knowledge and experience in the oncology therapeutic area is preferred, with solid tumor experience desirable
- Experience with HTA organizations such as NICE, CADTH, PBAC, ICER and other HTA groups is desirable
- Excellent interpersonal skills required: ability to understand and respond to multiple internal and external customers
- Excellent oral and written English communication skills required
- Demonstrated ability to assess anticipated value for projects/programs to ensure alignment to business priorities and prioritize accordingly
- An “execution mindset” focused on getting things done quickly and simply
- Strong project management abilities (contracting, budgeting, vendor management) essential. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects (multitask) involving complex processes, significant budget, competing deadlines and rapidly shifting priorities
- Ability to influence key members of medical, clinical, and commercial teams constructively and without conflict
- Skilled in functioning within a matrix organization where managing through influence is required
- Organized and detail oriented with the ability to anticipate needs and to work proactively to prioritize & address/resolve
- Change oriented, comfortable responding to unexpected demands with tight timelines; team player
Other Job Details:
- Last Date to Apply for Job: September 3, 2024
- Eligible for employee referral bonus
- Position is hybrid and will require to work 2 to 3 days per week from site
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally depending on business needs
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Sunshine Act
Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
EEO & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.
