Your responsibilities will include:
- Support implementation of health economic and value selling strategies and activities for Boston Scientific (BSC) working with divisional staff and key internal and external stakeholders:
- Develop and implement reimbursement, health economics and market access, and value selling strategies to promote growth in the WATCHMAN franchise.
- Work in partnership with sales and sales leadership to plan and prioritize customer visits to deliver value selling messages to drive BSC priorities.
- Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Clinical and Health Economics teams to anticipate market needs and inform the development of customer-facing tools, economic models and other tactical elements of reimbursement to maximize patient access to BSC technologies.
- Educate and train sales team on health economic tools and messaging both via in-person and virtual meetings.
- Support relationships with local physician champions to support interactions with hospital administrators.
- Ensure health economic and value selling methodologies and messages are consistent across the organization and compliant with legal and regulatory guidance.
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and 5 or more years of work experience.
- Minimum 3 years working in the delivery and/or administration of healthcare or the medical device industry, preferably with experience in the cardiovascular specialties
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of the healthcare industry and healthcare systems
- Understanding of medical device industry reimbursement environment
- Understanding of hospital financial systems and management practices
- Knowledge of US health care policy and payment systems, including Medicare and commercial payers, in inpatient and outpatient sites of service
- Ability to work independently and effectively with minimal supervision
- Demonstrated skills in account management and customer service
- Computer literacy (Microsoft Office Suite, iPad applications)
- Field based position with overnight travel estimated at 75%
- Must reside in California, Oregon, Washington, or one of the neighboring states due to travel expectations and business requirements.
Preferred qualifications:
- An advanced degree such as an MBA, MPH or MHA in health policy, health economics, healthcare administration, health services research, or similar discipline is highly desired.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills including developing relationships at all levels in an organization and directly influencing business objectives
- Ability to present complex health economic information to both large and small influential groups in a way that is both easy to understand, credible, and engages the audience
- Perform with composure in sometimes contentious meetings with external customers
- Effectively operate financial calculators in order to demonstrate to customers how Boston Scientific products will impact their facility or healthcare system economically and financially
Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status. Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements. As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.