MSD HEOR Specialist Health Economics Outcomes Research 

Thailand, Bangkok 

112162707

Job Description

Delivery of company objectives

• Identification, analysis, and communication of economic barriers and gaps to access

• Determining outcomes research requirements and developing local data generation strategies in collaboration with a respective TA market access manager

• Preparing health technology assessment and dossiers for National listing of essential medicines (NLEM) and tendering submissions

• Analysing business environment, payer perceptions, and competitor pricing strategies

• Searching literature and critically reviewing, extracting and summarising relevant evidence

• Writing reports and presentations as part of the market access team

• Supporting the wider external affairs team to engage in evidence-based conversations with key stakeholders as appropriate

• Developing strategy and design, in collaboration with medical affairs, of local data generation studies

• Real world local data generation (LDG) projects:

  • Designing LDG projects in alignment with CORE.

  • Overseeing the data procurement, data analysis, and reporting.

  • Overseeing the publication of findings and dissemination of finding to commercial teams.

• Present at conferences on the topic of health economics and LDG findings to strengthen value and affordability cases to key leaders in the industry.

• Develop good relationships with KOLs based on a shared interest in research and scientific methodologies.

• Provide strategic input into market access and commercial plans

  • The building of models to explore different scenarios in order to inform strategic decisions. E.g. alternative reimbursement models, business case models for new product launches, pricing strategies, etc.

  • Assist with the analysis of current data and trends, partnering with the relevant market access managers in guiding the commercial teams on strategic decisions.

Leadership and strategic counsel

• Maintaining up-to-date internal knowledge of pricing, listing and tendering systems, including submissions of PARFs for senior leadership and Global approval

Education

• Background in science, business or economics – ie postgraduate qualification in a health-related field (e.g. policy, economics, biostatistics, epidemiology)

Experience

• Up to 3 years’ experience of health economics, outcomes research, and listing issues in the healthcare sector, academic setting, pharmaceutical industry or consulting

• Experience of developing value dossiers, submissions to payors or reimbursement bodies

• English language skills

• Relevant experience in a priority therapeutic area

Critical competencies for success

• Problem-solving skills:
  proven ability to analyze and address market access barriers

• Business acumen:
  ability to apply commercial management principles to achieve business outcomes

• Communication:
  ability to communicate findings in clear, compelling materials

• Knowledge of pharmaco-economics, health technology assessment, outcomes research:
  maintenance of up-to-date knowledge of health economics and the requirements of pricing, listing and tendering systems

• Teamwork:
  ability to work with others in the market access team to help them understand their needs and achieve their goals

Other personal characteristics

• Other desirable personal characteristics include being:

• Highly committed

• Able to engage a complex set of issues

• Attentive to detail

• Of impeccable integrity

• Calm under pressure

• Tenacity and resilience

• Digital savvy

• Superior communication skills on technical subjects.

• Ability to embrace a mindset of Networking, Empowering, Experimenting, Sharing & Learning, whilst maintaining focus on Purpose, High Integrity & Ethics, Patient-Focus and Diversity & Inclusiveness.

Current Contingent Workers apply

Not Applicable

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