Director - Global HEOR - Neuroscience - AbbVie - Chicago

Job description
Key Responsibilities Include:

• Oversee Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) Neuroscience Therapeutic Area team, which has global responsibility for demonstrating the Health-economic value of AbbVie pharmaceutical products.
• Responsible for strategic research plans and agendas, execution of studies and projects within those plans.
• Plans and project execution responsibility at a level of quality which is able to withstand external review by Health technology agencies and peer reviewed journals.

• Guide and council across TA worldwide management and senior leadership of the HEOR aspects of product value across the multiple indications of the relevant TAs. Ensure for all New Drug Products (NDPs), the right HEOR data are provided at the right time for PLT Milestone decision-making.
• In the post-marketing setting, this position is responsible for developing and executing HEOR product life-cycle and labeling strategies. Integrate the expressed needs for value demonstration from customers (payors, physicians and patients), the direction of the commercial organization in product marketing and the realities of the science surrounding a product in developing strategies.
• Assume full scientific HEOR strategic support of commercialization activities including the facilitation of obtaining and maintaining market access and growing the market.
• The Director communicates the findings to internal leadership (Executive Leadership, Area VPs, GMs etc.) and external (e.g., HTAs/Payors, patient (advocacy groups) and KOLs etc.).
• The Director is accountable for the creation of strategic plans for all products within the TAs for which he/she has oversight and to ensure strategic plans within his/her TAs are constantly relevant to product development and the marketplace.
• The Director directs the design, conduct, and analysis of projects within each product area strategy across multiple programs for multiple Therapeutic Areas. He/she is accountable for project execution and budget.
• NDP Development – directs, develops, organizes, and implements the HEOR strategy with concurrence of functional management to allow the development of each NDP to proceed expeditiously and smoothly toward registration, PR&A and market launch in compliance with national and international governmental regulations for various programs for multiple Therapeutic Areas.
• Drive the design and aggressive execution of a high quality HEOR program supporting the therapeutic area strategy for pipeline products as well as on-market products that effectively and efficiently meets ethical, scientific, regulatory, commercial, and quality requirements.

Key Leadership Competencies:
Builds strong relationships with peers and cross functionally with partners outside of team to enable higher performance
Learns, fast, grasps the 'essence' and can change the course quickly where indicated
Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo
Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement
Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation and manages innovation to reality

Desired Skills and Experience
Basic:
• Masters degree/fellowship in health economics or related discipline, however PhD is preferred.
• Typically 5+ years of clinical development experience in the pharmaceutical industry, CRO, academia or other health related consulting company plus having expert knowledge in a relevant therapeutic specialty
• Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment. Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy.
• The Director by definition must perform at times in previously uncharted territory with few, if any, established guidelines or procedures. At other times, exceedingly complex governmental rules and regulations must be followed.
• For problems surrounded by complex rules and regulations, the Director must be able to direct compliance knowledgeably and expeditiously. Additionally, this person must be able to interact successfully with senior management globally (Executive staff, Area VPs, GMs etc.) and act as the HEOR project/group champion and spokesperson.
• The Director must be able to develop creative and effective solutions to inter- and intra-project priority conflicts, resource constraints and other problems which may impact project or group goals and deliverables across multiple programs.
• Experience leading complex products and/or clinical development in support of pipeline development and on-market product support.
• Clinical research experience strongly recommended; within pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• High goal-orientation with the ability to see solutions rather than problems as projects encounter the inevitable ups and downs associated with new drug development or on-market product support.
• The Director must be a self- starter and have a strong desire to see projects achieve commercial success.
• Extensive knowledge of the global regulatory, HTA and PR&A landscape, as well as understanding of other development-related functions as they relate to all phases of drug development.
• Skills to perform the dual roles of leading a cross functional team and managing scientific personnel in clinical research.

Preferred:
• Additional PhD in Economics, Econometrics, or (pharmaco) epidemiology or any other related field.

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