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Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research
Employer: Med Exec International

Location: Northern, New Jersey

Date Posted: 08/21/2009
Expiration Date: 12/31/2009

Degree Required: Masters
Major: Health Services Research, Policy & Administration

JOB SUMMARY: 
This person is responsible for developing the 
health economic and outcomes plans for the 
company’s products and ensures that these plans 
are aligned to the commercial strategy in order 
to help secure reimbursement; formulary listings; 
optimal pricing and optimal utilization. This 
person leads the strategy, design, implementation 
and delivery of health economics and outcomes 
studies by evaluating and demonstrating the value 
of products during development and post-launch. 
The individual has a good understanding of 
clinical development and commercialization 
process. The scope of responsibility includes all 
aspects of health economics and outcomes research 
strategy, tactics and communication utilizing 
data from retrospective database analyses, 
assessment of patient-report outcomes, and 
economic data from clinical trials, 
epidemiological studies and health economic 
modeling. 

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: 
You will develop, implement, and monitor health 
economics & outcomes research plans for pipeline 
and commercialized products. This could include 
strategic planning with cross-functional teams, 
project management of a CRO, coordination with 
CRA, securing contracts with outside vendors, 
taking receipt of data, analysis of data, and 
other duties as necessary to conduct health 
economics & outcomes research. You will 
participate on internal multi-disciplinary 
project teams related to health economics & 
outcomes research, including specific clinical 
development teams, pricing task force, marketing, 
etc. You will also lead the development of health 
economics & outcomes data communication materials 
(e.g. publications, slide kits, symposia), 
collaborating on multi-disciplinary teams 
involving New Product Planning; Finance; 
Marketing; Scientific Affairs; Clinical 
Development; Market Research; Biostatistics; 
Legal Affairs; and Regulatory Affairs, and 
managing all budget-related activities. 
Additionally, you will maintain knowledge about 
assigned disease states, products and the 
marketplace. Lastly, you will create health 
economics & outcomes materials used for formulary 
and reimbursement decisions as well as for 
optimal utilization and compliance.

QUALIFICATIONS: 
Qualified candidates will have an advanced degree 
(e.g., Doctorate or Master's), in a relevant 
discipline (health economics, medicine, pharmacy 
administration, public health, psychometrics, 
epidemiology, or allied discipline) is required. 
You must possess a minimum of 7 years experience 
in the healthcare or pharmaceutical industry, 
including 3 in the pharmaceutical industry. A 
minimum of 5 years experience in health economics 
& outcomes research is also required. Previous 
experience in cardiovascular and/or oncology is 
also preferred. Specific training in health 
economics and health related quality of life, 
disease or economic modeling, clinical trial 
methodology and design is ideal. 

This position requires approximately 30% travel.


APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Please send resume to-

Rosemarie Christopher
Med Exec International

rosechristopher@medexecintl.com

The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.