Global HEOR manager

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare with leading businesses and products in diagnostics medical devices nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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Abbott is a global healthcare leader creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott you can do work that matters grow and learn care for yourself and your family be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity working mothers female executives and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position is an office based or remote opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier happier lives.   As a global leader in diabetes care Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers.  Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure track and analyze glucose levels.

As a global Health Economics and Outcomes Research manager your primary responsibility is to support market access activities for the ADC portfolio with the aim of ensuring strong brand uptake and growth worldwide specifically by developing and delivering HEOR strategies and tactics that target the multiple stakeholders who make or influence decisions on the funding and use of ADC products. They will work in close collaboration with key cross functional partners primarily in EMEA region but also across the US LATAM and APAC regions to initiate and execute Health Economic analyses Outcomes Research/RWE studies and Market Access initiatives to maximize and protect patient access globally across the product life cycle. This team member will be highly experienced and knowledgeable in delivering departmental strategy through creation and maintenance of tools and resources education and training on reimbursement principles and building relationships both internally and externally with co-workers physicians and health economic opinion leaders. They will serve as a “content expert” on issue related to HEOR and HTA; they will have responsibility for scientific soundness of activities and ensure outcomes aligned with Global and regional payer needs. They will partner with a worldwide community of well recognized experts/KOLs to ensure the development of state-of-the-art Health Economic and Outcomes Research studies. Key internal customers may include global affiliate MA leads new product planning teams clinical science and operations medical affairs marketing commercial teams and Government Affairs. Key external customers may include provider customers (physicians registry or database director hospital economic buyers…) private payers HTA body government agencies physician societies KOLs and industry trade associations. This is a office based or US remote opportunity.

What You'll Do

• Ensure alignment of key internal stakeholders (commercial RWE medical and clinical teams) on business priorities and Health Economics & Outcomes Research / market access projects.

• Initiate and execute Health Economic analyses Outcomes Research/RWE studies and Market Access initiatives to maximize and protect patient access globally across the product life cycle.

• Lead cross functional team on the development and adaptation of HEOR projects.

• Ensure publication of relevant high-quality data in impactful Health Economics & Outcomes Research publications (including presentation of findings at scientific congresses key internal cross functional workshop/forum and manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals).

• Coordinate with countries to best leverage published data to maximize the benefit for ADC.

• Represent ADC in Global external institutions ensuring impactful collaboration on common priorities.

• Execution of HEOR strategy for FreeStyle Libre portfolio of products and new ADC product development.

• Work closely and co-ordinate with Market Access colleagues to deliver health economic analyses and Outcomes Research/RWE studies that are aligned with this strategy.

• In the current environment reimbursement policies have a significant impact on patients manufacturers retailers distributors physicians and any healthcare provider. Failure to recognize reimbursement changes and opportunities may result in significant loss of revenue for new and existing products. This unique position encompasses total ADC responsibility for numerous facets of global reimbursement & payer engagement.

• TRAVEL: Approximately 25%

Experience You'll Bring

Required

• B.A. or B.S. Degree Masters Degree in Business Administration Public Health PharmD Health Policy Pharmaco-Epidemiology or Health Economics preferred.

• At least 7 years’ experience in consulting healthcare pharmaceuticals industry or CRO (contract research organization) within pharmacoepidemiology HEOR or market access.

• Expertise in Health Economics and/or in Outcomes Research pharmacoepidemiology evidence-based medicine competitive effectiveness research and peer review publication process. Broad knowledge of HTA payers/ private payers reimbursement / OUS and US experience desired. Previous experience in market access desired.

• Understanding of health care policy; strategic understanding of the business and strategic thinking.

• Experience working with KOLs with ability to develop strong positive external relationships.

Preferred

• Thorough understanding of public and commercial payer models in one country preferably in EMEA or US covering reimbursement concepts (e.g. coverage coding and payment) clinical and economic evidence needs of decision makers.

• Strong knowledge base re: international health systems and payment schemes.

• Understanding of evidence-based medicine and study design.

• Understanding of design and use of common health economic analyses.

• Ability to analyze information and to assess impact of reimbursement policies on ADC.

• Understanding of medical / clinical research methods and publication interpretation and ability to use evidence to support value proposition.

• Set Vision and Strategy; Excellent interpersonal and communication skill; Drive for Results. Self-starter with ability to work independently under the guidance of senior staff.

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Divisional Information

Medical Devices

General Medical Devices:

Our medical devices help more than 10000 people have healthier hearts improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders and liberate more than 500000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

CRM

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.

Diabetes

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Vascular

Abbott Vascular provides innovative minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

Neuromodulation

Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

Structural Heart

Structural Heart Business Mission:  why we exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

EP

In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

HF

In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business we’re developing solutions to diagnose monitor and manage heart failure allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Diagnostics

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments providing lab results for millions of people.

Abbott Molecular is a leader in molecular diagnostics and the analysis of DNA RNA and proteins at the molecular level.

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key heath and therapeutic areas including infections disease cardiometabolic informatics and toxicology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals laboratories and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.

Nutrition

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac® PediaSure® Pedialyte® Ensure® and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

The base pay for this position is

$97300.00 – $194700.00

In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Market Access

DIVISION:

ADC Diabetes Care

LOCATION:

United States of America : Remote

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes 25 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf