Health Economics, Reimbursement and Outcomes Chapter - Health Outcomes Partner
Successful individuals in this role are expected to be highly motivated and enthusiastic, possessing a strong technical understanding and skillset of health economic and real world evidence research and application, with exceptional attention to detail. They have a passion for creating high-quality deliverables which support in critically evaluating and demonstrating the value of our medicines to national and sub-national payers and related stakeholders. They will actively engage in all stages of access evidence development, including early exploration of pipeline plans to identify evidence gaps; economic model review and assessment of value drivers; real world evidence study design and implementation; and effective communication of findings internally and externally. They will proactively develop their project management, leadership, and strategic thinking capabilities to identify creative opportunities and solutions to challenges presented. Individuals will demonstrate thought leadership by publishing their work, and feeding in to external consultations of relevance.

The Health Outcomes Partner is responsible for:
Evidence Generation:

• Understands evidence needs across the product lifecycle, ranging from early pipeline to UK reimbursement/launch and post-launch uptake phases.
• Critically appraises clinical trial designs and anticipated evidence delivery plans to identify evidence gaps specific for the UK and develop appropriate evidence generation solutions for access.
• Utilises health economic models to identify value drivers of decision making to identify appropriate evidence generation solutions for access
• Leads the execution of real-world evidence studies covering clinical, economic and humanistic (quality of life, utility/disutility, patient preference, costing) data.
• Tailors outputs where appropriate and necessary to health economic value drivers.
• Selects vendors based on a critical assessment of proposals (including scientific expertise and budget considerations), and oversees vendors in the execution of real-world studies.

Market Access, Collaboration & Communication:

• Contributes to the overall access strategy to ensure optimal patient access following positive reimbursement decisions.
• Develops strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve balanced, progressive, and commercially viable outcomes.
• Takes a prominent role in cross-functional teams, ensuring access considerations are integral to brand strategy and tactics.
• Strong stakeholder collaboration within affiliate, global and cross-affiliate to identify where evidence generation opportunities can be optimised and developed for broader impact
• Ability to interpret, tailor and communicate outputs in a compelling manner to all stakeholders

Knowledge Building:

• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of UK reimbursement processes and evidence requirements.
• Builds skills and capabilities in synthesising and generating real-world data.

Roche WoW:

• Works collaboratively and shares expertise across the organisation to remove silos and duplication, ensure efficient use of similar skill-sets, and to ultimately support common pursuit of the North Star.
• Acts as a guardian for high standards of compliance, ethics and safety; putting patients at the centre of all actions by consistent business behaviour that complies with applicable laws, industry codes and Roche’s Code of Conduct.
• Owns their development to ensure they are continually growing skills and capabilities within their Chapter (and where appropriate, in other Chapters) in line with their passion and the needs of the organisation (present and future).
• Increasingly demonstrates the VACC (Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, Coach) roles, as they develop their personal skills and capabilities, to positively support colleagues.

Requirements

• Post-graduate degree in health economics, statistics, life sciences or related field
• Detailed understanding of the role of HEOR within the NHS and pharmaceutical industry, including a deep understanding of the methods, processes and timelines of UK reimbursement processes
• Ability to develop and execute payer evidence generation strategies for specific brands or above-brand projects in support of national reimbursement in a timely, high quality and fit-for-purpose manner
• Ability to design, implement and manage payer evidence generation projects (including RWE) either through internal capability (Country Clinical Ops) or through effective selection and management of external vendors
• Ability to collaborate and communicate with cross-functional teams, and to work at a strategic level within cross-functional team
• Ability to use AI in everyday work to build efficiencies
• High quality demonstrable technical writing and communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical data into understandable language tailored to the relevant stakeholders

Who we are
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche Products Ltd. At Roche Products we believe diversity drives innovation and we are committed to building a diverse and flexible working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age. We recognise the importance of flexible working and will review all applicants’ requests with care. At Roche difference is valued and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work.