HEOR Sr. Specialist

Job Description

Our Human Health Division maintains a “patient first, profits later” ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.  

Our Market Access team monitor population demographics and develop solutions to give patients access to our medicines. We act as both educators and advocates for our products, processes, and practices that help us revolutionize how our medicines create value in society.  

This position is responsible for designing and developing the local strategy for Health Economics, Pricing and Reimbursement Plans Aligned to marketing/commercial strategies based on the use of data by:

• Creating analytic models and data products that support the needs of Market Access
• Generating and communicating insights based on analyses leading to meaningful business outcomes.
• Creating/adapting Health Economics evaluations for new launches and implementing a continuous update of economic evaluations for core indications
• Implementing reimbursement strategies and budget impacts to reduce time to market (especially for new launches); we will be able to achieve a broad market access for our products in the government market.
• Manage the corresponding internal authorizations for the processes of adaptation, modification, and publication of our portfolio value propositions
• Support the development of innovative access proposals that accelerate the penetration of our portfolio in the public & private market by providing data insights
• Conduct Non-interventional Local Data Generation studies (LDGs) within market access scope and according to global SOPs

Qualifications

Education:

• Masters (preferred) or bachelor’s degree in Economics, Actuarial Sciences, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.

Required Experience:

• Proven experience in health economics (3 to 5 years)
• Demonstrated quantitative experience and expertise in solving complex business challenges through modeling and simulation
• Experience in developing Markov models, survival analysis and decision tree models
• Mandatory knowledge in health economics and outcomes research (HEOR)
• Expertise and solid hands-on experience in the conceptualization, design, development, and dissemination of data products to enable internal and external decisions.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills with ability to interact with individuals from a variety of disciplines
• Understanding of the market access environment and challenges in Mexico preferred
• Strong understanding of what makes a model tick
• Strong knowledge of public data sources in Mexico
• Good problem-solving skills and leadership in cross-functional projects
• Strong interpersonal communication skills/ project management skills/ good command of English at a business level.
• Excel and statistics expertise to handle health economics and data analysis.
• Programming skills in R, Python and/or Visual Basic. (prefered)
• Advanced level of english

What we look for …

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Required Skills:

Actuarial Science, Actuarial Science, Adaptability, Business, Business Administration, Commercial Strategies, Cost Effectiveness Analysis, Data Analysis, Digital Analytics, Direct Marketing, Healthcare Reimbursement, Health Economic Modeling, Health Economics, Health Economics Research, Health Outcomes Research, Health Policy Analysis, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationships, Management Process, Market Access, Market Research, Medical Economics, Outcomes Research, Pricing Processes {+ 4 more}

 Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

06/30/2025

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