Associate Director, Health Economics Modeling
Johnson & Johnson
- Beerse, Antwerpen
- Vast
- Voltijds
- Lead the development (from concept to programming and final reporting), refinement and adaptation of economic models including cost-effectiveness, budget impact and burden of illness models.
- The work will involve the in-house "hands-on" development of models as well as management and quality assurance and validation of work conducted by other people and external vendors.
- Will independently lead the conceptualization of the economic models, plan modeling strategies and identify proper data that are aligned with model strategies. Data sources include clinical trials, health-related quality of life studies, costing studies, systematic literature reviews and indirect treatment comparisons, retrospective database analyses, prospective physician or patient epidemiological studies.
- S/he may also draft the development and/or statistical analysis plans if additional data analysis is required for economic models.
- S/he will develop tools that explain and capture local data for the adaptation of models as well as develop high quality, user-friendly documentation (technical report and presentation file) for the end-users. This role will also co-lead with brand and functional leaders in the country rollout and training of global models. Strong intellectual curiosity and creativity as well as the ability to collaborate across diverse cross-functional and cross-regional teams are critical attributes for the role.
- S/he will support the preparation of the relevant sections of reimbursement submissions/dossiers and technical assessment documents. S/he will also be required to lead and/or prepare abstracts and conference presentations, as well as manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
- A post-graduate qualification in an appropriate field (Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Economics, Economics/Commerce, Public Health, Health Administration or Operations Research) is preferred.
- A minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience in Health Economics or Outcomes Research and at least 3 years of experience in HE modeling is required.
- Advanced skills with Excel and Visual Basic programming for modeling is also required.
- Strong quantitative skills with a deep understanding of indirect treatment comparison methodology, statistical analysis of clinical trials and observational studies are preferred.
- An understanding of the reimbursement requirements for key international markets is required and experience with reimbursement submissions to managed care or national authorities is preferred.
- The successful candidate will have strong written and oral communication skills and be able to demonstrate collaboration and teaming skills while working within cross-functional international teams.