Associate Director, International HTA Strategy Oncology

Job Description

Advances in scientific and technological research are opening up new, promising treatments for previously difficult to treat diseases, increasing the demand on already constrained healthcare budgets.

The challenging economic and political environment is leading Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agencies and payers to demand better outcomes at lower cost to overall health system.

To succeed in this environment, we (AbbVie) need to fully understand market value drivers, identify the evidence required for Pricing, Reimbursement and Access (PRA), and work with the evidence generating functions to ensure that evidence generated will support successful HTA outcome and PRA negotiations.

The International HTA Strategy team was established to realize the full value of our assets by strategically informing drug development, evidence generation and HTA submissions, aligned with HTA / payer needs.

The primary goals of the function are to ensure HTA evidence requirements are considered early in the development of Abbvie assets and a robust and aligned HTA strategy across the organization in order to ensure the successful launch of Abbvie assets.

Key responsibilities :

• Develop HTA insights collaborating with key affiliates to understand Access Evidence requirements for specific diseases and assets.
• Support early affiliate engagement (Early Touchpoint process) on behalf of IMAP (International Market Access and Pricing) to help inform (registrational) clinical develop programs.
• Consult HTA recommendation databases, develop HTA / payer engagement plans and gather insights from early scientific advice from HTA agencies and other external experts.
• Internal stakeholders include : IMAP; Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research; Affiliates; Areas; R&D; Commercial;

Medical and Regulatory; Governance bodies.

• Support the development of global Payer evidence deliverables, working in close collaboration with global colleagues and external vendors.
• Support to areas / affiliates on local HTA submissions by providing strategic guidance and coordinating across evidence generation functions at global level (Medical Affairs, HEOR and Clinical Development) to answer questions from HTA agencies.

Qualifications

• The candidate must have at least 5 years of experience preferably in a variety of international market access / HTA related areas (including market access, managed care marketing, health economics, HTA, clinical development, biostatistics, or Medical Affairs).
• Bachelor’s degree with a preference for candidates with an advanced degree in health economics, life sciences, health service, or related discipline (MSc, PhD).
• An understanding of pricing and reimbursement processes for at least one key HTA market.
• Understanding of health economic and evidence synthesis concepts.
• Experience working within Oncology areas is a plus.
• Skilled in developing strategy to secure positive recommendations from influential HTA bodies.
• Experience of developing reimbursement submissions.
• Experience and strong ability in working collaboratively across matrix functions.
• Strong project management capability with adherence to strict timelines.
• Skilled in translating complex concepts into simple language.
• Experience of identifying and addressing evidence gaps relevant to demonstrating CE.
• Ability to work collaboratively across matrix functions.

Key Behaviors :

• Inspires and motivates others toward a shared purpose.
• Influences colleagues to achieve cross-functional alignment.
• Deals comfortably with risk and ambiguity, changing course when needed.
• Makes timely, high-quality decisions with less than perfect information.
• Sets clear strategies and robust implementation plans.
• Has ability to understand complex problems and translate into simple ideas and solutions.
• Acts respectfully yet courageously; says what needs to be said.
• Communicates openly and honestly with all colleagues.
• Connects unrelated concepts, generates original or unique ideas.
• Persistent and resilient finds the way to move good ideas forward.

Additional Information

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The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position.

Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range.

This range may be modified in the future.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical / dental / vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs

Note : No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.

The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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