Director, HEOR Oncology Research Scientist

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Position Summary:

The Oncology Medical Affairs team has an immediate opening for a Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) Scientist. The demand for high-quality economic and outcomes research (HEOR) and real-world evidence (RWE) to support drug development, health technology assessment/access decisions, product differentiation, and clinical decision-making continues to grow. Because of this heightened need, this team is seeking a talented individual who is energetic, creative, diverse, influential, and collaborative, to join the HEOR Oncology function and Team Lilly.

This HEOR scientist will serve as a technical lead, be expected to provide strategic insight and leadership into the health outcomes (HO) evidence needs (e.g., health economics, access and reimbursement) for the Lilly Oncology Breast portfolio, among other pipeline projects per the business’ needs. This scientist’s duties may range from developing and articulating product-value propositions, patient-reported outcomes strategies, real-world evidence generation, and differentiation strategies using HO research, and people leadership. This researcher will leverage their knowledge of health outcomes disciplines, therapeutic-area knowledge of disease states in the Lilly portfolio, comprehension of drug development and commercialization, and geographic market learning in this role. Research project ownership and execution is required.

Responsibilities:

Strategy

• Drives sustained integration of HEOR from early-clinical development through commercialization
• Develops and oversees HO research strategy for Lilly Oncology portfolio compounds.
• Serves as a strategic partner on lead/core teams throughout development and/or commercialization lifecycles
• Formulates and drives Patient-Focused Outcome, Real-World Evidence, and/or economic-value strategies for priority products and geographies
• Ensures team is working on strategic and business-critical projects.

Study Development and Execution

• Executes bold high-impact science for products across the lifecycle, to influence and support evidence needs for Lilly products in support of improving patient outcomes.
• Applies technical expertise (e.g., scope or depth in statistical analysis, economic modeling, clinical trials, PFO development, observational/epidemiologic research, and health technology or other value assessment) to execute HEOR. 
• Applies disease-state knowledge and research methods to solve HO issues associated with registration, pricing, reimbursement, and access initiatives.

Organizational Leadership and Influence

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior scientists and colleagues in HEOR methodologies and best practices.
• Communicates technical expertise with business acumen in a simple, succinct way.
• Leads HO evidence planning and implementation in collaboration with cross-functional teams across the development and commercialization lifecycle.
• Integrates and influences key business partners around HEOR prioritization, trade-offs, and recommendations to achieve strategic goals.
• Provides consultation, input, and strategic direction about how to leverage HEOR to the enterprise
• Triages business partners’ requests with excellent prioritization and timeliness.

Information Dissemination

• Communicates HO information to internal business partners, the scientific community, and customers, adapted for the audience and in a timely manner.
• Leads research dissemination strategies and communication efforts including abstracts, posters, podium presentations, promotional materials, and manuscripts.
• Plans for, aligns, and drives application of results/deliverables to increase the impact of HO work
• Establishes key talking points about teams’ research and work that directly relates back to business and patient need.

Environmental Awareness

• Maintains awareness of significant developments in disease states in the Lilly portfolio and HO field including current HO methodologies, HO applications, and other issues as appropriate for the position.
• Anticipates and evaluates future market needs and trends for HO information within pertinent therapeutic area and geography of interest.
• Monitors and influences internal and external environmental factors that shape and impact generation and use of HO research.

Project Management

• Ensures HO projects meet timelines, budget, and scope by coordinating research efforts with cross-functional Lilly business partners and external collaborators as appropriate.

Basic Requirements:

• Doctorate (PhD, MD) with 5+ years of experience in creating, executing, and delivering outcomes strategies/projects.

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

Additional Preferences:

• Understanding of health care systems in at least one of: US, Europe, Asia
• Understanding of and experience with health care delivery models and clinical research
• Technical and analytic capabilities in one or more of the following areas: economic modeling, economic evaluation, cost-effectiveness evaluation, patient focused outcomes, real world evidence, burden of disease, epidemiology, statistics, health care policy
• Demonstrated ability to drive research agendas to completion and dissemination.
• Ability to think and act globally with a customer focus and a solution orientation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate within and across teams.
• Strong comprehension and communication skills including the ability to translate and disseminate complex scientific information in a clear and concise manner.

Additional Information:

• Location is flexible in desired geography.
• This role has supervisory and individual contribution components to it.
• Domestic and international travel may be necessary.

• Lilly currently anticipates that the base salary for this position could range from between $153,000 to $224,400 and will depend, in part, on the successful candidate’s qualifications for the role, including education and experience. Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Of course, the compensation described above is subject to change and could be higher or lower than the range described above. Further, Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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