Director of Health Economics / Directress of Health Economics

Job Title: Global Lead - Health Economics

Accountabilities

• Serve as the global leader for the development of health economics models for vaccines in collaboration with external vendors to support market access across a wide range of countries.
• Lead the health economics components of global value dossiers and payer value narratives aimed at addressing local access challenges.
• Conduct training sessions for local operating companies (LOCs) on health economic models.
• Co-lead the timely and strategic written responses to National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) and payers, in conjunction with the medical team.
• Support LOC Health Technology Assessment (HTA) submissions and negotiations with payers.
• Facilitate evidence generation activities to support HTA submissions.

Responsibilities

• Drive outcomes-driven project management for key global health economic deliverables.
• Strategically develop health economics models that cater to diverse market needs, including provincial and national reimbursement strategies in Europe and emerging markets in Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region.
• Lead the creation of health economic components for essential access materials (e.g., Global Value Dossier, value messages), ensuring alignment with local market access requirements.
• Effectively manage external consultants, overseeing RFP processes, selection, contract execution, budget management, and providing strategic guidance as the main liaison between Takeda's internal strategy and external project delivery.
• Exhibit leadership within cross-functional teams while resolving challenges related to material development.
• Establish and communicate timelines, proactively mitigating potential obstacles through timely escalation.
• Anticipate issues and implement proactive solutions as necessary.
• Utilize strong analytical skills for critical appraisal of clinical evidence for value propositions and health economic modeling, including model structure, input parameters, and sensitivity analyses.
• Finalize health economic models, ensuring they fulfill internal commercial objectives and comply with external payer requirements.
• Develop supplementary evidence for HTA submissions, collaborating with Medical Affairs, Epidemiology, and other relevant functions.
• Co-lead the NITAG HTA taskforce and craft timely written responses to inquiries from NITAGs and payers, considering the broader strategic context.
• Train LOCs on materials necessary to support HTA submissions, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of health economics challenges in local markets.
• Engage with global cross-functional teams to foster partnerships and ensure alignment on health economic projects.
• Promote advocacy and awareness through managing publications relating to cost-effectiveness results and the broader value of vaccines.
• Identify health economic challenges and explore innovative solutions, demonstrating a willingness to challenge conventional thinking.
• Monitor trends in the health economics field and contribute to discussions within health economics networks and professional groups.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in Health Economics, Epidemiology, or Statistics.
• Proven track record of delivering HTA submissions and health economic models within a consultancy or pharmaceutical setting.
• Strong strategic thinking skills with a history of defining and implementing health economics strategies across the business.
• Excellent leadership and influencing capabilities, able to drive consensus without direct authority.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• A strong enthusiasm for success and the capacity to work independently on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrate solid ethical standards.
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, approximately 10% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of vaccines, particularly dengue.
• Experience navigating HTA submission processes and access challenges in Latin America and Asia-Pacific regions.
• Familiarity with WHO and PAHO reviews.
• Motivated to showcase the full value of vaccines and influence health economics to address current challenges, including opportunities for publication and participation in relevant networks.

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