Director Value Analytics

As a leading pharmaceutical company AbbVie is constantly striving to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that address complex health issues and enhance peoples lives. Bringing a new drug to patients is a complex process that involves not only scientific research and development but also navigating regulatory hurdles Access and reimbursement decisions as well as Pricing negotiations. In todays healthcare landscape decisionmakers are increasingly focused on demonstrating the value of new treatments and AbbVie recognizes the importance of providing robust evidence to support its products.

To address this need AbbVie is establishing a new function: Value Analytics Center within Global Value and Evidence (V&E). This team will be responsible for building and leading an evidence synthesis economic modeling and HTA and value assessment analytics capability. By bringing together experts in these areas AbbVie will be able to develop a comprehensive understanding of the value of its products from a clinical humanistic and economic perspective. With this new function a new way of working will be introduced with modelling evidence teams led by the Value Analytics Center bringing together cross functional partners in global us and international functions and business units to cocreate robust modeling evidence for internal and external stakeholders.

The Value Analytics Center will play a critical role in informing internal Access strategies pricing and reimbursement decisions as well as HTA and value assessment submissions. By providing robust evidence to support these decisions AbbVie will be wellpositioned to secure positive recommendations and listings negotiate with payers and secure/maintain access to its treatments for patients. In addition the Value Analytics Center team will help AbbVie stay industry leading by developing inhouse expertise and creativity to demonstrate the value of its products to Access stakeholders and the overall Health care system ensuring patient access to AbbVies innovative medicines. Overall the Value Analytics Center capability is essential to AbbVies longterm success in the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.

Role leads and manages a team of researchers/analysts to support multiple programs/products in a key therapeutic area. The role will partner crossfunctionally to drive the value of HE and evidencesynthesis and HTA analytics for pipeline and inline products and will guide and align multiple modelling teams towards a common goal. Position applies methodological and analytical expertise to understand the value of AbbVie products within a TA and how best to demonstrate this from a portfolio perspective.

Responsibilities

1. Provides regular performance feedback development and coaching to direct reports 48.
2. Lead and facilitate the sharing of best practices and key learnings across affiliates and crossfunctional partners within a TA to build institutional knowledge.
3. Drive TA leadership in using evidencesynthesis and health economics to demonstrate clinical and economic value. Ensure optimal utilization of modelling evidence through strong partnership with teams generating payer & promotional materials across whole TA.
4. Monitors project progress facilitates prioritization of teams activities and ensures appropriate resource allocation within assigned TA.
5. Builds and maintains strong relationships with internal stakeholders and organizational leaders including international Market Access and Pricing (iMAP) affiliate Area and US Market Access international Health Technology Assessment( iHTA) strategy Health Economic Outcomes Research (HEOR) strategy RealWorld Evidence Center of Excellence (RWE CoE) Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) and DSS.
6. Oversee and/or lead multiple modelling teams (crossfunctional and multi countries) to source affiliate and other stakeholder needs develop strategic options and cocreate solutions.
7. Oversee and/or Lead the development of global Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR) Indirect Treatment Comparison (ITC) and/or Health Economic Models (HEM) in complex cases requiring innovative solutions.
8. Identify need for preliminary ITCs and HEMs to inform value proposition development pricing and commercial strategic forecast and decisions.

Qualifications :

1. Advanced degree MS/MSc/Mphil/MPH (required) or PhD (preferred) in Health Economics Epidemiology Statistics Biostatistics Public Health Econometrics or other related field
2. At least 10 years relevant experience primarily within pharmaceutical industry in Evidencesynthesis Health Economics Health Technology Assessment or related area
3. Ability to communicate effectively in a matrix environment and where appropriate step up and tactfully take ownership when there is no clear governance structure.
4. High goalorientation with the capability of seeing solutions rather than problems and to implement them quickly.
5. Expert knowledge of both health economics and evidencesynthesis disciplines as relevant to HTA pricing reimbursement and value assessment
6. Demonstrated ability to lead and influence in rapidly changing environment with multiple stakeholders.
7. Proven experience interacting with and/or delivering submissions to HTA agencies or other payer or decisionmaking bodies.
8. Skills and experience within one of the following core capabilities of the Value Analytics Center
   • Health economics
     • Economic modelling and budget impact analysis
     • Working handson knowledge of EXCEL for the development of economic models and/or BIMs including VBA
   • Evidencesynthesis
     • Designing SLR search strategies conducting feasibility analysis for Indirect comparisons
     • Critically appraise reporting of SLRs
   • Statistics
     • HTArelevant statistical methodologies for example indirect treatment comparisons survival analysis or utility estimation.
     • Working knowledge of statistical and data processing software (R preferred)

*Job Grades will be determined by the country in which payroll is based*

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 shortterm incentive programs. 

• This job is eligible to participate in our longterm 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 Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law. 

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