Outcomes Research

Tokyo - Japan

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

We aim to become the premier researchintensive biopharmaceutical company by through the following priorities:

Investing in strengthening and accelerating our pipeline to deliver lifechanging products
Demonstrating value to stakeholders and expanding access to solutions that address unmet medical needs
Driving innovation and productivity enabled by digital and data
Investing in the growth success and wellbeing of our people

The requesting position develops and executes the Value & Implementation Plan (V&I Plan) for assigned our company assets across some therapeutic areas (no TA specialization required). This role is responsible for generating synthesizing and communicating evidence to maximize product value and support market access pricing and reimbursement.

Key Responsibilities

Plan and execute HEOR strategy as the V&I Plan for assigned assets including value hypotheses evidence generation timelines and implementation
Conduct a country adaptation of costeffectiveness and budget impact analyses to support pricing and reimbursement and to meet HTA expectations
Develop core HEOR deliverables:
- Value dossiers and payer evidence materials for Japan HTA
- Economic models (CEA/CUA budget impact) and model adaptations for Japan
- Systematic/scoping literature reviews and indirect treatment comparisons/NMA
- Retrospective database analyses and realworld evidence (RWE) studies
Translate field and payer insights into actionable evidence plans; identify access barriers demand hurdles and evidence gaps and propose solutions
Coordinate crossfunctional collaboration with Medical Pricing & Market Access Policy Clinical Development and Field/Marketing teams to align on evidence needs and delivery
Manage external vendors and budgets; ensure methodological rigor fitforpurpose design and compliance with relevant guidelines and HTA standards
Prepare clear audienceappropriate communications (slides summaries publications) and support internal/external presentations including payer interactions as needed

Qualifications

Education:

Doctoral degree from a recognized school of medicine public health management pharmacy or economics - OR - Masters Degree required from a recognized school of medicine public health life science pharmacy or economics.

Required:

3 or more years relevant experience in the areas of health economics outcomes research epidemiology market access HTA or related field
Strong leadership project management and strategic thinking skills
A track record of scientific presentations and publications
Business level of English and Japanese

Preferred:

Good understanding of HTA/reimbursement and market access needs in Japan

Required Skills:

Data Analysis Epidemiology Health Economics Health Outcomes Research Outcomes Research Public Health Stakeholder Relationship Management Strategic Planning

Preferred Skills:

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

06/30/2026

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Job DescriptionWe aim to become the premier researchintensive biopharmaceutical company by through the following priorities:Investing in strengthening and accelerating our pipeline to deliver lifechanging productsDemonstrating value to stakeholders and expanding access to solutions that address unme...