Group Director - Health Economics and Payer Evidence, CVRM

Are you a passionate team leader with expertise in health economics and payer evidence? Would you like to apply your experience in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then join us!

Working at AstraZeneca means being entrepreneurial, thinking big, and working together to make the impossible a reality. We're focused on the potential of science to address the unmet needs of patients around the world. We commit to those areas where we think we can really change the course of medicine and bring big new ideas to life. We continuously forge partnerships that help pursue world-class medicines in new ways, combining our people's exceptional skills with those of people from all over the globe.

We are seeking a Group Director - Health Economics and Payer Evidence (HEPE) to join our Global Market Access and Pricing (GMAP) function focused on our Cardiovascular, Renal, Metabolic (CVRM) portfolio. The GMAP team within AstraZeneca leads by shaping the payer environment; creating and delivering highly valued market access solutions to unlock the potential of our life-changing medicines for patients.

What you'll do
In this role, you will lead and manage a team of specialists and be responsible for seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough HEPE strategies for payers.

With your ability to connect people you'll provide leadership and strategic direction to the development of an extraordinary HEPE capability as a member of the CVRM Global Therapeutic Area Payer Team. Working cross-functionally and within a global environment you'll maintain a high standard and level of knowledge and understanding regarding payer evidence requirements - scientific, clinical and commercial developments within CVRM. You'll participate in appropriate external forums i.e. special interest groups of relevant organizations to advances AstraZeneca's reputation and expertise in pricing and reimbursement planning and evidence generation.

Essential for the role

* Proven leadership promoting motivation and empowerment of others in order to accomplish individual, team and organisational objectives
* Strategic knowledge of global healthcare systems and how their changing needs for health economics and payer evident could influence skills development
* Knowledge of drug development and/or commercialization within the pharmaceutical/medical industry
* Understanding diverse pricing and reimbursement processes in order to maximise reimbursement opportunities through appropriate and timely payer evidence generation and analytics
* Deep understanding and ability to interpret clinical and statistical data
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, negotiation, collaboration and interpersonal skills
* Good problem solving and conflict resolution skills
* Degree in relevant field such as outcomes research, health services research, epidemiology, health economics, health policy or related fields

Desirable for the role

An in-depth experience of the therapy area as well as expertise on clinical trial and RWE methodologies is a great plus.

Why AstraZeneca?
Here you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to patients' lives. With science at its heart, this is the place where breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicines - for the world's most complex diseases. There's no better time to join our global, growing enterprise as we lead the way for healthcare and society. Ultimately, it's more than a job. We know that our work impacts people with serious conditions, many of whom have no other alternatives. That's what drives us - the potential to impact over one billion patients worldwide.

So, what's next!

Does this sound like your next challenge? Apply today!

We look forward to find out more about you. Send in your application as soon as possible, but no later than March 3rd, 2022.

Where can I find out more?

Gothenburg site: https://www.astrazeneca.com/our-science/gothenburg.html
Cambridge site: https://www.astrazeneca.com/our-science/cambridge.html
Gaithersburg site: https://www.astrazeneca.com/our-science/gaithersburg.html