Health Economist

Roles and responsibilities

• Responsible for developing, adapting, and analyzing health economic models, such as but not limited to cost-effectiveness models, budget impact models, and other decision-analytic models, to support health outcomes research and healthcare decision-making
• Work closely with internal cross functional team and external vendors and stakeholders including researchers, clinicians, payers, and regulatory agencies to ensure high quality of deliverables.
• Develop and adapt health economic models, including cost-effectiveness models (e.g., Markov, cohort, microsimulation) and budget impact models.
• Generate global-impact payer-relevant evidence, PRO, and evidence synthesis.
• Ensure delivery of global materials to support HTA submissions including the Global Value Dossier (GVD) and economic models (BIAs, COIs, CUAs, CEAs).
• Translate strategic objectives into concrete execution via HEOR project plan.
• Perform statistical and econometric analyses using clinical trial data, RWD, and claims databases to inform model inputs and assumptions.
• Conduct systematic literature reviews to identify data sources for model parameters, including costs, utilities, and clinical outcomes.
• Present model results and insights to internal and external stakeholders, explaining the implications of the results in an understandable manner.
• Conduct quality checks to ensure data accuracy in the economic model.
• Collate the reviewer's comments, revise the economic model as required based on internal/external input, and prepare the final version of the model along with the report.
• Exhibit flexibility in moving across development and preparation of multiple document types.
• Distinguish between critical and irrelevant pieces of scientific information during scoping and execution of projects.
• Gather relevant information from a variety of sources and generate insights with supervision.
• Soundly analyze qualitative data and interpret quantitative data.
• Ensure the robustness of models by conducting validation exercises, sensitivity analyses, and scenario analyses to test the credibility of results.
• Prepare detailed reports, manuscripts, posters, and presentations summarizing the model structure, methods, and findings for use in HTAs or publications.
• Excelling the programming and software tools (e.g., Excel, R, SAS, Python, VBA).
• Ensure all models are developed in line with best practices and guidelines from organizations like ISPOR, NICE, and other relevant bodies and best practices and guidelines.
• Support building infrastructure, resources, and tools to maximize process efficiencies.
• Support in preparation of the proposal writing and project budget/contract management, and resource planning.
• Maintain, and operate within the Project Management Methodology by leveraging the processes and documentation.
• Timely coverage of all assigned trainings.
• Performing other additional and/or alternative duties as assigned from time to time, as per need.

Desired candidate profile

Qualifications

• University degree in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Public Health, Health Economics, Medical, or Life Sciences fields.
• Master’s degree in health economics is an advantage.
• Formal Project Management training and/or certification is preferred.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in the field of Health Economics with a good understanding of different HEOR modelling tools, such as (COI, BIA, CUA, CEAs) to drive value communication.
• Previous experience in management consulting & HEOR Offerings that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to at least 4 years).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Understanding of TLS, SLR, and modeling regulations.
• Understand the MEA Region market in terms of regulation, pricing, market access, etc.
• Good knowledge consulting & HEOR Offerings.
• Proficiency in medical and HEOR terminology knowledge.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English, any other language is an advantage.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas with clarity; with the ability to listen and to understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and to excel under pressure.
• Good scheduling, time management, multitasking skills, and self-manage to provide support to multiple project owners simultaneously.
• Ability to plan, prioritize and organize diversified workload.
• Ability to access and use a variety of computer software (MS Office skills), in addition to proficiency in VBA and macros programming language.
• Perform a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence.
• High level of integrity in all professional interactions.
• Ability to be focused, versatile and comfortable to work under pressure, ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability.

Working Conditions and Environment

• Work is performed in an Office/ home-office environment
• Occasional drive/ travel to other locations both domestic and international