Manager - HEOR

Job Description Summary

-Implements strategies at a country level, contributes to the timely listings and contract renewals of Novartis brands. -Interprets payer research results to develop solid insights on explicit and implicit needs of payers. Leverages thispayer environment knowledge to develop, optimal brand pricing, marketpositioning and stakeholder influence strategies. -Delivers high quality, impactful, product listing agreements and develops negotiation strategies in collaboration with the Health Policy and/or Access Team. -Manage cross -functional teams in the development and submission of evidence dossiers to HTA and/or P&R bodies

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally.

Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Position Purpose:

To support the development, dissemination, and maintenance of Value & Access evidence generation deliverables for in-market, launch and selected strategic asset/s for a specific disease/condition. Deliverables: Value dossier, Value story, Abstracts, Posters, Manuscripts, Evidence summaries, Targeted Literature reviews, Systematic reviews and other related activities as per business / stakeholders’ requirements for Sandoz.

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Develop optimal knowledge and experience in V&A/ HEOR evidence generation. Develop and maintain the qualitative and/or quantitative deliverables as per stakeholder requirements in accordance with the agreed standard process and timelines
• Liaise with stakeholders on project schedule/planning of deliverables. Ensure that the new associates/junior colleagues deliver quality deliverables by providing guidance and performing QC/review
• Support stakeholders to conduct evidence generation activities
• Deliver ad hoc and cross-functional requests and activities
• Support the development of additional guidance and training materials (i.e. checklists, QA processes etc.)
• Contribute to the continual improvement of the assigned deliverables and the guidance template. Develop long-term, peer-level relationships with key stakeholders
• Train and ensure functional development of new associates/junior colleagues within V&A team. Comply with and support group’s project management tool, standards and policies.
• Maintains records for all assigned projects including archiving. Maintains audit, SOP and training compliance

What you’ll bring to the role:Essential Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant scientific field plus graduate degree (Masters or PhD) in relevant subject area (including pharmacy, health economics, epidemiology, public health, or business management)
• Pharmaceutical domain knowledge

• MS-Office skills (MS-Excel, MS-Word, and MS-Power-point)
• Minimum 5-6 years conducting PMA or health economic and outcomes research (HEOR) for pharmaceutical products in pharma industry, contract research organization, or academic institute; or experience in a closely related discipline within the pharma industry (e.g. clinical research, statistics, epidemiology, pricing analytics)
• Ability to work, prioritize, and drive projects independently
• Stakeholder management

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported! 

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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Skills Desired

Agility, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Employee Development, External Orientation, Finance, Financial Analysis, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Health Economics, Health Policy, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Innovation, Market Access Strategy, People Management, Pricing Strategy, Public Health, Real World Evidence (RWE), Regulatory Affairs, Reimbursement Strategy, Research Methodologies, Results-Oriented, Statistical Analysis, Strategic Partnerships