Health Economics and Outcomes Research Manager

ABOUT ORGANOX:

OrganOx is an innovative, fast-paced, global medical device company with a mission to save lives by making every donated organ count. We are a commercial stage organ technology company, spun out of the University of Oxford in 2008, committed to improving transplantation outcomes throughout the world. The company’s first product, the OrganOx metra® normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) system for liver transplantation, has been used to support more than 4,000 liver transplant operations globally.  As part of our ongoing expansion, we seek a Health Economics and Outcomes Research Manager (HEOR) to join our team.

SUMMARY:

As the Health Economics and Outcomes Research Manager you will drive the global health economic and outcomes research strategy for OrganOx through the metra® lifecycle, with an emphasis on addressing the evidentiary needs of our operations, to demonstrate product value thereby strengthening commercialization activities for inline, launch and pipeline products. Lead the development of health economic and patient-reported outcomes evidence. Proactively partner with all relevant internal stakeholders to ensure that the available clinical evidence is optimized for market access. Continually innovate with the affiliate-based HEOR community and external HEOR advisors (KOLs) to document product value. Apply new, innovative, scientific HEOR evidence methods to strengthen data demonstrating value of OrganOx’s products.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) Manager is responsible for identifying HEOR evidence gaps for OrganOx products, developing research strategies, executing HEOR analysis, developing peer-reviewed publications, and communicating results.
• This is a technical position where you’ll be hand on in leading evidence strategy, execution, and communication of HEOR projects for current and future products.
• This role does not have direct reports but works closely with other members of the Global Marketing team to support the OrganOx mission.
• Develop, implement, and manage health economics and outcomes research activities, partnering with key internal and external stakeholders to develop HEOR to support the market adoption of key products and advance understanding of specific disease areas.
• Lead the development of HEOR projects, including developing research protocols, selecting appropriate statistical methodologies, conducting data analyses using statistical analysis software, recruiting and managing external investigators where necessary, interpreting the study results, and communicating key findings to senior leadership.
• Develop and execute HEOR to develop evidence to demonstrate the economic value of our products through economic evaluation (budget impact models/analyses, cost-effectiveness analyses, cost-utility analysis), retrospective claims database analyses, burden of illness analyses, decision modelling, patient reported outcomes and survey research, clinician-focused research including time/motion or patient care pathway research and evidence synthesis (targeted literature reviews, systematic literature reviews, clinical and economic dossiers for submission to health authorities, technology assessment boards, and payers).
• Identify opportunities where HEOR can support challenges facing emerging technologies and commercially marketed products and communicate business impact to senior management.
• Work with new product development teams to ensure HEOR needs are incorporated into product development, clinical evidence plans, and timelines.
• Author and publish papers in peer-reviewed journals and present research findings and their importance at HEOR and clinical conferences and meetings.
• Build relationships with clinical and administrative key opinion leaders in transplant medicine and related disciplines across the health care industry.
• Provide HEOR-related training to sales, marketing, clinical, regulatory, legal and senior leadership to increase awareness and understanding of HEOR competency and its role in supporting market adoption of products and therapies.
• Proactively manage the economic and clinical value of OrganOx’s technologies and solutions through longitudinal review of care leveraging real world (claims) data and disease areas (burden of illness).
• Adhere to the spirit and letter of OrganOx’s Code of Conduct and all other company policies.

Requirements

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Proven track record of building and delivering administrative claims database analysis through abstracts/publications and/or interactive model applications in medical device industry.
• Demonstrated success developing HEOR evidence strategies aligned with business needs and showcase the ability to influence senior leadership.
• History of developing, authoring, and presenting peer-reviewed publications and abstracts at clinical and industry conferences plus a history of collaborating with clinical and/or administrative KOLs to do the same.
• Practical experience and expertise in using statistical analysis software (e.g., SPSS, SAS, Instant Health Data (IHD), STATA, R), and statistical methodologies (e.g., logistic regression, generalized linear mixed models).
• Understanding of global and US healthcare reimbursement, policy, health technology assessment (HTA), pricing, and market landscape assessments, including evaluation of evidence for coverage decisions.
• Strong communication skills and experience developing interpersonal relationships with internal and external stakeholders across multiple functional areas.
• Demonstrated ability to make effective decisions independently and to work in a fast-paced matrix environment with minimal supervision.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Formal training in health economics, public health, health services research, epidemiology, biostatistics, or related discipline (Masters’ degree, PhD, PharmD, MD, or related fields of study).
• 7+ years relevant experience in HEOR with experience working with new medical technologies in medical device (preferred), pharmaceutical, or biotechnology.
• Ability to sit for long periods of time while working on the computer, be able to hear and speak while communicating via Teams during meetings.  
• 25% travel required.

A job description does not imply that the duties stated are the only ones to be performed by the job holder. Job holder will be required to follow any other job-related instruction as reasonably requested by their line manager or their designate.

Benefits

At OrganOx, we value innovation, evidence, integrity, teamwork, respect, and passion. We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including healthcare and retirement plans. We support work-life balance and provide opportunities for ongoing professional development.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.