We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as a Health Economics and Value Assessment (HEVA) Communications Specialist. In this role, you will be instrumental in creating impactful HEVA communication deliverables, aligning with our strategic goals and global communication plans across various business units and product teams. You will contribute significantly to ensuring that evidence needs for healthcare decision-makers are consistently identified and prioritized, supporting integrated clinical and health economic evidence to underscore the value of our products.
Key Responsibilities
- Create HEVA communication deliverables (including manuscripts, posters, abstracts, slide decks) aligned with HEVA strategy and the global HEVA communication plan across relevant business units and product teams.
- Contribute to the execution of HEVA communication plans with relevant medical communication plans to ensure evidence needs for healthcare decision-makers are consistently identified and prioritized in communication plans, supporting integrated clinical and health economic evidence in support of product value.
- Manage core HEVA communication processes, templates, and products across the portfolio in accordance with scientific and value messages aligned with the Core Value Dossier, the US AMCP Dossier, and HEVA contributions to other submissions as appropriate.
- Ensure Core Value Decks for key products are established and maintained, providing a regularly updated synthesis of critical HEVA evidence on product value.
- Maintain accountability for adherence to the publication standard operating procedure (SOP) and other compliance expectations relevant to HEVA communication processes.
- Seek opportunities to innovate HEVA value communications to increase the relevance and impact of HEVA evidence and inform optimal access and reimbursement decisions.
- Create complex and specialized content without supervision and develop and maintain therapeutic area expertise.
- Coach senior and junior HEVA writers and develop and review content created by them.
- Manage the end-to-end process in iEnvision (previously, Datavision/Matrix).
- Collaborate effectively with stakeholders: HEVA, Real-World Evidence (RWE), and Scientific Communication global and/or local teams.
People Focus
- Maintain effective relationships with end stakeholders (medical scientific community) within the allocated GBU and product to develop education and communication content as per HEVA communication requirements.
- Interact effectively with healthcare professionals on publication content.
- Constantly assist writers (senior or junior) in developing knowledge and sharing expertise.
Performance Focus
- Create HEVA communications deliverables (including manuscripts, posters, abstracts, and slide decks) aligned with HEVA strategy and global HEVA communication plan across relevant business units and product teams, adhering to agreed timelines and quality standards.
- Provide strategic support with individuals and institutions, which may serve as resources for publication purposes, etc.
Process Focus
- Develop complex publications material.
- Act as an expert in the field of medical communication for the assigned therapeutic area.
- Assist the assigned scientific communication team in conducting comprehensive publication-needs analysis.
- Manage core HEVA communication processes, templates, and products across the portfolio in accordance with the scientific and value messages aligned with the Core Value Dossier, the US AMCP Dossier, and HEVA contributions as appropriate to other submissions.
- Ensure Core Value Decks for key products are established and maintained, making available a regularly updated synthesis of critical HEVA evidence on product value.
- Maintain accountability for adherence to the publication SOP and other compliance expectations relevant to HEVA communication processes. (Duplicated in original, kept as is).
- Implement the publication plan and associated activities for the year identified for the region.
- Work with selected vendors within the region to deliver the required deliverables as per defined process.
- Leverage advanced training delivery tools and techniques, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of training delivery.
- Design an overall plan of action based on end-user feedback and improve course content and delivery.
Stakeholder Focus
- Work closely with HEVA global and local teams, RWE global and local teams, and scientific communication teams in regions/areas to identify publication needs and assist in developing assigned deliverables.
- Liaise with HEVA global and local teams to prepare relevant and customized deliverables.
About You
Experience:
- 8 years of experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, or academia.
Soft Skills:
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
Technical Skills:
- Relevant training/experience in health economics, public health, epidemiology, or other relevant health-related scientific discipline.
- This includes, but is not limited to, therapeutic area/domain knowledge exposure, knowledge of Good Publication Practice, publication submission, and/or project management.
Education:
- Advanced degree in life sciences/pharmacy/similar discipline or medical degree.
Languages:
- Excellent knowledge of the English language (spoken and written).
