Career Category

Health Economics

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Associate Director Health Economics and Reimbursement

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What you will do

In this vital role you will lead and be responsible for the development of HTA and national access strategies to drive patient access and reimbursement. You will provide strategic guidance and develop value tools to support and advance Amgen's brands.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead a team of Health Economists responsible for developing and implementing highly effective National Access (including pricing) strategies to enable reimbursement throughout the UK and Ireland (NICE, SMC, NCPE)
• Partner with Global HEOR and local agencies to ensure delivery of global value resources (including health economic models, detailed reviews, network meta-analyses, costing studies, value dossiers) and that they reflect the methodological requirements of UK and Ireland HTA agencies
• Working in partnership with global colleagues to ensure optimal approach to reimbursement
• In line with Amgen’s Policy Strategy, defining critical policy influences and levers relating to HTA and reimbursement priorities, delivering clear insight and recommendations to the business to influence future policy change.. This will require a focused senior stakeholder plan within reimbursement bodies in addition to supporting wider Industry Association strategies aimed at delivering policy change, aligned to VPAG and other associated pathways for change.
• In line with the above policy strategy, you will lead the external stakeholder engagement plan with relevant HTA bodies and related influencing organisation and will ensure that timely insights are shared through the UK and GVA organisation as appropriate
• Act as the SME on HTA policy for the UK and collaborate closely with the Head of Market Access to support policy advocacy
• Develop a strong partnership with the Head of Access and Policy and Head of Healthcare Solutions to support delivery of medicines optimisation and access strategies and value/access materials, leveraging the expertise of the Health Economics team where appropriate 
• Represent UK/I function on global strategic and implementation teams as required
• Strategic leadership of the Health Economics and Reimbursement team ensuring current and future capabilities are aligned to organisational priorities

Be part of our team

You would be joining a dynamic team supporting and advancing Amgen's exciting pipeline. As a key member of our highly experienced Value Access & Policy (VA&P) team, you will lead the Health Economics and Reimbursement team, located in the UK and will report to the Senior Director of VAP, UK & Ireland.

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. What we seek in you as an experienced professional, are these qualifications and skills:

• Doctorate degree and directly related experience
• Consistent track record in health economics or market access attained either in industry or consultancy/agency with experience of developing high quality HTA submissions
• Proven HTA policy expertise
• Ability to organise and implement plans against objectives in a semi-autonomous environment while also working effectively in a cross-functional team environment
• Strong understanding of strategic pricing and contracting, including innovative approaches such as risk-sharing deals
• Ability to review clinical and health economic literature, including disease state information, clinical trial design and results, and pharmacoeconomic studies in order to understand implications for payers
• Appreciation for cultural diversity

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

LOCATION Ability to work flexibly from home with regular office work either from our Cambridge or Uxbridge next generation workspace

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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