Description
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com
Job Function:
Market AccessJob Sub Function:
Health Economics Market AccessJob Category:
ProfessionalAll Job Posting Locations:
Wokingham, Berkshire, United KingdomJob Description:
Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.
Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech
Johnson & Johnson MedTech is currently seeking a Health Economics & Market Access Manager for UK & Ireland, to be in Pinewood, UK.
Purpose of the role
Health Economics & Market Access (HEMA) is a critical element of our market access strategy to ensure success in an increasingly challenging market. New procurement decision-making processes and an increasing focus on value-based healthcare requires evidence coming from clinical studies and derived economic value from our technologies and solutions. It’s essential that we equip ourselves with the required capabilities and convey a meaningful value-based message to our customers. Within this context, the purpose of the role is to lead the health economics and market access activities for our electrophysiology and neurovascular portfolio at MedTech, including timely market access strategies and assist in market development, through the development and execution of robust health economic arguments and tools to support funding and procedural adoption.
Required Duties and Responsibilities:
Develop and execute market access strategies for new technologies and existing portfolios
Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including payers, healthcare professionals, and governmental bodies
Work closely with the marketing, clinical, and sales teams to ensure the alignment of market access activities with overall business objectives
Provide input into the evidence generation strategy for new product development and identify local opportunities for health economic evidence generation
Accountable for health economic input into novel local commercial initiatives requiring substantiation of value, including but not restricted to value-based procurement and value-based agreements
Support the adaptation and local approval of regionally developed HEMA tools, translating complex messages into simple statements that can easily be articulated by the sales force
Partner with sales and marketing to deliver specialist health economic and reimbursement tools to customers, spending time in the field
Qualifications
Who are we looking for?
Advanced degree in health economics, health policy, public health, economics, healthcare management or other relevant discipline
Solid understanding of the principles of HTA and health economics
Strong track record of successful engagement with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders
>5 years experience in the UK medical devices, health care or pharmaceutical industry
Good understanding of the processes in the NHS and NICE
Appetite to build on knowledge and experience of market access and health economics
Leadership experience demonstrated with commercial teams
Strong project management orientation with the ability to prioritise and manage complex list of projects to completion
Ability to synthesise clinical and health economic evidence into messages easily understood by non-clinical stakeholders
Ability to work effectively in cross-functional matrix to successfully deliver objectives on time and within budget
Demonstrated ability to work effectively individually and in a team environment
Strong internal and external communicator
Excellent behavioural skills and communication style
Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Experience of engagement with commissioners and payers
Familiarity with NHS data sources such as Hospital Episode Statistics, CPRD, etc.
Track record of overcoming complex market access challenges
Experience of strategic planning that is aligned with priority projects to achieve excellence in execution
Previous experience of developing business cases, value briefs and value propositions to support market access strategies
Experience of delivering reimbursement and HTA information to internal sales & marketing teams
