Consultant, HEOR

About Avalere Health

Established in 2001, Avalere Health is a purposefully built commercialization partner for the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries.

Our 1,500+ experts combine their knowledge and expertise across our core disciplines — Consulting; Medical; Policy; Value, Evidence, and Access; Marketing; and Digital Experience Technology — to create the connections that make better health happen.

Avalere Health partners with its clients to navigate the complex and rapidly changing healthcare ecosystem. Together, our experts help clients connect patients with life-changing therapies, realizing the potential of strategies and solutions to accelerate innovation that improves lives.

We live and breathe our five values in everything we do: We are authentic. We act with integrity. We value difference. We play for the team. We enjoy the journey. At Avalere Health, we imagine a healthier world and create the connections to make it happen. 

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About the Role

We are seeking a Consultant or Senior Consultant to join the global HEOR practice, which consists of 25+ dedicated professionals. The role will involve developing and leading a broad variety of health economic modelling projects across a range of therapeutic areas, and throughout the product lifecycle, including early pricing and reimbursement activities, as well as for submission and post-submission activities. This role will have the opportunity to support business development activities including potential project scoping and proposal and pitch development.

This position is perfect for individuals with a strong background in health economics and an analytical, creative and pragmatic mindset, who are looking to make a difference in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

What You'll Do

• Lead and develop health economics models (cost-effectiveness, budget-impact) and corresponding technical documents
• Health economic model development from scratch including background research, model conceptualization, inputs collection and implementation
• Lead and conduct country adaptations and develop HTA submissions
• Lead and conduct advisory board meetings with key stakeholders
• Work closely with internal team and external stakeholders to ensure high quality of deliverables
• Provide strategic scientific insight and solutions to meet client needs
• Supervise and delegate tasks to project analysts
• Manage project timelines, costs, invoicing and revenues
• Manage client communications
• Participate in business development opportunities such as the development of proposals, marketing materials or conference abstracts

About You

• (Required) Master’s degree or PhD in health economics or a related quantitative field such as (health) economics, epidemiology, or (bio)statistics.
• (Required) Minimum of 3+ years of related experience in health economics (within consultancy, academics or the pharmaceutical industry)
• Experience with developing and adapting health economics models (cost-effectiveness, budget-impact) and/or conducting model adaptations for HTA submissions
• Understanding of relevant statistical analyses, such as indirect treatment comparison and survival analyses
• Understanding of real-world-evidence (RWE) data sources
• Understanding of the HTA submission requirements of major HTA bodies such as the National Institute of Heatlth Care and Excellence (NICE) and the Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA)
• Proficient in MS PowerPoint, Word and Excel
• Experience using programming software (e.g. VBA, R, SAS)
• Analytical mind and strong problem-solving skills, with an ability to design and consider novel and creative solutions to overcome challenges
• Ability to work in a team and strong oral and written communication skills
• Fluency in the English language

What we can offer

Avalere Health aims to empower every employee to develop and thrive. We empower our team with the tools, skills, and support needed to think differently and to solve healthcare’s most complex challenges.

At the center of our people-led culture is our Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career. We also pride ourselves on our personalized learning approach to ensure you receive the training you need to help you grow within the company and take advantage of our global scale and scope.

We are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion in every aspect of our organization. We encourage diversity of thought, inclusive behavior, and break down barriers to ensure every individual feels valued and encouraged to contribute their unique abilities and potential. As part of our commitment to building a healthier world, every employee is also encouraged to participate in our community engagement efforts, which support a wide range of healthcare programs and wellbeing causes worldwide.

We have city hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization while maintaining and fully supporting flexible working practices. Our compensation and benefits package is benchmarked across the industry. We offer a generous company pension/retirement plan, private medical insurance, comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives, compelling time-off policy, plus many other excellent employee benefits. 

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