Director, HEOR - Medical Communications

Reports to VP, HEOR

Job Summary

OPEN Health brings together deep scientific knowledge, global understanding, and broad specialist expertise to support our clients in improving health outcomes and patient wellbeing.

We are united as one flexible organization, harnessing the power of the collective to solve complex challenges. Being built from cohesive partnerships across a range of specialist sectors gives us the ability to approach opportunities from fresh perspectives, creating solutions and innovations for market access and medical communications that are informed by the experience and knowledge of the many.

Our global team of experts — many with PhD and PharmD degrees — work strategically alongside our client partners in Medical Affairs, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Market Access, and Commercial teams across a wide range of therapy areas.

The Director, HEOR, in Medical Communications is responsible for leading a team of HEOR writers and for the overall quality and timeliness of all HEOR writing projects for assigned accounts and new business efforts. The Director, HEOR, is able to work both independently and in a team structure and must be adept at high-profile client and faculty interactions. The Director, HEOR, will also provide high-level input and guidance to clients and to internal account teams around real-world evidence (RWE), health economic analysis, and/or market access communications strategies and tactics. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide HEOR writing and strategic value communications leadership and work as part of a multidisciplinary team (including medical, editorial, and account personnel) to produce high-quality RWE and HEOR-focused writing projects (e.g., abstracts, posters, manuscripts, plain language summaries, slide decks, etc.) for assigned accounts
• Clearly communicate content needs to Medical Directors, Medical Writers, and HEOR Writers and concept needs to Graphic Designers
• Provide high-level communications strategic guidance to clients and to internal account teams for targeting unmet needs and product value messaging to patients, providers, payers, and/or policy makers via RWE, health economic analysis, and/or market access related writing projects
• Partner with Account Leads (SVP/VP, Client Services) to evaluate opportunities for HEOR writing support to drive organic growth within existing business
• Review, provide feedback, and approve all HEOR content developed by direct reports and ensure the highest level of quality for client deliverables
• Train, mentor, and provide frequent informal feedback for HEOR staff writers and ensure contract HEOR writers meet OPEN Health's standards for quality and timeliness
• Manage all HEOR Writer resourcing planning and project writing needs for assigned accounts
• Conduct annual reviews/performance planning/formal feedback and career planning for direct reports

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

• MD, PharmD, PhD, MS, MPH, or other advanced degree in Health Economics, Health Services Research, Outcomes Research, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Public Health or other comparable areas
• 5 years of HEOR/RWE writing experience in a medical communications company, HEOR agency, and/or pharmaceutical/biotechnology company
• Skilled in the creation of high-quality, comprehensive, and succinct therapeutic area unmet need and product value messaging relevant to diverse target audiences and stakeholders
• Experienced in content development and submissions to both HEOR and clinical/medical conferences and journals
• Knowledge of the changing payer/HTA/policy landscape in the U.S. (e.g., value frameworks like ICER and ASCO) and globally (HTA Agencies like NICE in the UK and IQWIG in Germany)
• Strategic communications skills in the areas of value, affordability, evidence generation, market access, formulary decision making, and reimbursement
• Ability to read and interpret statistical analysis plans (SAPs), SAS (or other statistical software) output, modeling software output (e.g., decision analysis, Markov models), and other specialized methods (e.g., Rasch analysis, discrete choice experiment)
• A thorough understanding of HEOR/RWE study and modeling methodologies and how to effectively articulate and communicate them
• Superior HEOR technical writing skills and a deep-rooted passion for writing and communications in general
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical marketing and drug commercialization
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills and competencies

Travel Requirements

• 10% potential global travel

About OPEN Health

OPEN Health unites deep scientific knowledge with wide-ranging specialist expertise to unlock possibilities that improve health outcomes and patient wellbeing. Working in partnership with our clients, we embrace our different perspectives and strengths to deliver fresh thinking and solutions that make a difference. 

OPEN Health is a flexible global organization that solves complex healthcare challenges across HEOR and market access, medical communications, and creative omnichannel campaigns. 

• As a global organization, OPEN Health is committed to supporting our employees and their families through a comprehensive benefits program
• Competitive pay, generous paid vacation and holidays, and health insurance programs across all our locations
• Ongoing training and development opportunities that foster and shape your individual career path
• An active and growing commitment to bettering the communities our employees call home through our Corporate Social Responsibility program
• The opportunity to thrive in a global, collaborative environment while working every day to improve health outcomes and patient wellbeing
• Diverse, inclusive culture that encourages you to bring your whole self to work
• If we sound like the sort of business environment in which you would thrive, then we would love to hear from you.