North America HEOR Manager

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott 

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: 

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. 

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. 

• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution 

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. 

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.  

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.  

The Opportunity  
This position is an onsite opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier, happier lives.   As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers.  Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan, so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels. 

As a North America HEOR Manager, you will help shape the HEOR strategies to support North America reimbursement strategies. The position reports to the Senior Director, Market Access (Canada) and HEOR (North America) Commercial Operations.  This role will support the development and implementation of market access and reimbursement tactical plans for new and existing products through the lens of outcomes research, health economics and budget impact for North America; also, to shape the Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) strategy in partnership with our clinical and medical affairs team. The HEOR will support market access activities for the ADC portfolio to maximize and protect patient access in NA across the product life cycle. This manager has the responsibility for scientific soundness of activities, and ensure outcomes aligned with business needs.  This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA. 
 

What You'll Do 

• Develop HEOR/outcomes-based models to support solution specific business cases that can be leveraged by key health system stakeholders and for internal market access stakeholders 
• Plan and support economic model adaptations, especially with key clinical study results and statistical analyses
• Ensure publication of relevant, high-quality data in impactful HEOR publications (including presentation of findings at scientific congresses, key internal cross functional workshop/forum, and manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals)
• Ensure effective communication of health economics & outcomes studies progress and results to relevant audiences (e.g. investigators, brand team, etc.)
• Prepare abstracts/manuscripts of study results for publication / presentation, as required
• Liaise with consultants, contract research organizations, economic experts, etc. on various health economics & outcomes research projects
• Cultivate effective working relationships with key opinion leaders to support publication plans
• Collaborate with clinical research on studies with economic and quality of life endpoints
• Ensure alignment of key internal stakeholders (commercial, RWE, medical and clinical teams) on business priorities and HEOR projects
• Develop and present materials to demonstrate product value including outcomes research, economic models and slide presentations.
• Investigate opportunities for differential reimbursement for differentiated products through clinical evidence and for emerging technologies 
• Serve as a subject matter expert in Health Technology Assessment and HEOR; track and evaluate reimbursement decisions and take action to mitigate impact for ADC’s business 
• Manages cost center budget 
   

Education and Experience You'll Bring 
 

Required 

• Masters or PhD Degree: Advanced degree (masters or PhD or MD) in Health Economics and/or outcomes research, epidemiology is preferred
• Minimum of 7 years of experience along with work experience in HEOR, Evidence Generation and/or Reimbursement
• Understanding of the health systems environment and US market access landscape
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, especially presentation development; especially in regards to working across cultures
• Exceptional project management skills.
• Self-motivated and able to advance projects with limited supervision 
• Strong commercial/ business background an asset
• Experience in medical technology or pharmaceutical space 
• Experience in diabetes area desirable
• Knowledge of health economics and outcomes research, reimbursement, coverage, coding and payment mechanisms globally is highly desirable 
• Creative ability to develop innovative programs and to develop novel methodologies for economic analyses applied to the medical Technology industry is highly desirable 

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Divisional Information

Medical Devices

General Medical Devices:

Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine ngersticks.

CRM

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

Diabetes

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Vascular

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

Neuromodulation

Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

Structural Heart

Structural Heart Business Mission:  why we exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

EP

In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

HF

In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Diagnostics

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

Abbott Molecular is a leader in molecular diagnostics and the analysis of DNA, RNA, and proteins at the molecular level.

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key heath and therapeutic areas, including infections disease, cardiometabolic, informatics and toxicology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.

Nutrition

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives