Head, Heor

387624BR

**Head, HEOR & Patient-Centred Outcomes**:
Switzerland

**About the role**

Bringing life-changing medicines to millions of people, Novartis sits at the intersection of cutting-edge medical science and innovative digital technology. As a global company, the resources and opportunities for growth and development are plentiful including global and local cross functional careers, a diverse learning suite of thousands of programs & an in-house marketplace for rotations & project work. With strong medicines pipeline our current transformation will not just deliver growth for our business but continue to allow us to bring innovative medicines to patients quickly.
The Head, HEOR and Patient-Centred Outcomes will impact millions of patients worldwide by enabling better patient outcomes and increased access and helping Novartis achieve its goal of providing world-class global access to medicine. This role will support Novartis International and will work with the International TAs to co-create impactful integrated product and evidence generation plans to support access and new commercial models. It is an International Value and Access leadership role and is critical for defining and crafting this newly reorganized function.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Leads Evidence Generation in relation to Health Care System and payer/access needs including the development and implementation of the next phase of the HEOR and PCO organization model, structure, vision and capabilities.
- Provides effective and inspiring functional leadership for the HEOR and PCO team, actively works on career development for the team, and helps the team adjust to organisational change as we implement the new ways of working.
- Works with International TA Heads to ensure appropriate resourcing for the highest prioritized programs and deploys resources according to changing needs and business impact.
- Collaborates across business units to increase the influence of payer, access and healthcare systems voice and needs on the overall product and evidence generation strategies and activities across Novartis.
- Shapes and ensures integrated evidence generation plans are continuously updated for prioritized products from entry to launch and throughout lifecycle management to deliver the value proposition necessary for access and optimal coverage. Also ensures development plans and protocols address payer and HCS needs for prioritized markets.
- Commissions thoughtful and agenda setting pieces of work, working with a range of partners including think tanks and academic researchers to enable transformative approaches to evidence generation and value assessment
- Establishes and maintains relationships with key economic modelling, outcomes research and access evidence talent and leaders in the field, both outside and inside the company; contributes to shaping the field on behalf of Novartis externally.
- Collects learnings for HTA excellence, shapes HTA thinking externally and shares above therapy area insights with the organization by staying abreast of internal and external developments, trends and other dynamics that affect the HEOR and HTA domain.

**Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion**:

- Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve._

**Role Requirements**

**Essential requirements**:

- Advanced degree or equivalent education/degree in life science/healthcare required. PhD or equivalent preferred.
- 12+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience
- 5+ years people management and development experience in a matrix environment
- Effective generation of timely Access / Payer / HEOR evidence to enable reimbursement and access in line with respective access and business strategy
- HEOR & PCO capability building and implementation support. Driving perception of Novartis HEOR as industry leading with ability to shape the external thinking on HTA assessment and HEOR/PCO methodology
- A strong leader, collaborator, integrator and team player with proven delivery of suitable HEOR, real-world evidence and clinical trial design for market access purposes

**Location**:
This role can be based in Switzerland or the UK.

**Why Novartis?**

**You’ll receive**:
Competitive salary, Annual bonus, Pension scheme, Share scheme, Health insurance, 25 days annual leave, Flexible working arrangements, subsidized dining facilities, Employee recognition scheme, learning and development opportunities.

**Division**

Finance

**Business Unit**

Global Finance

**Work Location**

Basel

**Company/Legal Entity**

Novartis Pharma AG

**Alternative Country 1**

United Kingdom

**Functional Area**

Market Access

**Job Type**

Full Time

**Employment Type**

Regular

**Shift Work**

No

**Early Talent**

No