Health Economics Modeling Associate Director

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium +2

The Associate Director Health Economics - Modeling will lead the development, refinement, and adaptation of economic models including cost-effectiveness and budget impact models. This role involves hands-on development, management, and quality assurance of models, utilizing data from clinical trials, quality of life studies, costing studies, literature reviews, and retrospective analyses. The position requires advanced skills in Excel, Visual Basic, and R, and an understanding of reimbursement requirements.

What you'd actually do

  1. Will lead the development (from concept to programming and final reporting), refinement and adaptation of economic models including cost-effectiveness, budget impact and other economic models.
  2. The work will involve the in-house "hands-on" development of models as well as management and quality assurance and validation of work conducted by other people and external vendors.
  3. Will independently lead the conceptualization of the economic models, plan modeling strategies and identify proper data that are aligned with model strategies.
  4. Will design and conduct post-hoc analyses of clinical trial data to support economic modeling, including analyses of clinical efficacy endpoints, health-related quality of life data (e.g., EQ-5D), and healthcare resource utilization.
  5. The Associate Director Health Economics will support the preparation of the relevant sections of reimbursement submissions/dossiers and technical assessment documents.

Skills

Required

  • Excel
  • Visual Basic programming
  • R programming
  • Health Economics
  • Outcomes Research
  • HE modeling
  • indirect treatment comparison methodology
  • statistical analysis of clinical trials
  • observational studies
  • reimbursement requirements for key international markets
  • written and oral communication skills
  • collaboration and teaming skills

Nice to have

  • post-graduate qualification in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Economics, Economics/Commerce, Public Health, Health Administration or Operations Research
  • reimbursement submissions to managed care or national authorities

What the JD emphasized

  • Advanced skills with Excel and Visual Basic programming for modeling is also required.
  • Advanced programming skills in R are required
  • An understanding of the reimbursement requirements for key international markets is required