Senior Director Health Economics Outcomes Research
Listed on 2026-05-31
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IT/Tech
Data Science Manager, Data Analyst, Data Security, Data Scientist
Senior Director Health Economics Outcomes Research
Location:
NC-RTP, US
Contract Type:
Regular Full-Time
Area: R & D
Grifols is a global healthcare company that since 1909 has been working to improve the health and well‑being of people around the world. We are leaders in plasma‑derived medicines and transfusion medicine and develop, produce and market innovative medicines, solutions and services in more than 110 countries and regions.
Grifols is seeking a visionary and scientifically grounded leader for an industry‑leading Global HEOR/RWE team. The successful candidate will partner with cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure HEOR/RWE plans and deliverables are scientifically rigorous, decision‑relevant, and ready to support clinical studies, payer/HTA engagement, pricing, and reimbursement. With responsibility across a diverse therapeutic portfolio and modalities—including plasma‑derived products and recombinant proteins—this role offers a rare opportunity to build future‑ready Global HEOR/RWE capabilities, influence portfolio strategy, and lead a dynamic team to translate deep scientific insight into medicines that meaningfully improve patients’ lives.
Strategic& Scientific Leadership
- Define and own the global HEOR/RWE vision, strategy, and multi‑year evidence generation roadmap, ensuring alignment with pipeline, launch, and lifecycle priorities and integration of RWE into value demonstration, HTA engagement, and pricing and reimbursement decision‑making.
- Provide senior scientific leadership to cross‑functional teams and executive management, serving as a trusted advisor on program risk, opportunity, and strategic trade‑offs.
- Define the enterprise strategy for the use of RWE in regulatory, payer, and HTA contexts, serving as the senior HEOR/RWE partner to Regulatory Affairs and global health authorities.
- Lead integrated evidence planning with cross‑functional stakeholders to align research questions, endpoints, and study designs with payer/HTA requirements and value hypotheses.
- Establish and govern Global HEOR/RWE standards, processes, and quality frameworks to ensure scientific rigor, consistency, compliance, and decision‑grade evidence across deliverables.
- Lead the design, execution, and interpretation of HEOR/RWE studies (e.g., comparative effectiveness, burden of illness, treatment patterns, PRO/COA, registries, claims/EHR analyses, and economic models), ensuring fit‑for‑purpose methods and clear decision recommendations.
- Ensure evidence is translated into access‑enabling deliverables (e.g., global value dossier/AMCP dossier content and support for HTA submissions), aligned to stakeholder needs across priority markets.
- Oversee the end‑to‑end HEOR/RWE portfolio (book of work), including prioritization, resourcing, budgets, timelines, performance metrics, and proactive risk management.
- Lead the publication and dissemination strategy for HEOR/RWE projects to strengthen scientific credibility and visibility in priority disease areas.
- Monitor evolving methodologies and policy trends across payers, HTA bodies, and RWE to inform standards, training, and evidence strategy updates.
- Lead and develop a globally‑distributed HEOR/RWE team (health economists, outcomes researchers, epidemiologists, statisticians/analysts, and scientific communications partners), including hiring, coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
- Build and scale operating capabilities (data strategy, analytics, vendor ecosystem, tools, and training) to support pipeline growth and lifecycle evidence needs.
- Ensure excellence in scientific quality, documentation, and compliance (e.g., protocol/SAP governance, data privacy, vendor oversight, and audit readiness) across HEOR/RWE activities.
- Drive continuous improvement of HEOR/RWE operations, including ways of working, tools, and training to increase speed and quality of delivery.
- Partner with key stakeholders (Clinical Development, Regulatory, Biostatistics, Medical Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, Commercial/Market Access, Legal, Finance, and Global Program Teams) to align evidence plans with development and…
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