Senior Health Economics Manager; Associate Director Health Outcomes Research

Position: Senior Health Economics Manager (Associate Director Health Outcomes Research)
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Job Description
Join one of the UK's largest and most active HTA & Outcomes Research teams based in Moorgate, London and help secure national access to innovative medicines and vaccines.
In this role, you will:
Lead and support HTA submissions to NICE, SMC, AWMSG, JCVI and NCPE
Develop market access tools and resources for national, regional and local use
Contribute to evidence generation with health economists, Evidence-Based Medicine managers and RWE experts
You will work in a focused sub‑team within a global organisation, collaborating with UK cross‑functional colleagues and external stakeholders, all with a clear goal: improving patients' lives. Our hybrid working model supports both effective teamwork and your ongoing development.

What you will do:

As a Senior Health Economics Manager, you will:

Lead the HTA process for a single technology or indication for both the health economic and clinical components, with particular focus on the suitability of the economic argument to support the HTA strategy
Develop and adapt materials and evidence generation activities to demonstrate the value of company assets under the JCVI's remit (vaccines and other). They may also be required to respond to tenders issued by the DHSC
With support from a Team Lead, you will be responsible for optimising the submission strategy, ensuring the economic arguments are appropriate, robust consistent with the clinical data. The dossier must be of high quality and delivered on time. You will also lead post submission activities

National value assessment for medicines and vaccines

Devise and lead UK & Ireland value assessment strategies, ensuring economic models and arguments support HTA objectives
Lead high‑quality HTA dossier development and the full assessment process (e.g. clarification questions, ACD responses), across both clinical and economic components
Guide UK cost‑effectiveness and budget impact models and input into evidence synthesis (e.g. SLRs, NMAs), including use of real‑world data to address evidence gaps
Manage external vendors (e.g. model adaptations, SLR/NMA work), ensuring strategic, technical and timeline standards are met
Shape global early models and clinical trial design to reflect UK & Ireland requirements and product value propositions
Represent the company at NICE and other HTA/JCVI meetings and advisory boards; engage with clinicians, payers, patient groups and other stakeholders to inform strategy
Work closely with cross‑functional and pricing colleagues to anticipate appraisal risks and opportunities and ensure alignment across internal and external stakeholders

Evidence generation

Lead evidence generation activities that address gaps particularly of relevance to HTA/JCVI dossiers
Support generation of economic evidence to support lifecycle management, uptake and implementation of novel treatments
Contribute to and/or lead health economic methodological research initiatives (e.g. NICE Methods, key issues in oncology modelling)

Lifecycle management

Conduct landscape assessments for products in the pipeline, focusing on HTA and health economic risks and mitigations
Support New Product Planning colleagues to ensure that HTA requirements are anticipated in the development of UK launch plans
As required, ensure all necessary horizon scanning is up to date
Contribute to cross-functional strategy sessions with medical, marketing, market access, and external affairs colleagues

Development, building capability, compliance, routine business activities

Contributing to the development of technical expertise both within the HTA & OR team and the broader company
Keep up to date on best practice statistical and health economic methods, clinical trial design and reporting
Coach and mentor health economics managers in the team on technical methods
There may be opportunities to manage summer and annual interns
Qualifications,

Skills & Experience Required:

Master's degree in Health Economics or related discipline

Experience of multiple HTA submissions (should…