Health Economics & Market Access; HEMA Manager, Electrophysiology Emerging Markets

HEMA Manager, EP Emerging Markets

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness.

Role overview

HEMA Manager, Emerging Markets leads the health economics activities for our Electrophysiology portfolio at Johnson & Johnson Med Tech through the development and execution of robust health economic arguments and tools to support funding and procedural adoption.

This regional role is responsible for Emerging Markets and works closely with local market-access and government-affairs teams. It ensures we have the necessary health-economics and market-access capabilities and that we convey a clear, value-based message to customers, as evolving procurement processes and an increasing focus on value-based healthcare require clinical evidence and demonstration of the economic value of our technologies and solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with key local and regional functional and external collaborators to contribute to the overall strategy, developing evidence and value communication tools and messaging aligned to the EP portfolio
• Support the development of health economics tools, translating complex messages into simple statements that can easily be articulated by the sales force
• Accountable for health economic input into novel local commercial initiatives requiring substantiation of value, including but not restricted to value-based procurement and value-based agreements
• Work closely with the marketing, clinical, and sales teams to ensure the alignment of market access activities with overall business objectives
• Provide input into the evidence generation strategy for new product development and identify local opportunities for health economic evidence generation
• Support the adaptation and local approval of regionally developed HEMA tools, translating complex messages into simple statements that can easily be articulated by the sales force

Qualifications & Experience

• 5 years experience in the medical devices, health care or pharmaceutical industry
• Strong technical background in evidence-based medicine, health economics, or health policy with a demonstrated track record of success is required
• Advanced degree in health economics, health policy, public health, economics, healthcare management or other relevant discipline is preferred
• Knowledge of healthcare systems and market-access processes in emerging markets is preferred
• Strong track record of successful engagement with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders
• Appetite to build on knowledge and experience of market access and health economics
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional matrix to successfully deliver objectives on time and within budget
• Ability to synthesise clinical and health economic evidence into messages easily understood by non-clinical stakeholders
• Previous experience of developing business cases, value briefs and value propositions to support market access strategies
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively individually and in a team environment
• Strong internal and external communicator
• Excellent behavioral skills and communication style

Location

Preference will be given to candidates based in the emerging markets (Central and Eastern Europe e.g., Czechia, Poland; Turkey; and the Middle East). However, we are open to considering candidates based in other European countries.

Required Skills:

Agility Jumps, Coaching, Commercial Awareness, Competitive Landscape Analysis, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Intelligence, Global Market, Go-to-Market Strategies, Health Economics, Health Intelligence, Market Knowledge, Market Opportunity Assessment, Pricing Strategies, Process Improvements,…