Job Description
We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” and that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. And we believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.
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The goal of CORE (Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence) is to generate value evidence, support both regulatory commitments and reimbursement activities and collaborate on the development of market access strategies for our company`s products throughout the world.
We are currently seeking a Director, CORE Region EEMEA to join the region team and focus in the area of oncology. Under the guidance of the CORE EEMEA Lead, the incumbent will have the responsibility of supporting the interpretation and translation of CORE integrated evidence strategies for oncology products developed at the global level to our company affiliates in the EEMEA region.
The scope of this support will include Health Technology Assessment (HTA)/reimbursement dossier submission and overall Real World Evidence (RWE) activities that tailor these global strategies to the country strategies in the region. This process includes close alignment with the CORE oncology groups regarding strategy and plans, as well as having a high-level awareness of the setting and challenges in the EEMEA countries. A close collaboration with regional above-markets teams (including Medical Affairs, Access & Pricing, and Policy) is required to ensure consistency and alignment with strategies.
Another focus of the incumbent will be to collaborate with key markets to identify evidence gaps as well as how to support the value discussion, and address these from the Health Economic and Outcomes Research (HEOR) perspective, including supporting development of meaningful tools and arguments to guide discussion and interaction with oncology stakeholders, payers, health systems and clinicians at country level.
The role involves interactions with company country affiliates to have an understanding of country-specific HTA/reimbursement needs and to support timely and efficient HTA/reimbursement submission, including support country-specific adaptation of the global cost-effectiveness (CE) and budget impact (BI) models in EEMEA.
The incumbent should be able to work with local teams around HEOR strategy and support and train the teams in relation to local HEOR and Local Data Generation (LDG) study execution. Another important element is to support company colleagues as well as local thought leaders/researchers to understand and utilize evidence in the areas of HTA, HEOR and RWE, enabling them to make correct interpretations of HEOR studies as well as how to interpret CE and BI analysis for oncology health policy decision-making at various levels in healthcare systems
This position will focus in oncology, and specific roles include, but are not limited to:
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THE COMPANY
Our company has had a presence in Switzerland since 1963. With a regional office and manufacturing/packaging facility, Lucerne is considered the center of operations. Approximately 1,000 people work collaboratively at the four Lucerne locations (Weystrasse, Citybay, Schachen and Kriens). A fifth location has been recently established in Zurich, aimed at accelerating the development and commercialization of many of our company’s medicines and vaccines, which supports our mission to save and improve lives around the world. The new location has a target date of 2021 for operational readiness.
We are proud to be certified as a “Top Employer Switzerland” and “Top Employer Europe” showing the company’s commitment to our employees and the community around us.
Ringcenter
The Ring Center building located in Kriens is the headquarter of regional marketing departments across Europe, Middle East and Africa. The employees based here make essential contributions to our international business around the world. This location provides support to more than 70 subsidiaries.
Who we are …
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
What we look for …
In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.
INVENT.
IMPACT.
INSPIRE.
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1Requisition ID:R83396