Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research

A typical day would include:

• Develop and execute integrated HEOR and evidence-generation strategies aligned with asset development plans, target product profiles, regulatory strategy, global market access priorities, and commercialization objectives.
• Lead HEOR contributions to launch preparation, including payer evidence planning, value proposition development, evidence dissemination strategies, reimbursement support tools, and cross-functional launch readiness activities.
• Represent HEOR on cross-functional asset teams and influence clinical development plans, endpoint strategies, evidence requirements, stage-gate decisions, and launch-readiness planning.
• Identify evidence gaps and translate payer, health technology assessment, provider, and patient needs into prioritized research plans, including evidence synthesis, burden-of-disease studies, real-world evidence, patient-reported outcomes, comparative effectiveness research, and economic modeling.
• Lead development of global value evidence and communication resources, including value dossiers, economic models, payer evidence materials, publications, and other tools supporting reimbursement and access decisions.
• Anticipate U.S. payer and ex-U.S. HTA evidence requirements and partner with regional and country teams to adapt global strategies to local reimbursement needs.
• Provide HEOR input into early asset assessments, business development and licensing opportunities, product differentiation, value proposition development, and pricing and reimbursement strategy.
• Ensure HEOR projects are scientifically rigorous, compliant with applicable standards and procedures, delivered within approved budgets and timelines, and effectively communicated to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Manage external research partners, including project scoping, vendor selection, contracting, budget oversight, quality review, and delivery of high-impact evidence.
• Build organizational understanding of HEOR and strengthen cross-functional capabilities by communicating the strategic and business implications of evidence to senior leaders and key partners.
• Contributes to the continued development of the Pharma HEOR function, including research standards, governance, prioritization processes, operating models, and scalable capabilities needed to support a growing and increasingly complex portfolio.

What You'll Bring To Alcon:

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +18 yrs; Assoc.+14 yrs; M.S.+7 yrs; PhD+6 yrs)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
• 10 Years of Relevant Experience
• 6 Years of Demonstrated Leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD, PharmD, MPH, MS, or equivalent advanced degree in health economics, outcomes research, epidemiology, public health, pharmacy, or related field
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical product launches
• Experience with U.S. payer evidence requirements and global HTA processes
• Experience with global value dossiers, AMCP dossiers, economic models, and value communication tools
• Experience managing HEOR vendors and external research collaborations
• Experience supporting specialty, biologic, or advanced-therapy products