Global Health Economics & Outcomes Research Lead

The Opportunity

The Global Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) Lead will work on site daily from our Lake Forest, IL location in the Infectious Disease Business Unit in Abbott Diagnostics. This position reports to the Head of Value, Access, & Outcomes within the Medical & Scientific Affairs organization.

What You'll Work On

The Global HEOR Lead will lead the development and execution of global HEOR strategies, ensuring effective implementation across markets to support Abbott's Infectious Disease Rapid Diagnostics portfolio. This role is a key leader within the Value, Access, and Outcomes (VAO) organization, responsible for generating compelling economic, clinical, and operational evidence from pipeline and throughout the product lifecycle. The person hired in this role will need expertise in Modeling specifically in HEOR.

This role partners closely with cross-functional stakeholders to develop and optimize Integrated Evidence Plans (IEPs) to support reimbursement and funding, policy decision-making, and value communications across the portfolio. The Global HEOR Lead designs and oversees a comprehensive range of HEOR strategies and tactics, including real-world evidence (RWE) studies, outcomes research, and health economic modeling (e.g., cost-effectiveness and budget impact analyses), ensuring robust evidence generation that demonstrates the clinical, economic, and operational value of Abbott's point-of-care rapid diagnostics.

HEOR & Evidence Strategy Leadership

• Define and lead the global HEOR and RWE strategy aligned with business priorities across pipeline and on-market diagnostic products
• Ensure early integration of HEOR into product development, clinical strategy, and lifecycle management

Evidence Generation & Execution

• Leads the design and execution of HEOR evidence generation, including real-world evidence studies, health economic modeling, and outcomes research such as workflow efficiency, healthcare resource utilization, and patient-reported outcomes
• Integrate clinical and operational outcomes into evidence strategies to demonstrate real-world impact
• Lead evidence synthesis activities, including systematic literature reviews, meta-analyses, and indirect treatment comparisons
• Evaluate existing evidence generation assets (e.g., economic models) to assess methodological rigor and identify opportunities for enhancement across the product lifecycle
• Translate model outputs into stakeholder-ready insights, incorporating market feedback to refine analyses, and ensure relevance for access decision-making

Cross-Functional & External Leadership

• Partner with Market Access, Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Marketing, and Commercial teams to ensure alignment of evidence strategy with product objectives
• Engage external stakeholders, including key opinion leaders, payers, and academic partners, to inform evidence strategies and ensure relevance
• Lead and collaborate with external vendors to deliver high-quality, evidence-based studies and models

Publications & Scientific Communication

• Lead HEOR publication strategy, including congress presentations and peer-reviewed manuscripts
• Ensure timely dissemination of evidence to internal and external stakeholders
• Translate complex HEOR findings into clear, actionable insights for cross-functional teams