Executive Director, Health Economics – Outcomes Research

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Develop and spearhead the HEOR and value evidence strategy throughout Travere’s nephrology portfolio, which includes FILSPARI, civorebrutinib, and upcoming pipeline assets.

• Create integrated evidence-generation plans that address the clinical, economic, humanistic, and healthcare decision-maker evidence needs across the product lifecycle.

• Collaborate with Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Regulatory, Biostatistics, and other cross-functional teams to pinpoint evidence gaps and integrate HEOR priorities into asset and franchise strategies.

• Lead health economic research initiatives, including cost-effectiveness analyses, budget impact studies, cost-of-illness assessments, and healthcare resource utilization evaluations.

• Design and implement real-world evidence studies utilizing claims, electronic medical records, registries, and other healthcare databases.

• Analyze disease burden, treatment patterns, patient journeys, healthcare resource utilization, and clinical outcomes.

• Direct the patient-reported outcomes strategy, which encompasses the selection, development, validation, and implementation of appropriate measures.

• Integrate HEOR and outcomes research considerations into clinical development, which includes study design, endpoint strategy, evidence gaps, and future access needs.

• Produce evidence that supports payer and health technology assessment requirements, value dossiers, reimbursement submissions, and access criteria.

• Formulate research plans that back new indications, lifecycle opportunities, and future nephrology assets.

• Partner with external research collaborators, data partners, research organizations, and scientific experts.

• Develop and manage HEOR publication strategies, sharing research findings through peer-reviewed publications and scientific congresses.

• Represent Travere externally among HEOR researchers, nephrology experts, academic collaborators, and scientific stakeholders.

• Act as the internal subject matter expert on health economics, outcomes research, real-world evidence, and patient-centered outcomes.

• Oversee external vendors, research partners, budgets, timelines, and project execution.

• Ensure that all activities comply with relevant laws, regulations, industry standards, company policies, and Travere compliance requirements.

⛳️ Requirements

• An advanced degree in health economics, outcomes research, epidemiology, public health, health services research, pharmacy, medicine, biostatistics, or a related field is required.

• A PhD, PharmD, MD, ScD, DrPH, or equivalent advanced degree is strongly preferred.

• A minimum of 12 years of progressively responsible experience in HEOR, real-world evidence, outcomes research, market access evidence, or similar fields.

• Proven experience in developing and executing HEOR and evidence-generation strategies for marketed and/or development-stage assets.

• Extensive experience with real-world healthcare data, such as claims, EMR/EHR, registries, and other large healthcare databases.

• Proficient in health economic modeling, burden-of-illness research, healthcare resource utilization, epidemiology, and observational research.

• Experience with patient-reported outcomes and clinical outcomes assessments, including instrument selection, development, validation, and implementation.

• Background in generating evidence to meet payer, reimbursement, and health technology assessment needs.

• Experience in nephrology, rare diseases, specialty therapeutics, or progressive chronic diseases is strongly preferred.

• A demonstrated history of scientific publications and presentations in HEOR, outcomes research, epidemiology, real-world evidence, or related disciplines.

• A solid understanding of payer and healthcare decision-maker evidence requirements.

• Ability to translate clinical and business inquiries into rigorous, decision-relevant evidence-generation initiatives.

• Strong strategic thinking capabilities with the foresight to anticipate evidence needs and link research priorities to clinical development and product strategy.

• Capability to work effectively across functions and influence senior leaders and cross-functional partners without direct authority.

• Strong scientific judgment, analytical skills, and dedication to research quality and scientific integrity.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong leadership, organizational, budget management, and vendor management skills.

• Ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits.

• Financial, work-life, and well-being offerings.

• Wellness and employee support programs.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Disability benefits.

• Retirement plans with employer matching.

• Generous paid time off policy.

• Short-term incentive compensation.

• Long-term incentive compensation in the form of company stock.