Scientific Director – Medical Payer Strategy, Oncology

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

📋 Description

• Offer medical and scientific expertise in oncology market access, including strategies for payers, group purchasing organizations, health systems, guidelines, and pathways.

• Create and implement medical market access initiatives, which encompass strategies for payer and healthcare access decision-makers along with educational programs.

• Convert insights from payers and healthcare decision-makers into strategic recommendations.

• Collaborate across functions with teams in commercial, HEOR, and medical affairs within a highly matrixed setting.

• Spearhead the development of medical affairs strategies for payers and healthcare decision-makers concerning specific therapeutic areas and assets.

• Transform clinical, economic, humanistic, and real-world evidence into unique value narratives.

• Define access strategies, prioritize brands and portfolios, and inform enterprise decisions.

• Oversee the creation and approval of field and omnichannel medical affairs access materials.

• Conduct training sessions for Medical Outcomes Science Liaison teams.

• Collaborate on integrated evidence plans with Medical Affairs and HEOR.

• Formulate strategies for collaborative research with payers and healthcare decision-makers, thought-leadership forums, and external partnerships.

• Track trends in scientific, health economics, access, and healthcare policy through conferences, insight gathering, and stakeholder engagement.

• Contribute to portfolio, therapeutic area, and brand strategies.

• Act as the scientific liaison for essential regulatory, OEC, and legal discussions.

• Support medical affairs-sponsored or supported real-world evidence research activities.

• Lead cross-functional and functional subteams responsible for specific therapeutic area projects.

• Ensure adherence to relevant corporate, divisional, legal, and regulatory standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, PA, or NP is highly preferred).

• Residency or additional postdoctoral training is highly preferred.

• Generally, 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent.

• Strong understanding of managed care is required.

• Pharmacoeconomic experience is preferred.

• Experience in management and leadership at the project level.

• Familiarity with strategic initiatives and issues.

• Demonstrated leadership abilities in a cross-functional context.

• Capacity to engage externally and internally to support global business strategy.

• Ability to independently advance RWE studies or medical affairs-directed research with minimal supervision.

• Proficient knowledge of statistical methodologies.

• Awareness of regulatory requirements surrounding RWE.

• Experience in strategy development and RWE protocol design.

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.

• Comprehension of legal and regulatory requirements along with the healthcare landscape.

• Must adhere to applicable corporate and divisional policies and procedures.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick leave).

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan.

• Long-term incentive programs.

• Flexible hybrid work arrangement.

• Equal opportunity employer, including support for Veterans and individuals with disabilities.