Senior Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Real-World Evidence

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

📋 Description

• Formulate and direct the global HEOR and RWE strategy for Immatics' portfolio.

• Create integrated evidence plans and roadmaps for evidence generation.

• Establish a framework for HEOR and RWE that supports assets from early clinical development through post-launch evidence generation.

• Anticipate the evidence requirements in the United States and other key markets.

• Develop annual objectives for HEOR/RWE, including operating plans, resource needs, and budgets.

• Design and supervise HEOR and RWE studies.

• Generate evidence regarding the impact of personalized cell therapy on patients and healthcare systems.

• Identify appropriate real-world data sources such as EHRs, claims databases, registries, genomic and biomarker datasets, and treatment-center data.

• Manage external research organizations, consultants, data vendors, academic collaborators, and other partners.

• Collaborate with Clinical Development, Biostatistics, Regulatory Affairs, and Medical Affairs on economic, patient-reported, healthcare-resource, and real-world endpoints.

• Produce evidence addressing value considerations of potentially durable oncology therapies.

• Support payer and HTA evidence needs, formulary submissions, value dossiers, health-economic models, and scientific advice engagements.

• Work with Market Access and Medical Affairs to develop evidence-based tools and resources.

• Build relationships with HEOR experts, oncology researchers, payers, HTA stakeholders, healthcare-system leaders, treatment centers, patient organizations, and data partners.

• Lead collaborations in external research.

• Present research outcomes to executive, scientific, payer, policymaker, and cross-functional audiences.

• Develop and implement publication and congress strategies.

• Ensure that external communications adhere to legal, regulatory, medical, publication, and company standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• An advanced scientific or medical degree is required (PhD, PharmD, MD, MPH, or equivalent).

• A minimum of 12 years of experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.

• Relevant experience in evidence strategy and study execution, HEOR, RWE, market access evidence generation, epidemiology, or outcomes research.

• Proven expertise in oncology HEOR and RWE.

• Understanding of U.S. payer and formulary decision-making, integrated delivery networks, oncology care delivery, reimbursement processes, and evidence requirements.

• Experience with cell therapy, gene therapy, other advanced therapy medicinal products, or specialized centers and complex patient pathways.

• Experience managing external research collaborations, data vendors, consultants, and contract research organizations.

• A track record of peer-reviewed publications, congress presentations, or other significant scientific contributions.

• Ability to convey complex methodological and technical information to both scientific and non-technical audiences.

• A commitment to scientific integrity, patient-focused evidence generation, and high ethical and compliance standards.

• Experience in supporting interactions with NICE, G-BA, IQWiG, HAS, ICER, CMS, or other payer and HTA organizations.

• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

• Successful completion of background checks, reference checks, and pre-employment drug screening as permitted by law.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive rates for Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.

• Four weeks of vacation, provided upfront each year and prorated for the first and last year of employment.

• Twelve company-paid holidays.

• Seven days of sick leave.

• 100% employer-paid life insurance up to one time the annual salary, capped at one hundred thousand dollars.

• 100% employer-paid short- and long-term disability coverage.

• 401(k) plan with immediate eligibility and company matching.

• Company matches 100% of contributions up to 3% of base salary for the first two years, 4% for years 2-3, and up to 5% from the fourth year onward.

• Partially paid parental leave for eligible employees.

• Additional voluntary employee-paid benefits and services, including accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness insurance.

• Identity theft protection.

• Pet insurance.