Sr. Associate - Evidence Synthesis

About the job

Sanofi Business Operations (SBO) is an internal Sanofi resource organization based in India and is setup tocentralize processes and activities to support Specialty Care, Vaccines, General Medicine, CHC, CMO, andRD, Data Digital functions. SBO strives to be a strategic and functional partner for tactical deliveries to Medical, Health Economics and Value Assessment (HEVA), andCommercial organizationsin Sanofi, globally.

Main responsibilities:

The overall purpose and main responsibilities are listed below:

• Support HEVA/Medical team in assigned therapy area portfolio to plan and generate robust health economics and value based evidence to maximize the value propositions from both a global and US perspective working within the Market Access tripod
• Support the execution of quality research projects, economic models, trial design recommendations and other activities in support of programs/products
• Seek opportunities to innovate HEVA/Medical value identification, evidence generation and dissemination process/plan to increase the relevance and impact of HEVA/Medical evidence to ensure reimbursement decisions and optimal access
• Develop and maintain therapeutic area (TA) expertise

People:

(1) Support and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders (2) Work effectively with global HEVA/Medical teams across various time zones

Performance:

(1) Support in the HEVA/Medical evidence generation plan: Develop research plan for pre-launch, launch and post-launch evidence for investigational and marketed drugs; Evidence generation plan includes burden of illness studies, epidemiology, literature reviews, meta-analysis, retrospective, and prospective observational studies, economic evaluations, development and analysis of patient-reported outcomes; Provide strategic support with individuals and institutions, which may serve as resources for evidence generation purpose, etc.

(2) Support execution of approved HEVA/Medical study(s) and manage ongoing study(s) if required: Supports the HEVA/Medical product lead to manage and execute research studies to support the clinical, economic and humanistic value of products

(3) Support development of core value dossier (CVD) and Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) dossier and provide strategic direction

Process:

(1) Assist HEVA/Medical team in development of strategic evidence material

(2) Assist manager in development of core strategic evidence generation processes, templates, and products across the portfolio in accordance to the scientific and value messages aligned with CVD, AMCP dossier, and as appropriate to other submissions (3) Maintain adherence to the evidence generation guidelines and other standards relevant to evidence generation processes

Stakeholder:

(1) Work with HEVA, RWE, Clinical, Medical Affairs, Marketing, External Affairs and Market Access global or local teams in regions/areas to identify evidence generation and dissemination needs and assist in developing assigned deliverables

(2) Support HEVA/Medical team to prepare relevant customized deliverables for these Teams

About you

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) for the pharmaceuticals industry, CRO consultancy or academia.

• Soft and technical skills: Stakeholder management, writing/communication skills, external engagement and ability to work independently and within a team environment

• Strong analytical skills to translate clinical and economic information and messages into payer evidence strategies;

• Understands reimbursement decisions to determine value drivers and how evidence is used in decision making and how it impacts various payers (e.g., providers, patients, health systems);

• Knowledge of methods and principles of health economics, health technology assessment (HTA) reviews

• Education: Advanced degree in life sciences/pharmacy/similar discipline or medical degree

• Languages: Excellent knowledge of English language (spoken and written)