Site Name: Belgium-Wavre, UK - London - Brentford
Posted Date: Aug 16 2023

As a Vaccines Value Evidence Associate Director Late Development & Adult Immunisation, you will be accountable for supporting the global value evidence strategy and delivery (health outcomes, economics, patient reported outcomes, stakeholder insights including payer, HTAs and patients, and real-world evidence) for assets in Late Development and for Adult Immunisation and in alignment with the Value Evidence (VE) accountabilities around the GSK integrated asset operating model within the Value Evidence and Outcomes (VEO) organisation.

Collaborative working with diverse business partners across R&D, within VEO, commercial and regional and Local Operating Companies (LOC) VE, health outcomes and market access teams will be critical to ensure optimal evidence generation strategies are in place

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Contribute to the development of critical vaccines development activities which include: the Integrated Evidence Plan (with a focus on the needs of payers, providers and patients), the Vaccines Profile, and the Value Proposition.
• Lead the development of the global Value Evidence Plan comprising the set of claims / messages to be supported by value evidence studies; definition of markets requiring payer scientific advice; program of studies to support key value claims, reflecting the needs of key LOCs and delivering on the vaccine profile ultimately informing vaccine recommendation and reimbursement.
• In collaboration with cross functional stakeholders (Clinical, Real World Data analytics, Real World Evidence and Epidemiology, Patient Centered Outcomes, Medical affairs and Commercial, Governmental Affairs and regional / LOC VE teams), lead studies and implement and deliver specific research plans/protocols including the development of health economic models, burden of illness studies, observational research, patient-reported outcomes instruments, payer or patient insight studies to inform VE research.
• Inform clinical trial design to capture the economic and humanistic measurements required to deliver a vaccine with differentiated value.
• Conduct and lead scientific engagements with external experts, HTA bodies, payers and patients to inform the Value Evidence Plan and Research activities.
• Conduct and lead Value Evidence Scientific Advice (VESA) activities as formal scientific advice from a HTA / payer authority regarding the design of the asset’s development programme to deliver the right evidence to inform decision making related to reimbursement and access.
• Conduct competitor HTA appraisals (across asset & broader disease area) to define payer evidentiary needs in CDP & value evidence plan (i.e., pt. population, comparators, end points etc.)
• To effectively lead and deliver outsourced projects with external contract research organisations/suppliers
• Bring expertise to strategic discussions regarding the evidence requirements to support recommendation and reimbursement submissions globally.
• Support regulatory interactions with a focus on the patient reported outcome data, labelling and potential for inclusion in indication
• Lead or collaborate with other functions, such as Market Access, Medical Affairs or Commercial, on the direct or indirect collection of insights from patients, physicians, providers, and payers.
• Support projects as required through key internal development milestones and communicate the evidence generation plans effectively to secure resources, funding, and organizational alignment

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Masters level or equivalent experience in health outcomes or relevant areas of specialisation
• Specific training / meaningful experience in at least 2 areas (health policy, reimbursement / access, health economics, modelling, patient reported outcomes, psychometrics, clinical trial design, observational research, epidemiology, statistics).
• Educational background with technical expertise consistent with scientific project planning, implementation, and delivery of evidence.
• Drug development experience including early planning, clinical programmes, and/or launch or post marketing experience.
• Knowledge of global reimbursement processes / evidence requirements to inform access decisions. Experience of reimbursement / HTA submissions is a plus.
• Proficient in managing multiple projects, budgets, and matrix interactions (internal / external consistent with each research project).
• Effective communicator (oral/written) who can translate specific research projects and outcomes at project team level and demonstrate application to integrated evidence plan.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• PhD in a relevant discipline.
• Authored publication.
• Programming skills (e.g., R, Visual Basic for Applications) and agility to further learn as relevant

Why GSK?

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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Why Us?

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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