Health Economist

We have an exciting opportunity to join our expanding health economic modelling team at HEOR! We are looking for talented and passionate quantitative experts who can make a real impact. As a crucial member of our team, you will have the autonomy to implement cutting-edge modelling techniques, conduct in-depth analyses, and create professional materials for dissemination. Your unique contributions will not only shape our client proposals but also drive positive change in the healthcare industry. Join us and be part of a team that is shaping the future of health economics!

Role and Responsibilities include:

• Understand the model development process, including the technical skills of designing and building a health economic model (CEM, BIM, COM, DTM, early models)
• Review, extract and analyse data to be used to inform economic models (e.g. health care costs, quality-adjusted life-years, productivity losses)
• Independently develop high-quality and relevant economic models, technical reports and user guides, seeking guidance and support as needed
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to solving client challenges and research questions whilst critically evaluating value propositions within the context of the evidence base available within a project
• Implement high quality, relevant models in Excel and VBA and/or R based on agreed concept or protocol
• Adapt and conduct health economic analysis on global models to inform local HTA dossier development
• Actively participate in research dissemination including publication and presentation of research.
• Work collaboratively with the HE team and other business units across HEOR, as well as with clients and external collaborators
• Understand project briefs, scopes and budgets and identify ambiguity or risks and escalate as appropriate
• Begin to manage small projects, ensuring detailed knowledge of timelines and project plans
• Embed HE principles across projects, ensuring deliverables are consistently and clearly communicated
• Understand the role HEOR plays in providing evidence for the process of pricing, reimbursement, and market access
• Support proposal development and project pitches as required

Requirements

Qualifications/Candidate requirements

• Master's in health economics or alternative quantitative subject (economics, statistics, mathematics, operational research).
• Experience in developing health economics models in Excel and VBA.
• Experience in the adaptation and localization of health economics models.
• Skills in the application of economic and statistical analysis.
• Understanding of the HEOR/HTA and commercial landscape.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Relevant work experience in consultancy, healthcare, biotechnology, and/or pharmaceutical industry.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits package, including:

• A ‘learning’ culture focused on personal development and supported by study bursaries
• Workplace pension scheme
• Private health insurance with AXA Health
• Range of high street, supermarket, restaurant, gym membership, holiday and entertainment discounts via Sodexho
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Employees are given an additional day of leave for: their wedding and moving house
• Annual leave purchase scheme of up to 10 additional days’ leave per year

If you would like to request any reasonable adjustment, for any part of the recruitment process (including application), please let us know by emailing careers@heor.co.uk