Job Description

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Job Summary
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Health Economics, the Sr. Health Economist supports the development of strategic, evidence-based economic components (e.g., health economic and budget impact models and reports, and indirect treatment comparisons [ITC]) for submission to Canadian Health Technology Assessment (HTA) bodies and public/private payers.
The Sr. Health Economist will work cross-functionally with other PDCI team members, providing technical leadership on the reimbursement submission components related to indirect evidence and health economics.
Specific Responsibilities

• Leadership on the conception and development of strategic, evidence-based economic components of HTA submission projects including health economic models and reports for submission to Canadian HTA bodies and public/private payers.
• Technical leadership on cost-effectiveness model build projects, including model design, build, and validation.
• Technical leadership on ITC projects.
• Contribute to PDCI's health economic thought leadership, ensuring PDCI is at the forefront of HE methodology, HTA processes and policy issues pertaining to the needs of our clients.
• Monitor payer landscape and analyzes potential impacts or emerging trends.
• Initiate, develop and nurture client relationships through consistently providing sound, trust-worthy information and advice and producing quality deliverables.
• Mentor/coach staff in decision-analytic modelling and ITCs.
• Participate in PDCI business development initiatives, including capabilities presentations, and/or attending industry events as required.
• Other duties as assigned by the Associate Director, HTA and Health Economics.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduate degree in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g., health services research, health economics, epidemiology, biostatistics) and 3+ years of experience in evidence synthesis, decision-analytic modeling and HTA reimbursement submissions, or
• 5+ years of experience in evidence synthesis, decision-analytic modeling and HTA reimbursement submissions.

Key Competencies

• Strong basis in fundamental statistical concepts and methods (i.e., Bayesian statistics), and techniques such as development of meta-analysis, indirect comparisons, network meta-analysis, predictive equations, survival analysis (including parametric methods), longitudinal data analysis, and other hierarchical analysis techniques, etc.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with programming cost-utility models in Microsoft Excel including Visual Basic for Applications.
• Ability to synthesize, interpret, and communicate economic data, and perform quality assurance checks on economic models and reports.
• Knowledge and understanding of HTA process, private and public payer markets, their drug review processes and reimbursement trends affecting market access.
• Quality and efficiency: excellent analytical and organizational skills with a superior attention to detail.
• Effective team player.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities, projects and deadlines.
• Superior communication skills, strategic and critical thinking, and a strong ability to convey technical and scientific information.
• Proficiency in R or Python an asset.
• Fluency in English is essential for the position with fluency in French an asset, but not essential.

Description du poste
Relevant du Directeur principal, Evaluation des technologies de la sante (ETS) et economie de la sante et Economie de la sante, l'economiste principal de la sante soutient le developpement des composantes economiques strategiques fondees sur des donnees probantes (p. ex., modeles et rapports economiques de la sante et d'impact budgetaire, comparaisons indirectes de traitements [CIT]) destinees aux organismes canadiens d'evaluation des technologies de la sante (ETS) et aux payeurs publics/prives.
L'economiste principal de la sante travaillera en collaboration avec les autres membres de l'equipe de PDCI, en assurant un leadership technique sur les elements de soumission lies aux preuves indirectes et a l'economie de la sante.
Responsabilites specifiques

• Diriger la conception et le developpement des composantes economiques strategiques fondees sur des donnees probantes pour les projets de soumission ETS, y compris les modeles economiques de la sante et les rapports destines aux organismes canadiens d'ETS et aux payeurs publics/prives.
• Assurer un leadership technique dans les projets de modelisation de rentabilite, y compris la conception, la construction et la validation des modeles.
• Assurer un leadership technique dans les projets de CIT.
• Contribuer au leadership intellectuel de PDCI en matiere d'economie de la sante, en veillant a ce que PDCI soit a l'avant-garde de la methodologie en economie de la sante, des processus ETS et des enjeux politiques pertinents pour les besoins de nos clients.
• Surveiller le paysage des payeurs et analyser les impacts potentiels ou les tendances emergentes.
• Initier, developper et entretenir des relations avec les clients en fournissant constamment des informations et des conseils fiables, ainsi que des livrables de qualite.
• Encadrer/coach les membres du personnel en modelisation decisionnelle et en CIT.
• Participer aux initiatives de developpement des affaires de PDCI, y compris les presentations de capacites et/ou la participation a des evenements de l'industrie, selon les besoins.
• Autres taches assignees par le directeur associe, ETS et Economie de la sante.

Exigences du poste

• Diplome d'etudes superieures dans une discipline scientifique pertinente (p. ex., recherche sur les services de sante, economie de la sante, epidemiologie, biostatistique) et plus de 3 ans d'experience en synthese des donnees probantes, modelisation decisionnelle et soumissions ETS, ou
• Plus de 5 ans d'experience en synthese des donnees probantes, modelisation decisionnelle et soumissions ETS.

Competences recherchees

• Solide comprehension des concepts et methodes statistiques fondamentaux (p. ex., statistiques bayesiennes), et des techniques telles que la meta-analyse, les comparaisons indirectes, les meta-analyses en reseau, les equations predictives, l'analyse de survie (y compris les methodes parametriques), l'analyse de donnees longitudinales, et autres techniques d'analyse hierarchique.
• Connaissance approfondie et experience en programmation de modeles de cout-utilite dans Microsoft Excel, y compris Visual Basic for Applications.
• Capacite a synthetiser, interpreter et communiquer des donnees economiques, et a effectuer des verifications de qualite sur les modeles et rapports economiques.
• Connaissance et comprehension du processus ETS, des marches des payeurs publics et prives, de leurs processus d'examen des medicaments et des tendances de remboursement influencant l'acces au marche.
• Qualite et efficacite : excellentes competences analytiques et organisationnelles avec une attention superieure aux details.
• Esprit d'equipe efficace.
• Capacite a gerer plusieurs priorites, projets et echeances.
• Excellentes competences en communication, pensee strategique et critique, et forte capacite a transmettre des informations techniques et scientifiques.
• Maitrise de R ou Python est un atout.
• La maitrise de l'anglais est essentielle pour ce poste; la maitrise du francais est un atout, mais non essentielle.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$89,700 - $149,500
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