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 for submission to Canadian Health Technology Assessment (HTA) bodies and public/private payers.
The Sr. Health Economist will work cross-functionally with other McKesson Consulting 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.
• Contribute to health economic thought leadership, ensuring the consulting team 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.
• Participate in business development initiatives, including capabilities presentations, and/or attending industry events as required.
• Other duties as assigned by the Senior Manager, HTA and Health Economics.

Minimum Qualifications

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

Key Competencies

• 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.

Resume du poste
Relevant du gestionnaire principal, Evaluation des technologies de la sante (ETS) et Economie de la sante, l'economiste principal de la sante soutient le developpement des composantes economiques strategiques fondees sur des donnees probantes (par exemple, les modeles economiques de la sante et les rapports d'impact budgetaire destines aux organismes canadiens d'evaluation des technologies de la sante et aux payeurs publics/prives).
L'economiste principal de la sante travaillera en collaboration avec les autres membres de l'equipe de conseil de McKesson, en fournissant un leadership technique sur les elements de soumission lies au remboursement, 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 et les rapports destines aux organismes canadiens d'ETS et aux payeurs publics/prives.
• Leadership technique dans la construction de modeles de rentabilite, incluant la conception, la realisation et la validation des modeles.
• Contribuer au leadership intellectuel en economie de la sante, en veillant a ce que l'equipe de conseil soit a la pointe de la methodologie en ES, des processus ETS et des enjeux politiques pertinents pour nos clients.
• Surveiller le paysage des payeurs et analyser les impacts potentiels ou les tendances emergentes.
• Initier, developper et entretenir les relations avec les clients en fournissant constamment des informations et des conseils fiables, ainsi que des livrables de qualite.
• Encadrer et coacher le personnel dans la modelisation decisionnelle analytique.
• Participer aux initiatives de developpement des affaires, y compris les presentations de capacites et/ou la participation a des evenements de l'industrie, selon les besoins.
• Autres taches assignees par le gestionnaire principal, ETS et Economie de la sante.

Qualifications minimales

• Diplome d'etudes superieures dans une discipline scientifique pertinente (par exemple, recherche sur les services de sante, economie de la sante, epidemiologie, biostatistique).
• Minimum de 5 ans d'experience en synthese de donnees probantes, modelisation decisionnelle analytique et soumissions de remboursement ETS, dont au moins 3 ans dans un role specialise ou de leadership.

Competences cles

• Connaissance approfondie et experience dans la programmation de modeles 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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