HEMA Manager - IO&E

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At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.       

About the role:

This Health Economics & Market Access Manager will work in close collaboration with stakeholders in Interventional Oncology and Embolization (IO&E) and at Corporate to lead and execute market access strategy. The manager will manage and develop methods to positively advocate and remove barriers to access and ensure coverage and reimbursement for the division’s commercially marketed products.

Successful candidates will have deep oncology domain expertise and a proven track record of shaping access pathways in complex, evidence-driven markets.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead development and execution of comprehensive reimbursement, market access and health economic activities within the interventional oncology and embolization portfolio, aligning with enterprise priorities to optimize patient access and commercial outcomes
• Act as a subject matter expert on interventional oncology and embolization reimbursement, coding, and policy trends relevant to IO&E procedures. Guide internal teams on coding pathways and serve as the lead advisor on payer policy shifts impacting the portfolio
• Represent the HEMA function externally in engagements with clinical key opinion leaders, advisory boards, payer organizations and medical societies. Actively contribute to shaping external policy and reimbursement environments through dialogue and advocacy
• Partner with multiple cross functional partners to develop product and economic value propositions (eg, tools, publications) early in the product development lifecycle.  
• Lead identification of evidence gaps and development of payer-relevant evidence generation strategies, including real world data, real world evidence, economic models and targeted publications. Collaborate with HEOR and clinical teams to ensure outcomes resonate with payers and guideline bodies.
• Maintain deep expertise in current and emerging oncology reimbursement policy, clinical guidelines (i.e. NCCN), and coding updates to proactively adjust HEMA strategy and inform business risk management
• Partner with global regional HEMA teams to ensure strategic alignment and leverage regional insights that support global launch readiness and sustained market growth

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in health-related discipline including HEMA, healthcare administration, health policy, public health, or similar discipline
• Minimum 5 working years in biotech, pharmaceutical or medtech industry, delivery and/or administration of healthcare, or with healthcare payer
• Prior experience with oncology, preferably interventional oncology
• Experience with Medicare payment and coverage policies and processes including experience establishing new technology payment in the U.S. and major geographic regions globally
• Conversationally fluent with medical coding and site-of-service specific reimbursement
• Working knowledge of answering challenging utilization and health economic questions using large datasets
• Working knowledge of hospital financial systems and revenue cycle management practices
• Able to overnight travel up to 30%

Preferred qualifications

• An advanced degree such as an MBA, MPH, MHA, MS, MSc in health policy, health economics, healthcare administration, health services research, public health or similar discipline is highly desired.
• Outstanding people skills including developing relationships at all levels in an organization and directly influencing business objectives.
• Ability to present complex health economic information to both large and small influential groups in a way that is both easy to understand, credible, and engages the audience.
• Effectively operate analytics for analysis and presentation, including economic tools in order to demonstrate to customers how Boston Scientific products will impact their facility or healthcare system economically and financially.
• Ability to train sales team members both individually and in groups in the use of economic tools such as calculators, presentations, and messaging in a compliant manner.
• Ability to illicit and interpret customers’ goals, needs, and priorities and creatively address them with Boston Scientific products and programs.
• Demonstrated responsiveness and sense of urgency when pursuing goals and completing tasks.
• Demonstrated skills in managing multiple projects, prioritization
• Ability to work with ambiguity and continuously adapt in a rapidly changing atmosphere.
• Experience working as part of both functional and cross-functional teams.

Requisition ID: 608078

Minimum Salary: $122100 

Maximum Salary: $232000 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com--will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

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As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve. 

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