Associate Director, Medical Outcomes Value Liaison

Job Description:
As a privately-owned, biopharmaceutical company, Ferring pioneers and delivers life-changing therapies that help people build families and live better lives. Our independence helps us cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit and long-term perspective that enables us to achieve growth and scale, while remaining agile and true to our 'people first' philosophy. Built on a 70-year plus commitment to science and research, Ferring is relentless in its pursuit of science that drives powerful discoveries and therapies to help people build families, stay healthy, and stand up to the world's oldest enemy: disease.
As the Medical Outcomes Value Liaison you will conduct health economics and outcomes research and lead the medical interface with key access customers in a field-facing role.
With Ferring, you will be joining a recognized leader, identified as one of "The World's Most Innovative Companies" by Fast Company, and honored by Fortune with inclusion on its "Change the World List," for addressing society's unmet needs. Ferring US is also Great Places to Work® Certified, distinguishing it as one of the best companies to work for in the country.
Responsibilities:

• Communicate and disseminate newly generated health economics and outcome research (HEOR) and clinical data to key external stakeholders, primarily U.S. healthcare payers.
• Engage health plans, pharmacy-benefit managers, and hospitals in scientific dialogue about our products and pipeline.
• Assist with developing HEOR strategic and tactical plans for products in development and commercialized products.
• Assist in creating FDAMA 114 / Section 3037 pieces as well as enduring HEOR materials intended for reactive presentations by field teams.
• Conduct training sessions for field teams to ensure appropriate use of HEOR field materials. Partner with medical information on dossiers, medical information letters, etc. to incorporate HEOR data into key medical materials.
• Collect the voice of the customer from population decision makers and share insights with the internal medical teams.
• Develop and maintain scientific relationships with key health outcomes thought leaders.
• Actively gather and monitor competitive intelligence.
• Attend HEOR and Managed Markets conferences to present data, attend relevant scientific sessions and professionally network and build relationships in the HEOR and Managed Markets professional community.
• Coordinate with pricing, policy and reimbursement team to inform value-based pricing strategy and to integrate key policy and reimbursement initiatives into communications with U.S. Payers and field teams.
• Attend medical and commercial advisory boards and present HEOR data when relevant.
• Help to develop state Medicaid testimonies, incorporating new clinical and HEOR information into overall product value story. Present at Medicaid meetings when needed.
• Expand HEOR support to broader pipeline of products.

Requirements:

• Doctoral level degree, e.g. PharmD, PhD or MD
• Concentration in health economics, outcomes research, epidemiology, statistics, public health, public policy or a related academic discipline preferred.
• A minimum of 4 years of professional experience in HEOR, Medical Affairs, Managed Markets, Health Plan, Pharmacy Benefit.
• Prior experience in customer-facing roles preferred.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent analytic skills.
• Ability to travel (up to 60%).
• Excellent oral and written communication as well as interpersonal and team-building skills.
• Strong attention to detail, proactive outlook, and the ability to follow assignments through to completion
• Adept at relating to all levels in a complex organization.
• Southeast territory management

Ferring + you
At Ferring, we offer competitive total compensation along with an exceptional range of flexible benefits, personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work. From working hours that respect your lifestyle, a culture that is welcoming and equitable, and the chance to work with the industry's most impressive people, these are just some of the ways we live our "People First" philosophy.
Our Compensation and Benefits
At Ferring, base salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $136,850 to $195,500, which is the reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount paid may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, education and primary work location. Additional compensation for this role will be provided based on competitive annual incentive compensation targets in the form of an annual bonus - payouts are based on individual and company performance.
Benefits for this role include: comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with a premium differential, inverse to base salary, to be paid by employees; a 401k plan and company match; short and long-term disability coverage; basic life insurance; wellness benefits; reimbursement for certain tuition expenses; sick time frontloaded yearly of 40 hours, or higher if state or local law requires; vacation time for full time employees to accrue between 112.5 and 150 hours yearly in the first four (4) years of employment, and additional accruals starting in the fifth (5th) year of employment; and 12 to 13 paid holidays per year. We are proud to offer 26 weeks of paid parental leave, learn more about the parental leave offering in our benefits package here. For roles that are not field-based, Ferring has a policy that allows employees to work up to two days from home and three at a Ferring site, weekly.
Ferring is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local laws.
Join our team and your voice will be heard, and your contributions will be valued. If you love to come up with new ways to make a positive difference and see them through, you will fit right in.
We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer (including Disability/Protected Veterans). We maintain a drug-free workplace.
Location:
Parsippany, New Jersey