Medical Managed Markets Liaison

Summary of Job (brief description)

This role involves strategic planning, leadership and execution of Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) as well as field medical activities to ensure alignment with overall corporate goals. We are currently seeking a qualified, highly motivated, experienced individual for the position of Medical Managed Markets Liaison (3ML). This is a field-based position reporting to the Director, MMM & HEOR. 

The 3ML will lead Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) development for use with US payer organizations and provide support for external facing interactions with payer medical teams to communicate clinical and health economic value of Soleno products. They will work with HEOR vendors to produce data that they will ultimately use in clinical/economic value story conveyed to US payer organizations. They will coordinate and collaborate with Director, MMM & HEOR to set the strategy for both internal company real world evidence & health economic outcomes research programs. They will provide specialist MMM scientific and operational input into core medical activities. Internally, they will coordinate with Commercial/Market Access to ensure alignment between Medical Affairs and Commercial Strategy & Market Access for Soleno access plans. The MMM organization must ensure robust insights, high quality value evidence generation, payer-centric and timely RWE/HEOR data production, presentation generation, scientific exchange and impactful communication of the value of our products 

Responsibilities

• Establish a respected presence for Soleno Therapeutics, while maintaining a high standard of integrity, in the external managed markets community (payer, population health decision makers, etc.).
• Provide value to market access organizations and payers via HEOR, economic models, dossiers and pipeline overviews on Soleno products and associated disease states.
• Contribute to the HEOR/RWE strategic direction in coordination with Medical Managed Markets Strategy.
• Ensure payer insights’ integration into the development of HEOR strategy to address gaps in Soleno plan, and to support the value proposition to payers of Soleno products in partnership with cross-functional colleagues.
• Drive partnerships with payer organizations, HEOR groups and vendors to generate high value collaborative projects.
• Utilize substantive expertise to direct/oversee collaborations to produce HEOR/RWE deliverables that support Soleno product’s value propositions. Be accountable for quality, strategic alignment, and compliance in all aspects of the team’s operation.
• Act as a lead on large projects, gather and address feedback from stakeholders; manage without authority to build Soleno Medical Managed Markets capabilities.
• Contribute to the development of deliverables including AMCP dossiers, budget impact models, and any other tools that can support United States reimbursement and access requirements.
• Generate and/or contribute to the development of value messages to inform creation of customer facing materials.
• Serve as the lead on the cross-functional product team, providing input on observational data or research, HEOR scientific strategy, payer insights and other data needs.
• Establish and foster external relationships with researchers, opinion leaders, health care decision makers, and value assessors. Provide medical presentation support via healthcare economic and clinical information focused on evidence-based medical presentations.
• Adapt to various tasks and responsibilities as needed, beyond those explicitly outlined in the job description, to support the dynamic needs of the organization.

Qualifications

• Professional or healthcare degree required. Education or training in HEOR or Pharmacoeconomics is preferred.
• A minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry; field medical or medical affairs experience considered a plus.
• Experience in HEOR, clinical communications with payers, medical managed markets or related functions is required.
• Experience in rare disease is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of US Healthcare formulary management, financing, and delivery is required.
• Experience in leading a team in a matrix environment is required.
• Requires ability to facilitate alignment across multiple stakeholders with, at times, misaligned interests.
• Requires a highly motivated, organized, self-starter with a demonstrated track record of leadership and achievement.
• Strong organizational skills and experience in business planning, including development of budgets and adherence to performance targets.
• Strong ethics and integrity are critical for the role.
• Field based position - ability to travel to visit key stakeholders including payers, PBMs, specialty pharmacies, HEOR & RWE vendors and other health care professionals - up to 60% travel.

Salary Range: $200,000 - $250,000

(Actual salary at the time of hire may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant qualifications, skills, and experience, as well as the location where this position may be filled.)