HEVA Publications Lead Specialty Care

Job Title: HEVA Publications Lead Specialty Care

Location: Cambridge, MA or Morristown, NJ

About the Job

Globally, evidence-driven, population-based health technology assessment (HTA) organizations and other population-focused healthcare decision makers systematically review, synthesize, and appraise the quality and relevance of evidence on the value of Sanofi’s products versus comparator treatments and determine levels of access to patients and providers and reimbursement. 

In this context, it is critical that pharmaceutical manufacturers generate and effectively communicate relevant real world clinical and health economic evidence in systematic and customized ways to meet the needs of evidence evaluators across the spectrum of decision makers. 

A strong HEVA Communications capability must include targeted strategy and activities governing the planned content of scientific communications, the ability to shape compelling value propositions, appreciation of the capabilities of different roles to communicate HEVA evidence, and innovative use of communication channels.  

The scope of HEVA’s communication strategy and tactics must begin in the early development environment and continue with a strong post-marketing, lifecycle management plan, to ensure that an effective product value proposition (“value story”) is present at launch and direction is established for the evolution of the value proposition in the post-launch real world setting.  

The HEVA Communications Leader leads the development and execution of HEVA’s communications strategy and tactics across the HEVA platform and collaborates with partners in different components of Sanofi to establish a unified capability and ensure that HEVA contributes effectively to diverse relevant decision maker segments.   This leadership role supports the overall HEVA mission of conducting, communicating, and translating evidence to demonstrate the value of Sanofi’s products in real world settings and support optimal access and treatment outcomes for patients.  The responsibility requires deep understanding of scientific communications planning and capabilities.  Thus, the role draws upon multiple leadership competencies and behaviors: Thinking Strategically, Make Decisions, Lead Teams, Act for Change, Cooperate Transversally, and Commitment to Customers.

The HEVA Communication Leader is responsible for ensuring an exceptional communications strategy, process, and customized capability in six (6) domains.  In each case, it is expected that the Leader will coordinate effectively with key partners in different components of the Sanofi organization.

We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Main Responsibilities:

The core responsibilities of the HEVA Communication Leader include:

• Supervise HEVA Communication Professionals and Contractors, ensuring efficient, expert execution of communication plans and effective alignment with stakeholders across HEVA and with business partners including Value and Access, Medical Affairs, and regional and country Market Access functions

• Establish HEVA Communications strategy and vision and oversee the development of a global HEVA communication plan across relevant business units and product teams.  Align HEVA communications plans with relevant Medical Communications plans to ensure evidence needs for healthcare decision makers are consistently identified and prioritized  in communication plans, and to support communication of integrated clinical and health economic evidence in support of the value of products

• Ensure Core Value Decks for key products are established and maintained, making available a regularly updated synthesis of critical HEVA evidence on the value of products

• Maintain accountability for adherence to the publication SOP and other compliance expectations relevant to HEVA communication processes

• Seek opportunities to innovate HEVA value communications to increase the relevance and impact of HEVA evidence and inform optimal access and reimbursement decisions

 Additional responsibilities may include:

• Seek opportunities to innovate HEVA value communications to increase the relevance and impact of HEVA evidence and inform optimal access and reimbursement decisions – engages with stakeholders beyond HEVA (ie policy, patient groups, market access)

• Demonstrates leadership and evolves the publication processes to align with new ways of working

• Provide recommendations on publication feasibility, quality over quantity and timeliness of data to relevance in the current environment

Supervise HEVA Communications Professionals and contractors

• Recruit and develop expert personnel and manage team performance

• Ensure efficient allocation of Communications support across the HEVA platform.  Establish and maintain effective team partnerships within HEVA and with key partners such as Value and Access and Medical Affairs

• Establish a strategy for publications expert vendor support and ensure performance and quality

Establish HEVA Communications strategy and vision and oversee the development of a global HEVA

communication plan across relevant business units and product teams.

• Establish the vision and direction for HEVA Communications capability and team.  Drive innovation and seek opportunity for greater impact

• Develop targeted, integrated HEVA Communication plan, including publications, scientific congress presentations, dossiers, and other disclosures as appropriate

• Ensure alignment with HEVA Business Partners, Value and Access leads, and Medical Affairs, and integrate HEVA plan with relevant Medical Affairs communications plans

• Execute communication plan on time and with high quality

Ensure Core Value Decks for key products are established and maintained.

• Manage Core Value Deck template and process across relevant Business Units and products and ensure materials are regularly updated

• Collaborate with HEVA Business Partners, Value and Access, Medical Affairs and other partners in communication of Value Deck

• Align with relevant US field Market Access/HEVA, Medical Affairs and other regional/local partners on the use of Value Deck

Manage accountability for adherence to the publication SOP and other compliance expectations relevant to

HEVA communication processes

• Support CIA obligations for HEVA publications, including collaboration with Quality monitoring and audit responsibilities

• Represent team in collaborations with Legal, Compliance, and Quality partners

• Collaboration with HEVA Operations to ensure appropriate contracting with vendors and advisors in the Communications area

• Ensure appropriate documentation for publications is consistently included in Datavision, CLEAR, and other relevant venues

Seek opportunities to innovate HEVA value communications.

• Drive innovation within HEVA on increasing the relevance and impact of HEVA evidence communications to value and access objectives

• Explore novel channels to communicate more effectively with decision makers on value 

About You

• Masters, Ph.D., Pharm.D., or M.D., including relevant training in health economics, public health, epidemiology, or other relevant health-related scientific discipline.

• Five (5) or more years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry, either in a health outcomes organization with responsibility for anticipating and responding to the requirements of health technology assessment, or in a scientific/medical communications capacity with responsibility for developing and implementing publication, dossier, and other scientific disclosure plans.

• Knowledge of Good Publication Practice (GPP). International Society for Medical Publication Professionals certification as Medical Publication Professional strongly preferred.

• Strong understanding of HTA submission requirements and the healthcare reimbursement environment.

• Strong knowledge of regulatory, legal, and ethical standards and policies governing publication and other disclosure of scientific findings, policies governing scientific exchange by pharmaceutical professionals, and principles and levels of evidence governing promotional and non-promotional use of scientific data.

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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