Associate Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR)

Reports to: Executive Director, Medical Affairs

Location: Plymouth Meeting HQ (Hybrid) or Remote

Company Overview:

Braeburn is dedicated to delivering solutions for people living with the serious consequences of opioid use disorder. At Braeburn, we challenge the status quo and champion transformation of the management of opioid use disorder (OUD) by partnering with the community to create a world where every person with OUD gets the best possible care and opportunity to reach their full potential. Our shared commitment to innovation on behalf of patients enables us to help people with OUD begin and sustain recovery.

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Position Summary:

The Associate Director, HEOR is responsible for developing and executing the health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) strategy for Braeburn’s product(s) while working cross-functionally with Market Access, and other Commercial functions. Reporting to the Executive Director, Medical Affairs, this role generates, synthesizes, and communicates economic, humanistic, societal, and real-world evidence that demonstrates the value of Braeburn’s therapies to patients, payers, healthcare professionals, institutional and public-sector settings, policymakers, and other stakeholders across the healthcare system. The ideal candidate is a collaborative team player who pairs deep technical HEOR expertise and strategic thinking with a hands-on, self-directed approach in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

Specific Duties:

Develop and execute the HEOR strategy for Braeburn’s product(s), ensuring alignment with medical, brand, and market access objectives.

In partnership with external and internal stakeholders, design, lead, and manage HEOR studies and projects, which may include retrospective database and claims analyses, real-world evidence (RWE) studies, patient-reported outcomes (PRO) research, burden-of-and cost-of-illness studies across various settings including institutional settings.

Lead the development and updates of economic models-building, commissioning, or overseeing cost-effectiveness, budget impact models, and cost-offset analyses- and translate HEOR findings into payer, public sector, and policymaker value propositions, AMCP dossiers, value communication tools, and objection-handling resources.

Manage external vendors, consultants, and academic collaborators, overseeing scope, budget, timelines, and the quality of deliverables.

In close partnership with Scientific Communications, disseminate evidence through peer-reviewed publications, scientific congress abstracts and posters, and internal and external presentations.

Serve as the HEOR subject-matter expert for cross-functional teams and, as requested, in external interactions with payers, institutional and public health agencies, policymakers, and key opinion leaders.

Gather and synthesize insights and monitor the external OUD, addiction medicine, behavioral health, and criminal justice landscape to anticipate evidence needs.

Ensure all HEOR activities comply with applicable scientific standards and legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements.

Identify and pilot opportunities to apply AI/ML to improve the speed, scale, and rigor of evidence generation and synthesis.

Skills:

Strong technical expertise in HEOR methods, including health economics, epidemiology, biostatistics, real-world data and claims analysis, patient-reported outcomes, and economic modeling.

Demonstrated ability to design and execute observational and RWE studies and to interpret and communicate complex quantitative findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills, including scientific writing, publication development, and the ability to translate data into compelling value stories.

Project and/and vendor management skills, with the ability to lead multiple studies and budgets independently and deliver on timeline.

Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills including building multi-stakeholder consensus and influencing without direct authority.

Working knowledge of the US payer and managed care environment.

Ability to operate within, or quickly learn, pharmaceutical compliance and review frameworks.

Ability to travel up to 15%.

Education/Experience:  

Advanced degree required: PharmD, MD, PhD, or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline.

Minimum of 5+ years of relevant HEOR experience including post-doctoral work or fellowship within the pharmaceutical/biotech industry, academic, research, or payer setting.

Demonstrated track record of designing and delivering HEOR studies from concept through publication, including peer-reviewed publications and scientific congress presentations.

Experience generating evidence in OUD, addiction medicine, behavioral health, CNS, criminal justice, correctional health, or specialty pharmaceutical markets is strongly preferred.

Proficient with real-world data sources and related software.

Braeburn is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military/veteran status, age, disability, or any other category/characteristic protected by law (collectively, "Protected Categories"). In fact, we encourage all underrepresented backgrounds to apply for any open job positions with the company.

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