Health Economist

**Health Economist opportunities available in Bicester, Oxfordshire or Cardiff**

We are growing the health economic modelling team at HEOR and looking for health economists to join us As a health economist you will be responsible for implementing economic models, running analyses and preparing relevant dissemination of materials independently whilst contributing to client proposals.

**Role and Responsibilities include**:

- Understand the model development process, including the technical skills of designing and building a health economic model (CEM, BIM, COM, DTM, early models)
- Review, extract and analyse data to be used to inform economic models (e.g. health care costs, quality-adjusted life-years, productivity losses)
- Independently develop high-quality and relevant economic models, technical reports and user guides, seeking guidance and support as needed
- Demonstrate a proactive approach to solving client challenges and research questions whilst critically evaluating value propositions within the context of the evidence base available within a project
- Implement high quality, relevant models in Excel and VBA and/or R based on agreed concept or protocol
- Adapt and conduct health economic analysis on global models to inform local HTA dossier development
- Actively participate in research dissemination including publication and presentation of research.
- Work collaboratively with the HE team and other business units across HEOR, as well as with clients and external collaborators
- Understand project briefs, scopes and budgets and identify ambiguity or risks and escalate as appropriate
- Begin to manage small projects, ensuring detailed knowledge of timelines and project plans
- Embed HE principles across projects, ensuring deliverables are consistently and clearly communicated
- Understand the role HEOR plays in providing evidence for the process of pricing, reimbursement, and market access
- Support proposal development and project pitches as required

**Requirements**:

- Experience in developing health economics models in Excel and VBA.
- Experience in the adaptation and localization of health economics models.
- Understanding of the HEOR/HTA and commercial landscape.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Relevant work experience in consultancy, healthcare, biotechnology, and/or pharmaceutical industry.

**Benefits**

Competitive compensation and benefits package, including:

- A ‘learning’ culture focused on personal development and supported by study bursaries
- Workplace pension scheme
- Private health insurance with AXA Health
- Range of high street, supermarket, restaurant, gym membership, holiday and entertainment discounts via Sodexho
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Employees are given an additional day of leave for: their wedding and moving house
- Annual leave purchase scheme of up to 10 additional days’ leave per year