Manager - GHER TMTT Real-World Evidence

Company: Edwards Lifesciences Corp
Location: Irvine
Posted on: May 19, 2023

Job Description:

This is a great opportunity to join the Global Health Economics & Reimbursement (GHER) team that supports successful patient access to the exciting new transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve technologies (TMTT) at Edwards Lifesciences.

As Manager of Real-World Evidence, you will plan and execute evidence generation strategies using real world data (RWD) to articulate patient unmet needs and overcome market access barriers. This individual acts as a business partner/consultant with cross functional leaders and staff within Edwards, to collaboratively achieve business goals and objectives. This position reports to the Sr Manager of Real- World Evidence and is based at the Edwards' corporate headquarters in Irvine, California.

Key Responsibilities

* With the real-world evidence lead, develop, and execute analysis plans for assigned studies.


* Collaborate effectively with stakeholders to translate and operationalize data requests.


* Develop study design and endpoint operationalization.


* Develop analytic specifications as necessary to ensure the accuracy of the planned and completed analyses or basic exploratory analyses.


* Perform data mining and ad-hoc analyses to explore evidence-based business insights.


* Create customized reports to translate research findings and provide insights for stakeholders to make business decisions.


* Provide analytic, statistical and data visualization support for internal reports, posters, podium presentations, and peer-reviewed publications.


* Assist in authoring results sections of the study reports, abstracts, and publications.


* Keep abreast of new developments in statistics, data visualization, and device & drug development through literature review and attendance at workshops and professional meetings.



Basic Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in a life science, public health, health policy, statistics, health informatics, or related field required.


* This individual must have a minimum of 8 years of analytic experience in statistics, data science or outcomes research.


* Must be proficient with SAS and/or R.


* Must have sound knowledge of applied statistics.


* Strong project management skills.


* Effective in building trusted business relationships.


* Excellent written (business and technical) and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills.


* Experience with data manipulation and cleaning.



Preferred Qualifications

* Experience with longitudinal data analysis, GLM, survival analysis, propensity score matching.


* Experience with RWD analyses (e.g., claims, EMR, administrative data, adaptive clinical trial designs)


* Advanced degree (e.g., MPH, MSc, Ph.D.) is highly desirable with a minimum of 6 years related experience


* Experience with advanced analytic methods (e.g., machine learning, natural language processing)


* Experience with SQL, Python or other programming languages is a plus.


* Experience with Tableau, Power BI or other data visualization software is a plus.


* Participated in peer-reviewed journal publications.


* Experience with managing vendor relations and project timelines for RWE projects is a plus.


* Exceptional project management skills.


* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, especially presentation development.


* Ability to balance strategic thinking with intricate planning and strong tactical execution.


* Understanding of key public and private payer policy infrastructure, payment methodologies coding and coverage; health policy trends, and current business challenges.


* Previous experience in, or strong working knowledge of the medical device industry.


* Experience working with external stakeholders such as payers, hospitals, physicians, trade associations, professional and medical organizations to develop mutually beneficial evidence generation strategies and tactics to support portfolio planning, commercialization, and sales/marketing objectives.



Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California, the base pay range for this position is $111,000 to $158,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience).

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to complying with the requirements and guidance from our government authorities and to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them around the world. As such, all Healthcare Interacting positions require COVID-19 vaccination, which includes anyone who directly interfaces with patients and those who interact with healthcare providers as part of their role. If hired, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in countries where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination. In countries where vaccines are less available, or other requirements exist, we may institute alternate measures that optimize patient safety and healthcare provider safety, which may include regular COVID testing or specific masking requirements.

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