Health Economics Manager

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Internal job title: HEOR/HTA Lead

Location: São Paulo, Brazil
 

This role is based in São Paulo, Brazil. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you. 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the HEOR/HTA strategy for the assigned portfolio, ensuring evidence generation aligned with brand, medical, and access objectives.
• Drive reimbursement processes across public and private healthcare systems, including CONITEC, ANS, HMOs, and other payer stakeholders.
• Develop and execute HTA submissions, value dossiers, economic models, budget impact analyses, and evidence packages.
• Build compelling value propositions tailored to key stakeholders, integrating clinical, economic, epidemiological, and real-world evidence.
• Partner cross-functionally with Medical, Commercial, Advocacy, Government Affairs, Policy, Regulatory, and other teams to ensure integrated access planning and execution.
• Provide HEOR/HTA leadership within brand teams, embedding early access considerations into strategic planning.
• Engage external stakeholders, including HTA bodies, payers, scientific experts, policy influencers, and healthcare decision-makers, in compliance with company policies.
• Monitor market access, policy, and HTA trends in Brazil, proactively adapting strategies to external dynamics and evolving requirements.
• Contribute to environment-shaping initiatives to strengthen future HTA frameworks and decision-making processes.
• Track performance and impact of access initiatives, including HTA outcomes, timely submissions, reimbursement milestones, and access uptake.

Essential Requirements

• Proven experience in Market Access, HEOR, and/or HTA, preferably within the pharmaceutical industry, consulting, academia, or healthcare sector.
• Experience developing or leading economic models, value dossiers, budget impact analyses, cost-effectiveness analyses, and HTA submissions.
• Strong knowledge of the Brazilian healthcare system, including CONITEC, ANS, private payer dynamics, and reimbursement pathways.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional collaboration and integrate HEOR/HTA into broader brand, access, and business strategies.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex clinical, economic, and real-world evidence.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate technical evidence into clear, compelling, stakeholder-ready narratives.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, influence without authority, and work effectively in a matrix environment.
• Fluent English and Portuguese.

Desirable Requirements

• Knowledge of pharmaceutical industry governance, compliance, and corporate communication practices.
• Experience in environment-shaping initiatives or policy-related access projects.

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