Associate Director, HEOR

THE POSITION:

The Associate Director, HEOR, leads multi-disciplinary research teams and provides HEOR expertise and strategic leadership at all stages of projects from planning to communication. Projects may include targeted or systematic literature reviews, indirect treatment comparisons, cost-effectiveness and budget impact modeling, HTA submissions, and value communications. This position contributes to a variety of operational and business development initiatives including staffing projects, mentorship, and proposal development.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams.  These results are achieved by:

• Setting project scope, strategy, and/or timelines
• Supporting or leading development of proposals and delivering them to clients
• Delegating activities to and supervising junior staff and contractors
• Overseeing projects with minimal guidance from senior management
• Empowering project team members to take positive action and accountability for their work
• Identifying and resolving issues/conflicts within project teams
• Proactively managing changes in project scope and potential issues/challenges, and devising contingency plans
• Overseeing/implementing quality control activities
• Ensuring timely billing of projects
• Performing post-mortem analyses of completed projects (eg, duration, budgets)
• Comfortable leading all client meetings with minimal to no senior support
• Developing own client base
• Supporting business development (eg, through capabilities presentations, repeat business)
• Seeking feedback regarding client satisfaction
• Identifying the need for and development of best practices and tools for project execution,
• project and employee management, and training
• Providing effective mentorship to new employees and as-needed to other employees
• Participating in hiring process (eg, reviewing applications, conducting interviews)
• Attending regular management meetings to discuss proposals, project status, staff allocation and needs, project conflicts, and other operational activities
• Identifying opportunities for and devising strategies to achieve company/project efficiencies
• Administering three-month reviews, mid-year check-ins, and annual reviews  
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
• All other duties as assigned.

PEOPLE LEADER

People leaders must possess both the skills to effectively accomplish these tasks and the emotional intelligence to do so in alignment with our cultural values.  In addition to the critical management and leadership tasks listed above, this role also includes the following unique responsibilities:

• Provide guidance and support to other managers on interviews, supervision of staff, office management, and company policies and procedures.
• Provide guidance and senior support to other managers on scientific standards, work methods and performance standards; and performance relative to departmental objectives

EXPECTATIONS OF THE JOB:

• Travel: Some travel may be required for meeting with clients, stakeholders, or off-site personnel/management
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week; days worked with accommodate client meetings and be negotiated with supervisor. Overtime and/or weekend/evening hours may be required to meet project deadlines

The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the expectations of the position and shall not be construed as the only expectations that may be assigned for the position.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully meet the expectations listed above.