Health Economics Specialist
Job Description
Develop economic-evaluation cases and assess whether conclusions are supported by defensible methods and assumptions.
What you will do
• Create economic analyses from research question through recommendation.
• Explain modeling and methodological choices in reference answers.
• Assess analytical soundness and assumptions, identifying conclusions that could mislead healthcare decision makers.
Required background
• A relevant quantitative graduate degree: MS, MPH or PhD, including health economics, economics, public health or epidemiology.
• At least three years in health economics or outcomes research, professionally or in research.
• Hands-on economic-model building.
• Clear written English and at least 10 hours of weekly availability.
Preferred background
• ISPOR participation, presentations or published economic-evaluation research.
• Submissions to NICE, ICER, CADTH, PBAC, IQWiG or AMCP.
• Modeling in R, TreeAge, Excel/VBA, Stata or SAS.
• Claims/EHR datasets such as MarketScan, Optum, IQVIA, Medicare, SEER-Medicare or Flatiron.
Availability
• Remote and asynchronous; at least 10 hours of availability each week, with working times arranged independently.
Pay and engagement
$95–$158/hr
Amounts are in USD. The applicable rate or fee and work requirements are agreed before you begin.