Pcor Lead - Slough, United Kingdom - UCB S.A.

UCB S.A.

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Slough, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Make your mark for patients
We are looking for a
Patient Centred Outcomes Research (PCOR) lead who has passion for patient experience data generation and has strong analytical and organizational skills to join us in our
Global Patient Centred Outcomes Research team, based in our
HQ in Brussels Belgium or in Slough, UK

About the role

The PCOR lead is responsible for evaluation of patient unmet needs in therapeutic areas of interest and to lead the development and inclusion of patient relevant outcome measures that provide the required sensitivity and specificity to be able to demonstrate the unequivocal evidence of patient benefits of the innovative UCB patient solutions.

These COA/PRO measures will be strongly driven by local access needs and describe the patient experience, augment traditional regulatory measures and assist in both regulatory approval and demonstration of value for acceleration of patient access.

Who you'll work with

What you'll do

As the key contributor of COA/PRO content in clinical development programs, lead the development and implementation of PCOR strategic and tactical plans as part of the Integrated Evidence Plan for projects from Early Development through lifecycle management. This includes managing qualitative and quantitative research required to support the selection, development, and validation of COA/PRO measures.
Contribute to the scientific review, and development of relevant sections of clinical study protocol and clinical study report, analysis plans, and guides for interpretation of findings.
Maximize the impact of evidence of treatment benefit generated by COA/PRO measures by providing expert input to regulatory and HTA briefing packages, publication strategies, clinical development, regulatory and market access strategy and submission documents.
Prepare relevant sections of strategic documents and communications for regulatory agency meetings, support and/or participate in meetings at regulatory agencies and provide robust evidence in support of submission activities.
Contribute to the publication strategy to enhance communication of value from the patient perspective, including abstracts and manuscripts presenting PRO/COA results from clinical trials as well as COA/PRO development and validation studies.
Drive the wider organizational awareness and change management of UCB's appreciation of the relevance of PCOR evidence generation and the consideration of use and development of appropriate tools in a timely manner to be implemented in clinical development.
Be a passionate and inspiring ambassador for patient centred evidence generation across the organization and establish an industry leadership position, through external engagements with scientific/methodological bodies.
Build robust relationships with external groups including patient advocacy groups, HTA bodies, payers, policy makers and influencers, in partnership with internal stakeholders, especially relating to new methodological frameworks and tools that lead to wider acceptance of the use of PCOR tools in evidence review and external decision making.
In collaboration with External Engagement and Global Regulatory Affairs, participate in global external collaborations regarding policies, evidentiary standards, and use of COA/PRO measures (e.g., C-PATH COA Consortium, EuroQol Group, ISPOR, ISOQOL working groups etc.).

Interested? For this role we're looking for the following
education, experience
and
skills

Master / PhD in scientific field

- should have at least 3-5 years of PCOR SME experience working within biopharmaceutical/ medical device companies and/or academia with experience in PRO development and validation, PRO instrument assessment and selection, and other disciplines relevant to PRO studies or patient preference studies.

Knowledge of COAs; development, validation, selection, implementation, and interpretations
Deep understanding of the clinical development process and appreciation of scientific content of clinical development programs
Knowledge of global HEOR approaches
Knowledge of payer and HTA systems across regions
Knowledge of Patient Preference methodology
Awareness of policy development and execution
Excellent communication skills
High quality presentation skills
Strong crossfunctional collaboration skills in a matrix environment
Ability to cocreate and implement innovative programs
Advanced stakeholder management skills
Advanced planning and project management skills
Advanced influencing skills
Strong external engagement and networking skills

Are you ready to 'go beyond' to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you

About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.