H-1B Visa Associate Principal Scientist Jobs

Role Summary:

• The Associate Principal Scientist/Associate Director, Value & Implementation (V&I) Outcomes Research, position resides in the V&I organization, which includes Global Medical and Scientific Affairs as well as Outcomes Research.
• Under the guidance of a senior leader, this position has primary responsibility for planning/managing real-world and economic evidence activities for inline and pipeline products to meet the value evidence needs of clinicians, payers, policymakers, health technology assessment (HTA)/reimbursement agencies, and health systems globally.
• Types of studies executed include prospective and retrospective observational studies to characterize disease burden and epidemiology, treatment patterns, health-care resource utilization and costs, physician and patient satisfaction surveys, clinical and patient reported outcomes assessments, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and economic modelling.

Key responsibilities also include development of American Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) dossiers for U.S. payers, and Global Value Dossiers for use by local subsidiaries in their HTA submissions. The incumbent is expected to work cross-functionally with clinical development, medical affairs, biostatistics, market access, commercial and country affiliates. The incumbent may supervise external vendors or partners to execute these activities. The incumbent may have direct interactions with HTA agencies, reimbursement decision makers, or national immunization technical advisory groups.

Responsibilities and Primary Activities:

• Helps achieve / sustain reimbursement and market access for the program and indications under their responsibility.
• Critically assesses drivers and barriers to reimbursement and market access and provides input into clinical, regulatory, payer/access, marketing and evidence-generation strategy and programs.
• In collaboration with internal teams and external partners, designs studies; authors study protocols; and develops measurement questionnaires, case report forms, data analysis plans, final study reports, scientific presentations, and publications.
• Responsible for study-related contracting, budgets, and vendor/partner management and ensures study conduct is aligned with company Policies and SOPs and world-wide regulations and standards, including Good Pharmacoepidemiology Practice (GPP) for applicable work.
• Develops American Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) dossiers for U.S. payers and Global Value Dossiers.
• Develops supplementary clinical data package in close partnership with markets and HTA statistics group for submission to HTA agencies.
• Supports country affiliates to understand local evidence generation needs, adapts health-economic evaluations, and customizes outcomes research documents, such as protocols and reimbursement dossiers, according to local requirements.
• Works closely with cross-functional teams to effectively communicate outcomes research and health economic modelling data internally and to external customers.
• Maintains awareness of new scientific and methodological developments within therapeutic area.
• Builds relationships with scientific experts worldwide.
• Presents outcomes research data at national and international congresses and publishes articles in scientific journals.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in relevant discipline (health services research, outcomes research, epidemiology, public health, health economics, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacy administration).
• One to three years experience post master’s degree or one or more years experience post doctoral degree.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Doctoral degree (PhD, MD, DrPH, ScD, PharmD) in relevant discipline (health services research, outcomes research, epidemiology, public health, health economics, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacy administration).

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Economic Modeling
• Epidemiology
• Health Economic Modeling
• Health Economics
• Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
• Observational Studies
• Outcomes Research
• Public Health
• Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Strategic Planning

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Health Services Research
• Immunizations
• Infectious Disease
• Pharmacoeconomics
• Scientific Publishing

The primary location for this posting is:

USA - New Jersey - Rahway

The salary range for the primary location of this role is:

$156,900.00 - $247,000.00

This range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation of the base salary applicable to this role at the time of posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:

Yes

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Job Posting End Date:

11/30/2026*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

Requisition ID: R425488