Associate Director, Health Economics

**The Role**

Joining Moderna offers the unique opportunity to be part of a pioneering team that's revolutionizing medicine through mRNA technology, with a diverse pipeline of development programs across various diseases.

As an employee, you'll be part of a continually growing organization, working alongside exceptional colleagues and strategic partners worldwide, contributing to global health initiatives.

Moderna's commitment to advancing the technological frontier of mRNA medicines ensures a challenging and rewarding career experience, with the potential to make a significant impact on patients' lives worldwide.

Moderna is solidifying its presence in Paris, the heart of France's thriving biotech industry. Our Paris office focuses on commercial operations, ensuring the delivery of our groundbreaking products to the French market. We're inviting professionals from around the world to join us in our mission of delivering the greatest possible impact to people through mRNA medicines.

This individual contributor role offers a critical opportunity to shape Moderna’s value and evidence strategies across France and Spain. As HEOR Lead, you will craft and execute localized, evidence-based narratives that support successful pricing, reimbursement, and optimal patient access to Moderna’s vaccine and therapeutic portfolios. Collaborating cross-functionally and externally, you will lead the adaptation of health economic models, generate local data, and guide HTA submissions. Reporting to the Executive Director of HEOR in Cambridge, MA, with a dotted line to local Market Access Leads, your work will drive the regional success of Moderna’s value-based strategy through data-driven insights and strategic evidence planning.

**Here’s What You’ll Do**

**Your key responsibilities will be**:

- Lead the development and execution of a cohesive HEOR strategy for France and Spain, aligned with national and institutional market access objectives.
- Adapt and validate economic models (public health impact, cost-effectiveness, budget impact) in line with HAS/CEPS (France) and AEMPS/Ministry of Health/regional agencies (Spain) HTA standards.
- Generate robust local data (cost, burden of disease, real-world evidence) to reinforce the value positioning of Moderna’s vaccines and therapeutics.
- Drive and manage HTA submissions, presenting compelling evidence to support pricing and reimbursement outcomes.
- Represent local HEOR needs, identify evidence gaps, and guide prioritization of activities to align with payer and stakeholder expectations.

**Your responsibilities will also include**:

- Serve as the key HEOR expert for internal cross-functional teams, contributing to early access strategies, benefit assessments, and payer negotiations.
- Develop peer-reviewed publications, data visualizations, and presentations for external scientific dissemination.
- Build strategic relationships with KOLs, academic institutions, and governmental bodies to ensure HEOR insights remain impactful and relevant.
- Offer input into long-term planning cycles, ensuring that HEOR insights are embedded into critical decision-making milestones.
- Support the development of HEOR-driven content for omnichannel engagements with payers and stakeholders.

**The key Moderna Mindsets you’ll need to succeed in the role**:

- **“We digitize everywhere possible using the power of code to maximize our impact on patients.”**
This mindset aligns with the role’s focus on developing and adapting health economic models and real-world data generation—domains where digitization, modeling platforms, and analytics tools can increase scalability, precision, and local relevance.
- **“We behave like owners. The solutions we’re building go beyond any job description.”**
As the local HEOR Lead, you will independently drive HEOR strategy for two countries. The ability to operate with autonomy, accountability, and vision will be essential to establishing the long-term success of Moderna’s value demonstration and access strategies in France and Spain.

**Here’s What You’ll Need (Basic Qualifications)**
- Ph.D., Sc.D., or Dr.P.H. in a relevant field OR a clinical degree (e.g., medicine, pharmacy, nursing) and a master’s degree in a related discipline
- 5+ years of progressive experience with HEOR
- Fluency in English and French and/or Spanish

**Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications)**
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience in the biopharmaceutical and/or vaccines industry
- Strong understanding of local healthcare systems, reimbursement processes, and public policy decision-making in France and/or Spain
- Direct experience with HTA/NITAG processes and submission requirements
- Proven ability to generate payer-relevant evidence, including real-world data and economic models
- Experience preparing value, tender, and recommendation dossiers
- Strong foundation in evidence-based medicine, HEOR research standards, and analytics methods
- Excellent communication sk