Health Economist and Outcomes Research Project Manager

3 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at

Job Function:

Market Access

Job Sub Function:

Health Economics Outcomes Research

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

Job Description:

  • Great Place to Work Certified – 2025
  • Johnson & Johnson named a 2025 Fortune World's Most Admired Company
  • Competitive salary package, flexible work practices, award winning benefits
  • Continuous training and development

ABOUT INNOVATIVE MEDICINE

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking a committed and detail-oriented individual to enhance our Health Economics and Outcomes Research efforts. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyse real-world data, contributing to our understanding of product effectiveness and market access strategies.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Outcomes Research (50% of time)
You will work closely with the Head of Real-World Evidence team to design local clinical trials and studies using secondary databases to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of our products. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Designing prospective studies that collect important health outcomes and patient-reported measures aligned with strategic goals.
  • Collaborating with business partners to develop evidence generation plans that reinforce our product value propositions and support market access.
  • Analysing healthcare data to uncover insights related to disease patterns and the impact of medications. You will serve as an advisor for data generation projects, providing support on study design and execution.

Analytical Acumen
In this role, you will assist in developing analytic plans for various studies and contribute to data analysis efforts, leveraging diverse methodologies to address business insights. You will provide guidance on statistical methods and communicate results effectively across different channels.

Value Capturing
Your role involves sharing insights from RWE studies internally and externally to support product value and enhance reimbursement possibilities. This includes authoring publications and creating materials that communicate key findings.

Relationship Management
You will engage with cross-functional teams to align on the strategic needs for real-world evidence and build relationships with colleagues and external partners to ensure consistency in our initiatives.

Health Economics and Pricing (50% of time)
Your contributions will support the New Zealand Team in developing reimbursement submissions for the New Zealand J&J portfolio. Among your responsibilities, you will:

  • Support the development of robust reimbursement and pricing strategies and coordinate the development of payer submissions for J&J NZ product portfolio, including new medicine applications, multiproduct proposals, and requests for proposals for in-market medicines.
  • Conduct analyses including building financial models to determine pricing and access strategies for J&J NZ portfolio to seek national reimbursement or maintain reimbursement in NZ
  • Work closely and partner with regional and global market access and pricing colleagues to ensure pricing and reimbursement strategies navigate successfully through internal processes, and align with global value policies.

ABOUT YOU

  • Post-graduate degree in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, any Biomedical Science discipline, Public Health or related field is desirable.
  • Preferred related industry experience: Minimum 3 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry & minimum 2-year experience in health economics and/or pricing 
  • Must have understanding of clinical research process from program planning to publication.
  • Good oral (including presentation) and written communication, project management, and computer/database management skills.
  • Strong analytical, financial, and commercial acumen to answer business questions, develop effective and robust pricing and reimbursement strategies which are founded on insights from various data sources and market access trends.
  • Effective communication and negotiation skills: Demonstrable experience in successful communication of value strategies throughout product lifecycle in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders though the support of evidence generation, and the evaluation of pricing strategies to realise optimum value.
  • Knowledge of statistical analysis. Ability to use statistical software (TreeAge, STATA, R, SAS) will be desirable
  • Tertiary qualification in health economics or economics will be preferred

COMPANY CULTURE

  • Competitive remuneration package.
  • Continuous training and support.
  • Award-winning leadership development programs.
  • Inclusive, flexible, and accessible working arrangements.
  • Equal opportunity employer supporting diversity and inclusion.

WHY CHOOSE US:

  • Competitive remuneration package and continuous training.
  • Supportive environment with award-winning leadership development programs.
  • Inclusive, flexible, and accessible working arrangements for all.

OUR BENEFITS:

  • Up to 18 weeks of parental leave to support new parents.
  • 4 days of volunteer leave to give back to the community.
  • Option to purchase up to 2 weeks of additional annual leave for extra time off.
  • Enjoy a dedicated Wellbeing Day to prioritize self-care.
  • Global Wellness Reimbursement of $780 per year for healthy eating, exercise, or mindfulness activities.
  • Access to an Employee Assistance Program for personal and professional support.
  • Enhanced leave provisions for compassionate (caregiver) leave, providing up to 30 days of additional support.
  • Life insurance coverage for added peace of mind.

 And much more...

Great Place to Work Certified– 2025
Great Place to Work Certification recognises employers who create outstanding employee experience. The certification process is recognised worldwide as the global benchmark for identifying outstanding workplaces.   

Johnson & Johnson - Australia and New Zealand was certified as a Great Place to Work in ANZ in its first year of participation.

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