We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 7 Feb 2025 At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. **A Day in the Life** At Medtronic, you will have the ability to contribute to human welfare by application of biomedical engineering in the research, design, manufacture, and sale of instruments or appliances that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We focus on innovation in order to continually improve the treatment options for people with diabetes. The focus of this role is to collaborate with numerous stakeholders to generate and communicate evidence that will impact the access to the innovative Medtronic Diabetes Devices and Systems. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, equitable, and compassionate world. The **Principal Health Economics & Outcomes Research Specialist** will provide strategic direction to develop a key component of the US Market Access plan for the innovative products in Diabetes Operating Unit (OU). In addition, the Principal HEOR specialist will generate evidence that will impact Market Access decisions regarding Medtronic Diabetes devices. The successful candidate will provide support on the design, execution, and dissemination of HEOR studies to meet the business evidence strategy needs. In this role, you will advise and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including reimbursement, healthcare policy, marketing, payer marketing, medical affairs, and other functions. Responsibilities may include providing input on clinical trial design, Real World Evidence (RWE) generation and communication. + Works closely with the other functions within the Market Access team to support the development of evidence that will improve the understanding of the treatment of diabetes and will demonstrate the value of Medtronic’s extensive diabetes profile. The data generated should inform strategic internal decisions as well as Health Care Decision Makers (HCDMs) to communicate the value of devices and therapeutics within the Medtronic Diabetes OU. + Develops US specific evidence to meet requirements for optimal reimbursement coverage and usage. Collaborates closely with reimbursement experts within the HEPR team to identify evidence needed and synergies. + Designs and implements observational and economic research studies or economic models that provide value, perspective and evidence for clinical and/or pre-clinical product portfolio decisions, marketing, regulatory agency submissions, and product reimbursement strategies. + Conducts both systematic and targeted literature searches that will be foundational to the development of Value Dossiers in the AMCP 5.0 format for specific products/therapies. + Compares and evaluates the value of Medtronic’s products and therapies versus the other products in the market basket with respect to the clinical, economic, and outcomes data from clinical trials and Real-World Evidence studies including, epidemiology studies, registries, observational studies, modeling, surveys, and meta-analysis. + Collaborates with the Clinical Development team to ensure that an integrated evidence plan including Real-World Evidence is available at launch to support FDA approval and formulary coverage. + Provides strategic support to the Diabetes business unit in the areas of health economics and claims data analysis. + Maintains a comprehensive knowledge of the evidence needed to inform Health Care Decision Makers in order to ensure that the evidence generated by Medtronic is relevant for payers across all books of business including, Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, as well as those of CMS. + Prepares observational and economic research study results for dissemination via abstract, presentation, and/or peer-reviewed publication. **Must Have: Minimum Requirements** + Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of relevant experience in the healthcare industry + Or, Master’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience in the healthcare industry **Nice To Have** + Degree in PharmD, Master’s degree, or PhD in epidemiology, health economics, biostatistics, public health + An understanding of US health insurance and the U.S. health care payment system + Project management experience; demonstrated consultative mindset + Proven ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed organization + Proven relationship-building and maintaining skills with internal and external stakeholders including physician customers, hospital administrators or payers + Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially the ability to communicate complex analytical techniques in a way that is understandable by non-quantitative audiences + Postgraduate training or experience in health economics, health policy, epidemiology or health services research + Experience working with administrative claims data + Experience in medical device or pharmaceutical industr + Proficiency programming using statistical software (e.g. SAS, R, etc.) + Strong quantitative skills, preferably with training in econometrics or statistics + Experience in the analysis, synthesis, and presentation of complex data from multiple sources \#LI-MDT **Physical Job Requirements** The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.  The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. **Benefits & Compensation** **Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package** A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$136,800.00 - $205,200.00 This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others). The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program). The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums). Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico. Further details are available at the link below: Medtronic benefits and compensation plans (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page\_name=signon&co\_num=30601&co\_affid=medtronic) **About Medtronic** We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com) . It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. 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Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. **Welcome to our new Careers Site!** **If you applied before July 22nd, please check your email for a notification from us providing you with instructions and a link to set up your new account and retain access to your current activity. If you do not see an email from us, please feel free to proceed with creating a new account.** We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. **We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. **We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. **This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… + **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world + **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities + **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: **Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. **Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. **Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. **Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here (https://www.e-verify.gov/employees) . For updates on job applications, please go to the candidate login page and sign in to check your application status. If you need assistance completing your application please email AskHR@medtronic.com To request removal of your personal information from our systems please email RS.HRCompliance@medtronic.com