Health Economics, Policy

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**:
**Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.**
- Evaluates the economic impact of the use of products and therapies on hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and physicians.
- Develops hospital marketing programs related to coverage, coding and reimbursement.
- Implements programs to resolve/decrease economic barriers for use of products and therapies in all care settings.
- Conducts financial audits, benchmarking, and presentations for hospital and physician customers.
- Provides training and education programs to sales force, physicians, home care agencies, ambulatory surgery centers, case managers, and financial and billing employees in clinics and hospitals.
- Works closely with the reimbursement strategy team to implement policy and payment changes with field sales force and customers through education and services.
- Works with customers/accounts to develop advocacy campaigns that support coverage and payment strategies.
- Works with key customers/accounts to develop partnership strategies to promote cost-effective delivery of company's therapies and opportunities for therapy adoption.

**Required Knowledge and Experience**:

- Bachelor's degree completed
- Advanced English
- Postgraduate and/or extension courses in areas such as health economics, health technology assessment, healthcare business management, advocacy and others in the healthcare area will be considered as distinctive qualities.
- Strong analytical, organizational & planning skills, excellent communication and presentation abilities, leadership, and proficiency in health systems. Ability to lead a project from scratch.
- In-depth understanding of healthcare systems.
- Support market access strategies with payers, health authority projects, and technology submissions to ANS or CONITEC; participate in submission projects and processes.
- Spanish is a plus

**We Offer**

Medtronic is recognized by the Great Place to Work (GPTW) and, in 2022, reached tenth place in the ranking of best companies to work for in the industry and services category. This recognition reinforces our ongoing commitment to the well-being of our employees. Our benefits are carefully designed to promote quality of life, and this is why we work with the best suppliers on the market. Find out more about what we offer in our benefits package:
PLR, Private Pension Plan, Transport voucher, reimbursement for charter or parking, Flexible meal voucher, medical assistance and Dental assistance (for you and your legal dependents (spouses, children and stepchildren), Life insurance, Gympass, childcare assistance, pharmacy discount, ESPP (discounted share purchase program), educational subsidy + idiom program.

Wellness programs:

- Holiday break program and Short Friday. Here your Friday ends at 2pm
- 2x hybrid in the office
- Birthday Day Off
- Maternity leave 6 months + Paternity leave 20 days
- Paid Family Leave Program of up to 6 weeks.
- Work 4 weeks from anywhere.

NOTE: OPTION of transportation + hybrid work will not be available for positions in the clinical and sales areas, as well as for positions that do not have working time control.

**SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM**:Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects - from design to implementation - while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education.

**DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS**

**Autonomy**:Recognized master in professional discipline.
Works independently to implement strategic goals and establish operational plans for job area.
Assignments are often self-initiated Determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results.

**Organizational Impact**:Strongly influences the design of new products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on functional results.
Implements strategic goals established by functional leadership.
Changes or may establish operational plans for job area with long-range impact on results.

**Innovation and Complexity**:Faces problems that span a wide range of difficulty and unique issues across functions and / or businesses which may cause redirection.
Develops solutions to unique issues Improves upon existing processes and systems using significant conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation.

**Communication and Influence**:Interacts with internal an