Vice President of Outcomes Research

Title

Vice-President of Outcomes, Data and Research

Location

Based in Boston, USA or London, UK

Reporting

Directly to ICHOM President and CEO

ICHOM

• ICHOM is a not-for-profit committed to transforming healthcare to a value-based system through universal measurement and reporting of patient outcomes.

• ICHOM builds global flagship programs – developing, maintaining and implementing Standard Sets, collecting and benchmarking patient data.

• Standard Sets are created by groups of global experts including patients and doctors.

• The development of advanced data analytics will allow stakeholders to compare patient outcomes across the world.

• ICHOM is a small but ambitious organisation with offices in Boston and London (see ICHOM.org).

ICHOM now seeks a Vice-President of Outcomes, Data and Research, who will focus on driving the development and adoption of our Standard Sets across the globe. We are looking for a passionate, skilled and experienced person with deep expertise from clinical science and with a determination to make a real difference to patients’ lives. You will be a team-player who enjoys working flexibly in a small, committed group.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for ICHOM’s global standardisation programme including directing the strategy for outcomes measurement standardisation efforts, including selecting priority clinical areas, methodology for Set development, governance and maintenance of Sets, harmonization efforts across Sets and support sales activity for Sets

• Provide methodological leadership for standard Sets to be used for benchmarking, data visualization and performance assessment

• Responsible for overseeing the design, procurement and delivery of all standardisation projects

• Responsible for managing ICHOM’s standardisation and data team across Boston and London offices, including setting and monitoring of performance targets

• Develop partnerships with key institutions and individuals, such as national and international quality measure organizations and PROMs developers as well as potential strategic partners in development, implementation and analytics

• Experience managing grants and evidence of successful funding applications

• Responsible for managing complex collaborations including stakeholders across academia, healthcare providers and industry with a focus on outcomes measurements

• Responsible for working to support implementation and benchmarking of ICHOM’s Standard Sets across the globe thereby promoting the transition to value-based healthcare

• Contribute to regular meetings as a member of ICHOM’s Executive Team

• Together with the other members of the Executive team, be an ambassador and advocate for ICHOM’s global mission.

Requirements

• Strong passion for improving health care

• Demonstrated leadership and team management experience, superb interpersonal skills

• Documented strong communication skills and proven expertise developing and presenting content to audiences of varied seniority. Practical experience of writing analysis plans and scientific reports.

• Verbal and written fluency in English

• Relevant undergraduate and postgraduate health related degrees

• >3 years experience in health policy, outcomes, data-science or research showing strong career progression over this time

• Experience working with PROMs, data architecture and healthcare IT systems on clinical or patient data capture, including outcomes data utility and performance applications

• Thorough understanding and appreciation of the challenges associated with achieving interoperability of health data, preferably acquired in applied settings, such as with a healthcare provider or in industry.

• Working knowledge of common reference terminologies and standard classification systems such as LOINC, Snomed CT, ATC and ICD10.

• Working knowledge and appreciation of relevant methods, formats and standards, such as FHIR and HL7 v2/3/CDA messaging; familiarity with basic data structures such as SQL, JSON and XML are desirable.

Travel

The role will involve frequent international travel.

Application

Please submit a CV and a 1-page covering letter

The applicant must be prepared to offer references from earlier positions

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday