About the role
Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care. We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges. GRAIL is headquartered in the bay area of California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies. For more information, please visit grail.com This is a US field-based position responsible for communicating and refining health economic and outcomes research (HEOR) evidence that supports payer engagement activities across GRAIL’s diagnostic portfolio. This is accomplished through high-quality, non-promotional scientific exchange, including payer-focused education, evidence discussions, and responses to unsolicited medical and scientific inquiries. In this position, you will partner closely with the Market Access Payer Engagement and Government Affairs teams, serving as a scientific and economic subject matter expert (SME) when payer-facing interactions require deep HEOR expertise.
The role combines scientific and clinical fluency with strong understanding of payer evidence expectations, reimbursement considerations, and value communication. This role partners closely with Medical Affairs, Market Access, Government Affairs, and Commercial teams and plays a critical role in shaping payer value narratives and supporting evidence-based messaging. This is a remote - field based position with up to 35% of travel. \n
Responsibilities: Support scientific exchange related to payer-facing evidence resources, including AMCP dossiers, evidence summaries, and value communication materials Partner with Market Access teams to translate complex clinical, economic, and real-world evidence into clear, payer-relevant insights Act as the HEOR subject matter expert in payer engagements, particularly for deep-dive evidence discussions, and elicit, capture, and communicate relevant payer insights Communicate clinical, health economic, outcomes, and real-world evidence relevant to payer coverage and reimbursement decisions Demonstrate strong working knowledge of payer evidence frameworks, budget impact concepts, value narratives, and real-world evidence methodologies Summarize and communicate complex medical, scientific, and economic concepts clearly to both external stakeholders and internal partners As part of the HEOR team, identify data gaps and inform future research priorities to address payer needs Support development and refinement of value frameworks and evidence summaries to enhance payer value demonstration, including those focused on economic modeling Ensure consistency and scientific rigor across all payer-facing economic content and messaging Ensure all activities and interactions adhere to corporate compliance policies and healthcare regulations Participate in regional and national meetings in support of medical and access objectives Support internal education on payer value and health economics communication Maintain clinical, scientific, and health economic expertise relevant to GRAIL’s products Engage in continuous learning to stay current on diagnostics, payer policy trends, guidelines, and evolving evidence
