Ipsen
Director, Psychometrics & Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) Strategy
Cambridge (US) · Director
Sponsorship not specified$177k-$260kDetected 30 days ago
Project ManagementClinical TrialsSASResearchExperimental DesignLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationCritical ThinkingMentoringBiostatisticsEpidemiology
About the role
- Title:Director, Psychometrics & Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) Strategy Company:Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc.
- About Ipsen: Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience.
- Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.
Responsibilities
- We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact.
- PRO Strategy & Psychometrics Leadership Define and lead Ipsen's global PRO and psychometrics strategy across early development, registrational programs, post-approval evidence generation, and life‑cycle management.
- Design and interpret psychometric analyses, including reliability, validity, responsiveness, and longitudinal performance.
- Lead methodologies to define clinically meaningful change, including MCID/MWPC, responder definition, and anchor‑ and distribution‑based approaches.
- Study Design & Evidence Generation Provide strategic input into clinical trial and observational study design to ensure appropriate PRO endpoints, assessment schedules, and statistical considerations.
- Partner with Epidemiology, RWE, and Biostatistics to integrate PROs into interventional trials, real‑world studies, registries, and external collaborations.
- Ensure PRO evidence supports regulatory submissions, labeling claims (where appropriate), value dossiers, and scientific publications.
- Support interactions related to endpoint justification, instrument qualification, and interpretation of PRO results.
- Capability Building & Mentorship Build and sustain Ipsen's internal psychometrics and PRO capabilities through training, knowledge sharing, and cross-functional collaboration.
Nice to have
- At least 10 years of pharma experience in a related role
- Significant industry experience (pharmaceutical, biotech, or CRO) applying psychometric principles to drug development programs.
- Hands-on experience designing and conducting studies to establish MCID/clinically meaningful change.
- Experience supporting regulatory, HTA, and payer-related evidence needs involving PRO data.
- Strong methodological and analytical skills
- Expert in development, validation, implementation and interpretation of PRO instruments
- Experience leading external analytic and evidence generating activities
- Experience with conducting and designing studies around patient-reported outcomes
Compensation
- The annual base salary range for this position is $177,000-$259,600.
Company info
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc.
- Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries.
- At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company's success.
- Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!
- For more information, visit us at https://www.ipsen.com/ and follow our latest news on LinkedIn and Instagram.
- Job Description: The Director, Psychometrics & Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) Strategy is a senior scientific leadership role responsible for defining and advancing Ipsen's enterprise wide PRO strategy across the full product life cycle.
- This role provides psychometric and methodological leadership to ensure that patient-reported outcome evidence generated by Ipsen is scientifically rigorous, fit-for-purpose, and aligned with regulatory, payer, and health technology assessment (HTA) expectations.
- The position will lead the design, development, validation, and interpretation of PRO instruments, including both bespoke and existing measures, and will oversee studies to establish measurement and clinically meaningful change (e.g., MCID/meaningful within-patient change).
- The role partners cross functionally with Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Biostatistics, HEOR, and Patient Engagement to ensure patient-centered outcomes are embedded consistently and strategically across Ipsen's portfolio.
- Serve as the internal subject matter expert for psychometrics, PRO measurement science, and endpoint strategy.
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