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Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 177 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
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No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
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What Abbvie INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “DIRECTOR,PATIENT SVCES DATA STRATEGY & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE” (Management Analysts) in IL: $192k–$236k, median $214k.
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- Employer is on a government sponsor record
- The US Department of Labor certified 177 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- No salary bar for this route
- H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Abbvie INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles
- 2 certified filings for “DIRECTOR,PATIENT SVCES DATA STRATEGY & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE” (Management Analysts) in IL: $192k–$236k, median $214k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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About the role
he Director, HEOR is accountable for the development, alignment, and delivery of HEOR strategy and evidence-generation initiatives for assigned on-market and/or pipeline indication(s). Serving as the HEOR lead on cross-functional teams and pipeline commercialization teams, the Director represents the HEOR perspective in shaping evidence strategies across US and International markets.
This role is responsible for translating brand priorities into integrated evidence strategies that support commercialization, market access, reimbursement, and policy objectives while maintaining scientific rigor and integrity. The Director ensures HEOR plans are aligned with broader brand strategies and cross-functional evidence-generation plans.
In partnership with cross-functional leaders, the Director contributes innovative and differentiated evidence strategies, builds alignment, and gains stakeholder buy-in for evidence priorities. Leveraging deep HEOR expertise and business acumen, the Director influences indication-level decisions, prioritizes book of work within available resources, and delivers impact against brand objectives.
Key Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
• Accountable for developing and delivering integrated HEOR strategies for assigned indication(s)
• Serves as the HEOR lead on cross-functional teams, influencing key strategic decisions.
• Shapes the HEOR contribution to global development, commercialization, and lifecycle strategies
• Leads the HEOR evidence-generation plan, aligned with scientific, regulatory, market access, and commercial objectives.
• Accountable for end-to-end delivery of the HEOR book of work, from strategy development through evidence generation, dissemination, and pull-through.
• Drives lifecycle evidence and labeling strategies to support differentiation and value demonstration.
• Provides strategic HEOR leadership to support market access, reimbursement, and value communication objectives.
• Accountable to ensuring strong partnership with all relevant HEOR COE functions to ensure a comprehensive HEOR voice is represented in cross-functional meetings
• Communicates evidence and strategic recommendations to senior internal and external stakeholders, including executives, payers, HTAs, and KOLs.
• Engages senior leaders with executive presence, prioritizes the book of work within available resources, and gains stakeholder alignment.
• Advanced degree, MD, PharmD, MS in Economics, Econometrics, or (pharmaco)epidemiology
• Minimum of ten years working experience with Master’s, six plus years with PhD/PharmD - Fellowship is a plus
• Professional training in a health field (MD,PharmD, etc.) is a plus
• Experience within pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• RWE/ITC/Economic Modeling experience
• Experience leading complex products and/or clinical development in support of on-market product support.
• Strategic/business-minded HEOR leadership
• Must perform at times in previously uncharted territory with few, if any, established guidelines or procedures. At other times, exceedingly complex governmental rules and regulations must be followed. For problems surrounded by complex rules and regulations, the Director must be able to direct compliance knowledgeably and expeditiously
• Must be able to develop creative and effective solutions to inter- and intra-project priority conflicts, resource constraints and other problems which may impact project or group goals and deliverables across multiple programs
• Extensive knowledge of the global regulatory, HTA and PR&A landscape, as well as understanding of other development-related functions as they relate to all phases of drug development. Experience leading complex products and/or clinical development in support of pipeline devel
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