Senior Consultant, Health Economic Modeling

­Health Economics Modeling

Senior Consultant

Position:

Senior Consultant, Health Economics Modeling

Overview

The health economics modeling practice specializes in helping clients determine, demonstrate, communicate and realize the value of pharmaceutical interventions, medical technologies and diagnostic testing by developing cost effectiveness, budget impact models and other decision-support tools.  Our clients include pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device manufacturers for whom we provide strategic consulting, rigorous analytics, market-savvy communications capabilities, and evidence-based solutions.  We are one of a few firms that integrate health economics, evidence synthesis, outcomes research, pricing and market access, with more than 180 consultants/researchers around the world. 

Position Description

The HEOR practice is looking for a talented Senior Consultant to help develop, design, and deliver health economic modeling projects. Senior Consultants work with Analysts, Consultants, Associate Principals and Principals on each project.  Occasional travel may be required.  Responsibilities include:    

• Design modeling studies to quantify clinical and/or economic impacts of healthcare technologies or interventions
• Help develop compelling proposals for new projects, contributing to project background statements and description of modeling methods
• Lead the development of project deliverables, including targeted literature reviews of clinical and economic evidence across a variety of therapy areas, models, reports, abstracts, manuscripts, and slide decks, as appropriate
• Attend meetings and present to internal and external stakeholders as needed
• Provide coaching and direction to more junior HEOR professionals assigned to engagement(s), especially regarding decision modeling and Excel modeling technical expertise
• Proactively attend to expectations around deliverables, timelines, quality and budget as set forth in project proposals
• Support more senior staff on specific business initiatives as required
• Transfer knowledge and skills to others in practice

Senior Consultants work across clients, therapy areas and projects, ensuring a cohesive professional environment and a deep and thorough understanding at all levels of the broad discipline of HEOR.  In addition, Senior Consultants will experience the following:

• Flexible and diverse work environment with a multidisciplinary team of researchers/consultants with backgrounds in medicine, pharmacy, health economics, health policy, health services research, outcomes research, pricing and market access
• Opportunity to engage in Center of Excellence to promote global best practices, collaboration and thought leadership in core offerings
• Formal and informal training opportunities in leading client engagements, statistical analyses, economic modeling, and scientific communications

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate MUST have:

• Knowledge of health economic modeling techniques, including decision analysis
• Good interpersonal and communication skills in a team environment
• Post graduate industry or consulting work experience in a related quantitative area such as economics, health economics, statistics, psychology or science
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead junior colleagues to on-time delivery of projects
• Strong organizational skills and proven ability to manage multiple priorities and/or projects at once

The successful candidate should also have:

• Graduate degree in relevant scientific or technical field (e.g., Medical Doctor, Pharmacy, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Health Policy)
• At least 5 years of experience in applied research or consulting environment
• Proven ability to write and publish for medical or scientific audiences
• Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including VBA)
• Command of Microsoft Office, TreeAge, statistical software (e.g., R, SAS or STATA)

Location: Remote

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe