Senior Consultant, Real World Solutions UK

Job title:

Senior Consultant, Real World Solutions UK

Company

IQVIA

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTIONJob Title: Senior ConsultantContract: Permanent/Full-timeLocation: London, United KingdomRole SummarySenior Consultants in our Client Engagement team are central to delivering insights and evidence generated from Real World Data to our clients. They own and deliver work independently, ensuring that high quality, thoroughly scoped outputs are delivered on time and within budget. Depending on the nature and scale of the work, this may involve leading a project, or leading defined streams of work within a larger programme.Our Senior Consultants are self-sufficient, supported by a group of Engagement Managers and Principals who provide industry-leading perspectives and innovative approaches, as well as technical experts in epidemiology, programming, and statistics.We are seeking experienced professionals with a background in science who have also demonstrated a strong track record within project management and health and life sciences consulting; who are looking to further their career while demonstrating scientific passion and creativity; and who seek to develop new solutions and services, support business development activity and deliver projects to the highest quality.Key Responsibilities:

• Planning, organising and managing all aspects of project delivery (scope, quality, resources, risk and timelines) to successfully complete specific project goals and objectives
• Providing day-to-day leadership to project teams of scientists to execute high quality research and analysis on time and within budget
• Acting as primary client contact for operational project questions, developing relationship through face-to-face discussions, workshops, telephone and email contact
• Preparing and facilitating decision making on project related questions, internally as well as with clients
• Designing, structuring and delivering client reports and presentations
• Coordinating the development of detailed technical documents (e.g. RWE Study Protocols and Statistical Analysis Plans), working closely with scientific experts
• Managing the project quality assurance process ensuring that relevant tasks are satisfactorily completed by required stakeholders
• Proactively identifying project related delivery risks and suggesting and implementing mitigating actions
• Interpreting Real World Evidence in the context of the client’s strategic objectives
• Recommending improvements and alternative solutions to resolve client challenges
• Identifying new business opportunities for follow-on work
• Supporting broader business development activities
• Contributing to the development of novel RWE offerings as well as other internal initiatives
• Raising the external profile of IQVIA RWE by attending conferences, organising webinars, and attending recruitment events

Skills, Experience & Education Required:

• Proven ability to manage multiple engagements of varying difficulty, scale and competing priorities

• Experience in planning and conducting projects using good project management practices including effectively managing complex projects or multiple workstreams concurrently.

• Demonstrable track record managing and coaching on-site and off-site project teams consisting of technical experts
• Problem-solving attitude, anticipating issues early, analysing, interpreting and solving them proactively
• Curiosity about developing and interpreting new insights, and ability to articulate the added value these bring to life sciences clients
• Demonstrable ability to engage and establish lasting working relationships with a wide range of internal and external, scientific as well as commercial stakeholders effectively
• Excellent conversational and business English (written and oral), demonstrated via: storyboarding / slide development, report writing, meeting and workshop facilitation, timely and appropriately informative escalation, and presentation skills
• Applied knowledge of consulting methodologies, tools and techniques
• Familiarity with key issues and current developments in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries
• Master’s University level Degree, preferably in a relevant and / or numerate subject such e.g. life sciences, chemistry, engineering etc.

The extra mile:

• A Master’s or PhD in life sciences or related discipline is desirable
• Extensive experience in healthcare consulting / experience in life science industry ideally as a management consultant or within academia is desirable
• Certification in a project management discipline e.g. PRINCE2, Agile

IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. We believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. Learn more at

Expected salary

Location

Reading

Job date

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 06:49:39 GMT

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