Purpose of the Role:-
The purpose of the role is to lead the development of health economic modelling projects, including the development of cost-effectiveness and budget impact models, to understand the economic value of clients’ products and interventions. This is a senior position within the modelling team which includes elements of team training and leadership.
Knowledge, Experience & Skills Required for this Role:-
- Training and extensive experience in health economics including the conceptualization and development of cost-effectiveness and budget impact models (8+ years, ideally in a consultancy environment)
- Experience of managing modelling projects and leading/coaching a project team
- Experience of programming in VBA is mandatory
- Experience of programming in a statistics or data analytics language (R or SAS, Python) is an advantage
- Keen interest in medical research, provision of healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry
- Strong computing skills (MS Office) including MS Excel
- High analytical ability
- A high degree of written accuracy and attention to detail
- Good communication skills, both oral and in writing, especially in the relaying of technical information
- Self-motivation, enthusiasm, ambition and flexibility
- Fluent English
Education:-
Master’s degree or equivalent in either life science or a quantitative discipline, such as health economics, economics, mathematics or statistics.
Key Accountabilities of this Role (KPA'S):-
Within project teams, objectives of the role will be to:
- Provide high quality, timely, scientific/strategic solutions to meet client needs
- Conduct and analyse primary and secondary research, which will shape the development of strategic recommendations
- Oversee the development of health economic models, using appropriate software tools, to elucidate and express the economic value of clients’ products
- Systematically search for and synthesise disparate qualitative and quantitative health economic evidence, and interpret meaningfully
- Write, refine, review and critique sections of reports, journal manuscripts and other deliverables for client or external delivery
- Act as primary point of contact and Project Lead, providing guidance and instruction to junior team members while being supported by the Project Director (senior team member)
- Maintain and continue to grow a network of industry colleagues through relationships formed during project engagements or through other industry experience
- Actively participates in project scoping calls and proposal preparation
- May deliver sales presentations and participate in bid defence meetings when needed
- Contributes information to support the account planning process and integrated marketing programs
- Contributes ideas for approaches to new clients or new service offerings
Other responsibilities associated with the role include the following:
- Professional conduct at all working levels within a client organization and within Parexel
- Complete basic job-related responsibilities, including timesheets, expense reports, maintenance of CVs, project deliverable archiving, participation in internal initiatives/projects or as a mentor as requested by management
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