Engagement Manager (Associate Director) in Health Technology Assessment Strategy and Implementation (JCA/JSC) - Europe/UK

The team

IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. IQVIA creates intelligent connections across all aspects of healthcare through its analytics, transformative technology, big data resources and extensive domain expertise. With direct access to the world’s most comprehensive healthcare information, analytics and research resources, IQVIA Real World Solutions (RWS) experts design and deliver innovative data– and technology-enabled evidence programs to accelerate the clinical development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments that improve healthcare outcomes for patients.

Within the RWS group, the IQVIA Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) Real World Methods and Evidence Generation (RW MEG) team is composed of around 160 highly qualified multi-disciplinary professionals from a variety of disciplines including health economics, statistics, epidemiology and data management, located across 8 geographies. 

Our clients operate in the life sciences industry, including the global top 20 pharmaceutical companies, medical device and biotech companies, as well as public health providers and regulatory authorities. Our clients look for insight and evidence on the safety, efficacy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health care delivery systems, medical devices, and pharmaceutical products spanning the full spectrum of therapeutic and disease areas. Our diverse mix of clients, the breadth of disease areas as well as increasing access to novel data sources and methodologies provide a constant and rewarding challenge for our people.  

For more information about our company please visit our website: https://www.iqvia.com

Section below describes roles we are recruiting to join the EMEA RW MEG team.

Role Overview

This is a senior manager role within the EMEA RW MEG team with a focus on our health technology assessment (HTA) and strategic offerings with a focus on the new EU Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) And Joint Scientific Consultation offerings. The successful candidate will:

• Be involved in shaping and leading the team and offerings, working closely with the IQVIA EU HTA Solutions team and EMEA RWS Center of Excellence for HTA Evidence and Strategy

• Support business development, from responding to client request for proposals, working with clients to understand their overall strategic goals and milestones; and demonstrating this in a proposal with input from other IQVIA teams, where relevant

• Manage the project delivery team on a range of EU HTA projects, including PICO simulations, JCA strategy development, JCA dossier development, JSC, client trainings on JCA/ JSC, co-ordination of multi-country EU HTA engagements and other strategic HTA offerings to support our clients, with senior oversight

• Drive overall project strategy and quality of deliverables, including the design, structure and completion of deliverables and leading on communications

• Be involved in mediating, negotiating and problem solving, within and outside of the immediate project team, as needed

• Train and identify opportunities for more junior members of the team to support their career development as EU HTA specialists

• Work within and across internal IQVIA teams, including technical consultants responsible for studies generating JCA evidence and complimentary functions such as Market Access, Patient-Centered Solutions, Market Access Insights, database studies and local teams across the EMEA region

• Liaise with clients who will include pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices companies with global and regional headquarters based in the EMEA region, and occasionally their affiliate teams

• Support thought leadership for JCA/ JSC topics, such as preparing conference abstracts and posters, supporting development of white papers and peer review publications on HTA and guiding interns working with the team on HTA focused thesis topics

• Remain up to date on latest developments

• Provide line management, depending on interests

The demand for IQVIA’s JCA/ JSC offerings has seen dramatic increase over the past two years and will continue to expand in response to the new EU JCA/ JSC processes which will come into form from January 2025. The role of the Engagement Manager is a leadership role within the EMEA RWS team and is expected to play an important role in shaping the team’s JCA/ JSC offerings. There will also be opportunities to expand your portfolio into other areas, if desired.

The role is UK or EU based with flexibility regarding location and frequency of office and home working. Please refer to our diversity and inclusion statement for further information.

The successful candidate

We are looking for a candidate with a good mix of academic and professional experience, domain experience and interpersonal skills. An ideal candidate has consultancy experience with EU HTA and or experience preparing for and supporting European reimbursement processes (HTA dossiers), early HTA scientific advice (including previous EUnetHTA 21 Joint Actions), as well as proven success in navigating HTA processes within the EMEA region in a strategic way to optimize a product’s access to markets and reimbursement.

The ideal candidate will also have a good understanding of the typical structure of our clients from the pharmaceutical industry and how to successfully navigate this structure to achieve client’s aims.

The list below should be viewed as a guide rather than a checklist. We want to prioritise recruiting candidates who will incorporate IQVIA’s value of ‘brave minds’ with their previous experience to put a personal spin on this role. If you share our passion for driving healthcare advancements through unparalleled data and have a passion for collaboration and solving complex problems, we encourage interested candidates who feel like they could be a good fit for the role to apply.

Qualifications and desired experience:

• Interested in working in Consulting, in a dynamic, intellectually stimulating environment, and in developing your expertise in the healthcare industry

• Postgraduate degree level education or higher from a relevant discipline (such as, but not limited to, HTA, health economics, health policy, medicine, pharmacy, epidemiology, public health)

• At least 6 years of extensive relevant work experience (such as, but not limited to, pharmaceutical sector, consulting, academia)with preparing evidence submissions or early scientific advice briefing books, aligned to the processes and requirements of HTA agencies in UK, Europe or other geographies, as well as involvement in the appraisal and negotiation processes, where relevant

• Deep understanding of HTA systems in Europe

• Demonstrable commercial awareness and thorough understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, with an existing network of HEOR contacts highly desirable

• Programme management experience in a consulting environment

• Previous experience with one of the EUnetHTA Joint actions, EU JCA/ JSC projects is highly desirable

• Previous experience in a consultancy environment is highly desirable

• Strong written and verbal communication skills (fluency in English) with excellent interpersonal and team working skills

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