Senior Consultant - Health Technology Assessment (Portugal, Hybrid)

About the role

This is a management role within the IQVIA Global Health Economics and HTA team, focused on health technology assessment (HTA) and on shaping the team's UK HTA offerings. The role supports clients in designing evidence generation and dissemination strategies that meet HTA requirements and optimise market access. It is based in Portugal (the listing says Spain, Greece, Portugal or South Africa) with flexibility between office and home working.

Key responsibilities

• Shape and lead the team and its offerings, working with senior leadership and global centres of excellence
• Manage business development, client relationships and project scope, with senior oversight
• Manage HTA project strategy, especially UK HTA processes and requirements, and develop risk mitigation strategies
• Lead the project delivery team on dossier development, submission support for UK HTA agencies, early scientific advice and other strategic HTA offerings, and contribute to multi-country and global projects
• Mediate, negotiate and solve problems within and outside the project team, and mentor junior team members
• Work with technical consultants, Market Access, Patient-Centered Solutions, database studies and local teams, and liaise with pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device clients
• Support or lead thought leadership on HTA, such as conference abstracts, white papers and peer-reviewed publications, and guide interns on HTA thesis topics
• Provide line management depending on interest

Required profile

• Postgraduate degree or higher in a relevant discipline (HTA, health economics, epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, medicine, pharmacy, etc.) and at least 4 years of relevant experience preparing HTA-aligned evidence submissions in the UK and/or Europe, including appraisal and negotiation
• Experience with UK HTA submissions and early scientific advice; multi-country HTA experience highly desirable
• Good understanding of the pharmaceutical industry structure and a network of HEOR contacts highly desirable
• Proven consultancy skills and experience in a consultancy environment highly desirable
• Fluent English; applications must be submitted in English

Required skills

• Project management and managing multidisciplinary teams
• Understanding of clinical trial design, statistical methods and evidence synthesis
• Biostatistics and health economic modelling, and statistical software such as STATA and R, desirable but not essential

What we offer

• A structured onboarding programme during the first three months
• Numerous training opportunities, including external trainings aligned with business and team objectives