Consultant, Strategic & Scientific Research, Pcs

To meet our client expectations and retain the excellent reputation built up over time the IQVIA PCS team is committed to recruiting, training and supporting driven individuals who have both consulting skills and life science skills that can be applied to PCS research activities. Individuals joining us are assured of a rewarding and progressive career in patient-focused research. You’ll have the opportunity to address challenging client issues, across multiple geographies with a hands-on influence in developing and delivering solutions. We operate in a truly multi-cultural, collegial and collaborative work environment that is rich in development and growth.

Role & Responsibilities

As a Consultant/Scientific Advisor within the PCS team at IQVIA you’ll be actively participating in the design, development, and delivery of consulting projects or components of larger, complex projects. Both consulting skills and understanding of life science methodologies are needed to fulfil the responsibilities of the role, which include:

• Leveraging business experience and acumen in identifying strategic alternatives and project approach to client questions

• Communicating findings and recommendations to project teams and to clients
• Supporting the development of intellectual property for use on future engagements
• Creating sections of reports, presentations, workshops and other client deliverables, under general guidance from experienced team leaders
• Conducting primary and secondary PCS research, such as interviewing patients and clinical experts, reviewing published literature, and searching databases of trials and measures Performing quantitative or qualitative analysis to assist in the identification of client issues and the development of client deliverables
• Develop qualitative coding frameworks and codebooks and conduct qualitative coding

• Assisting with business development and proposals

Other responsibilities include:

• Developing broad knowledge of related consulting methodologies and pharmaceutical market through the delivery of consulting engagements and participation in formal and informal learning opportunities
• Further developing a diverse set of scientific research skills

• Leading some learning, development, and recruiting programs

Whilst the PCS team undertakes a diverse set of research activities, there is a particular need for support in some methodological approaches. Candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas are particularly desirable:

• Qualitative research – including developing discussion guides, conducting interviews/focus groups, coding and analyzing qualitative data using qualitative analysis software
• Preference research – including developing vignettes, conducting stated/revealed preference research and analyzing preference data

• Medical and technical writing – including writing abstracts and manuscripts for publication, and developing regulatory and payer/HTA submission documents
• Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) research – including developing PRO questionnaires, and psychometrically assessing and interpreting PRO data

About You

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

For this position, your primary role will be to support the Consulting and Scientific project lead(s) on client facing or internal projects. This will allow the opportunity to participate in all phases of PCS projects, from design to final presentation. For this, we would like to know that you have some understanding and/or experience in:

• Designing, conducting, and analyzing qualitative and/or quantitative research studies
• Disseminating study findings in publications
• Working in multi-disciplinary teams
• Communicating study findings to pharmaceutical and biotech clients

We also ask that you are able to demonstrate:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills including grammatical/technical writing skills.
• Analytical, interpretative and problem-solving skills
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent attention and accuracy with details.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with others in and across the organization to accomplish team goals
• An ability to work in a fast-paced team environment with demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and projects
• Strong capability in juggling priorities so that deadlines are met while retaining consistently high quality outcomes
• An ability to confidently communicate with and effectively present information to internal team.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills including presentations, meeting and workshop facilitation, business and report writing

• An ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients
• Strong commitment to quality
• Strong organizing skills
• Strong individual initiative

MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Fluent conversational and business English (written and oral); additional languages an advantage
• Right to work in the recruiting country
• Minimum of one year project management experience
• A relevant advanced academic social science degree (e.g. public health, epidemiology, psychology, sociology, medical anthropology, health economics)
• At least two years of relevant experience in consulting/research within the pharmaceutical and/or healthcare industry

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Extensive use of keyboard requiring repetitive motion of fingers
• Extensive use of telephone [and face-to-face] communication requiring accurate perception of speech
• Regular sitting for extended periods of time

• Travel as required