About the Role
The IQVIA Market Access Strategy Consulting team helps pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers navigate patient access and affordability challenges. We leverage healthcare data to improve patient access to advanced therapies, focusing on complex US healthcare needs. As an Associate, you will receive on-the-job training to develop skills in analyzing healthcare data and providing insights to top industry leaders.
Responsibilities
- Execute high-quality, logical, and timely strategic analysis using a wide range of ‘big data’ assets to derive trends, conclusions, and actionable recommendations for clients.
- Conduct primary (qualitative) and secondary (quantitative) research on markets, payers, physicians, patients, and competitive products to identify key findings for client engagements.
- Actively participate in internal brainstorming sessions, collaborate with project team, and exercise informed business judgement in identifying the best approach to address key client needs.
- Develop sophisticated predictive models to inform contracting strategies, patient cost and affordability programs, prescriber / product utilization, and brand performance / financial modeling.
- Translate analyses into thorough and insightful conclusions and outputs to address client issues and succinctly deliver these conclusions to clients via reports, presentations, and other tools.
- Prepare for internal project team and client meetings to contribute and discuss analysis and answer questions on their work.
- Leverage all available QC tools and demonstrates a knowledge of QC standards, applied consistently throughout the project in all aspects of the work.
- Manage own time effectively and meet deadlines.
- Manage upward by proactively communicating progress and challenges (context, assumptions, rationale and limitations in analyses) and request guidance when needed.
- Develop deep knowledge of the healthcare industry and consulting methodologies.
- Assist with recruiting new team members and participate in the interview process.
Requirements
- A strong academic record (GPA 3.5/4 or greater).
- Excellent problem-solving abilities.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Strong quantitative skills.
- Proven team contributor.
- Good project management, time management and organizational skills.
- Excellent conversational and business English (written and oral).
- A willingness to travel as needed (<10% on average).
Skills
- Exceptional IT literacy e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
- SQL is a plus.
Location
- Boston, MA
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Associate
- Managerial role in second and third years
Education Level
- Bachelors or Master’s Degree, preferable in Biology, biochemistry, economics, finance, business, healthcare management and policy, history, molecular biology and genetics, psychology, neuroscience, public health and international relations.
Salary/Compensations
- $60,000.00 - $150,000.00
Benefits
- Health and welfare benefits
- Other benefits
About the Company
- 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.
- Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.
- IQVIA, the Human Data Science Company™, possesses the largest and most comprehensive set of healthcare data assets in the world.
- Everything we do is part of a journey to improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.
- To get there, we seek out diverse talent with curious minds and a relentless commitment to innovation and impact.
- No matter your role, everyone at IQVIA contributes to our shared goal of helping customers improve the lives of patients everywhere.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law.
