Senior Consultant, Global HEOR

In addition to this, the Senior Consultant will contribute to the development of Alira Health’s HEOR offering by developing both internal resources to deliver our projects and develop proposals, as well as external resources such as abstracts, posters, manuscripts and white papers to enhance our profile.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Execution/ Billability (70%-90%):

• Manages the execution of a project, develops a plan to approach client’s needs, and leverages business experience and acumen in identifying strategies and project approach to client questions with limited guidance from senior roles.
• Coordinate client and stakeholder engagements, leading meetings, reporting to clients on overall project execution.
• Guide and review quantitative and qualitative analyses to assist in the identification of client issues and the development of client deliverables.
• Understands and anticipates potential issues and/or challenges deriving from the initial ‘problem’ and able to communicate this effectively to the project team​ and senior roles.
• Coordinates the creation of entire reports, presentations, workshops, and other client deliverables.
• Ensures the high quality, time and accuracy of complex deliverables.
• Develops an in-depth understanding of the life sciences and healthcare industry and a broad knowledge of related consulting methodologies through the delivery of consulting engagement and participation in formal and informal training programs.
• Provide oversight and direction to team members throughout the project development.
• Ensures compliance with the organization's policies / procedures, vision, mission statement, and values.

Business Development/ Corporate Initiatives (up to 20%):

• Support the Business Development process from lead discovery to proposal defense as part of the execution team.
• Participate in corporate development by contributing to internal strategic projects, knowledge management, technology systems, and related functions.
• Manage, coach, and coordinate Associates and/or Analysts and act as their point of reference for daily activities and training, among others.
• Support preparation and delivery of sales presentations, including quotes and full proposals.
• Support recruitment and oversee new employees' onboarding.

Thought Leadership (up to 10%):

• Support development of thought leadership projects, such as white papers, publications, specialized conferences and so forth.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Blend of consulting and industry experience. Minimum of 4-5 years of professional experience in top consulting and Life Sciences companies.
• Specific knowledge and experience in designing and building economic models (including global cost-effectiveness models (CEMs, including cost-utility models) and budget impact models (BIMs) to support HTA submissions, adapting global models to support local submissions, and developing early CEMs and BIMs). Designing and building HTA-ready economic models will be particularly valued.
• Strong understanding of HTA submission processes (NICE, SMC, HAS, G-BA, CDA, and other countries) and how economic modeling supports these processes.
• Graduate degree with an excellent track record in either Life Sciences, Business, Economics, or Engineering programs; specialized Master degrees in Economics (including Health Economics), Econometrics, Statistics, or related disciplines will be considered a plus.
• Experience in managing projects and project teams

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES & SOFT SKILLS

• Strong analytical skills and ability to problem-solve unstructured or ambiguous challenges.
• Proven experience developing economic models in Excel (including use of VBA). Experience developing models using other platforms (for example, R and Python) and data visualization tools (R Shiny, TreeAge or Simul8) will also be valued.
• Proven project management skills, including clients interaction, full execution of deliverables, clear communication and negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication, being able to sell ideas effectively to internal and external stakeholders, and interpersonal skills, working in a multicultural environment.
• Ability to Coach and develop staff, including goal setting, feedback, and performance development.
• Flexible to accommodate changing priorities, with a positive and “can-do” attitude.
• Excellent English, both written and verbal. Another language can be a plus.
• Team player who thrives in a less structured, collaborative environment.

Alira Health is an equal opportunity employer and stands firm on its values: Be inclusive; Be honest; Elevate others; Be accountable; Be courageous.

Languages

• English

Education

• Bachelor of Science (BS): Business Administration/Management
• Bachelor of Science (BS): Economics
• Bachelor of Science (BS): Finance
• Bachelor of Science (BS): Life Sciences

Contract Type

• Regular

Salary Range

The final offer will be determined within the applicable location-specific range and will depend on the candidate’s confirmed work location, relevant experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and role scope.