HEOR Manager

Acumetis is a global expert commercialisation partner purposefully built to help life sciences win in the age of connectivity. With an integrated model spanning the entire asset lifecycle, deep functional and therapeutic-area expertise, and rigorous, outcome-driven thinking, Acumetis reframes complex problems and shapes solutions that are both imaginative and achievable. With more than 350 experts globally and experience across 50+ geographic markets, Acumetis helps clients unlock value, accelerate performance, and deliver better outcomes for patients.

As a Manager, you will start to take a leadership role in delivering high-impact Market Access and HEOR consulting projects, ensuring quality, consistency, and strategic alignment across multiple workstreams. Building on your experience as a Senior Consultant, you will oversee delivery across full project scopes, manage cross-functional teams, and serve as a trusted strategic partner to clients navigating complex pricing, evidence, and access environments. Managers at Acumetis are responsible for owning project programmes from planning and execution to quality control and team leadership. You will lead client relationships, steer strategic discussions, and ensure that deliverables are aligned with client needs and project objectives.

You will work closely with Senior Consultants, Analysts, and Consultants, bringing clarity, structure, and direction to complex assignments. This role introduces formal line management responsibilities. You will coach, mentor, and develop direct reports through structured feedback, performance discussions, and wellbeing support. You will also progress through Acumetis's Leadership Academy pathway, gaining the management capabilities required to support team performance and organisational growth. Managers are key contributors to business development. You will support proposal scoping, solution design, and commercial planning, helping convert opportunities into successful engagements and expand long-term client partnerships.

This role prepares you for progression to Senior Manager, where deeper strategic influence, cross-project leadership, and organisational contribution become central expectations.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS

• Core Knowledge
  • Challenge and improve evidence, research, and methodological approaches across projects, ensuring alignment to client objectives.
  • Lead high-impact synthesis frameworks and drive the development of compelling strategic narratives.
  • Validate analytical outputs and ensure statistical or modelling work is defensible and aligned to strategic direction.
  • Guide teams to apply HEOR frameworks, HTA logic, and pricing/access principles appropriately and consistently.
  • Shape and review full deliverables, ensuring narrative accuracy, flow, and commercial resonance.
• How You Work
  • Critical Thinking & Attention to Detail
    • Drive complex decision-making and shape strategic trade-offs with clients and internal teams.
    • Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and strategic misalignment, proposing clear solutions.
    • Ensure quality assurance (QA) processes are embedded across projects and rigorously followed.
  • Time Management & Collaboration
    • Balance delivery responsibilities with people leadership and team wellbeing.
    • Guide team schedules, resource allocation, and workload balancing across multiple projects.
    • Foster cohesion and collaboration across functions, disciplines, and project teams.
  • Communication & Client Engagement
    • Navigate complex conversations and build trusted senior-level partnerships with clients.
    • Lead client calls, workshops, and strategic meetings with clarity, confidence, and professional authority.
    • Provide structured, persuasive communication in written and verbal formats, setting standards for team quality.
  • Project Management
    • Own full project scope across budget, timelines, team structure, risks, and client expectations.
    • Lead project programmes and oversee internal coordination across multiple workstreams.
    • Anticipate and manage risks early, ensuring high-quality and timely delivery across complex engagements.
• What You Do
  • Research & Evidence
    • Approve and adapt research plans for both quantitative and qualitative projects.
    • Review and validate methodology across workstreams, ensuring consistency and strategic relevance.
    • Provide oversight and problem-solving for evidence synthesis, literature reviews, qualitative approaches, and quantitative frameworks.
  • Data Analysis & Interpretation
    • Validate outputs across advanced statistical or modelling work, ensuring commercial interpretation.
    • Guide quantitative and qualitative analysis across teams, ensuring methods align with project needs.
  • Writing, Storytelling & Deliverables
    • Shape and refine high-impact deliverables, ensuring persuasive narratives and strategic alignment.
    • Guide storyboarding, slide logic, and messaging to support compelling client-ready outputs.
  • Business Development
    • Lead sections of proposals, including methodological design, strategic framing, timelines, and pricing rationale.
    • Contribute to opportunity identification, account expansion, and long-term relationship growth.
  • People Leadership
    • Provide feedback, coaching, and structured development support for direct reports.
    • Lead formal performance reviews, set clear goals, and support progression pathways.
    • Ensure psychological safety and wellbeing for team members; create an inclusive and supportive team environment.
    • Manage operational tasks such as leave approvals, workload planning, and team communications with fairness and consistency.
• Career Development
  • As a Manager, you further expand your leadership, commercial, and organisational influence. Progression at this level typically involves:
  • Leading larger, multi-country programmes or multi-project portfolios.
  • Acting as a primary client partner for strategic or high-value accounts.
  • Driving complex pricing, access, and evidence generation across therapeutic areas.
  • Leading and developing larger teams or multiple direct reports, with clear accountability for performance and growth.
  • Playing a central role in team culture, capability-building, and engagement.
  • Contributing to thought leadership, methodology development, and internal initiatives.
  • Taking responsibility for commercial growth targets, account expansion, and longer-term client relationships.
  • Strong performance at Manager level prepares individuals for progression to Senior Manager, where expectations broaden to include multi-programme leadership, wider organisational influence, and expanded commercial responsibility.
• Education
  • Degree-level qualification (2.1 or above preferred) in a health-related, analytical, or numerical scientific discipline, such as:
  • Health Economics, Public Health
  • Maths, Statistics, Econometrics
  • Biochemistry, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences
  • Engineering, Operational Research, MORSE
  • Advanced degree (MSc, MRes, MBA, PhD) strongly preferred in:
  • Health Economics
  • Biostatistics / Medical Statistics
  • Epidemiology
  • Mathematics / Econometrics
  • Other analytical, quantitative, or health-related disciplines
• Skills & Capabilities
  • Extensive experience delivering Market Access, HEOR, pricing and reimbursement, evidence synthesis, or analytical consulting work, including leading workstreams or full project components.
  • Proven ability to design, justify, and lead quantitative and qualitative research approaches, ensuring methodological rigour and alignment to client needs.
  • Ability to interpret complex data, integrate multiple evidence sources, and translate insights into commercially relevant recommendations.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with excellent command of English (CEFR C1/C2), including the ability to lead client-facing discussions and provide high-quality written outputs.
  • High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced Excel functions for data analysis and model interpretation.
  • Experience with reference management software (e.g., EndNote, Zotero) and/or analytical/statistical tools (e.g., R, SPSS, Stata, Python) is advantageous and increasingly expected at this level.
  • Strong organisational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple projects.
  • Demonstrated leadership capability, including coaching colleagues, reviewing others’ work, and supporting high-quality delivery across teams.
  • Ability to work with professional maturity and independence, managing complex client interactions and contributing to strategic discussions.

VALUE FRAMEWORK

At Acumetis, our values are built upon four essential values that define the competencies and behaviours needed for each role within our organisation: business, self, team, and client. These values are represented by:

• Entrepreneurial – we have an entrepreneurial mindset towards work, we are solutions oriented and we accept challenges that come our way.
• Integrity - We are responsible and accountable, we treat everyone with respect, generosity and care.
• Collaboration – We listen to one another and tap into knowledge, wisdom and perspectives of our colleagues and we foster a supportive inclusive environment.
• Achievement – We make a difference of driving company and personal growth and we thrive on achievement and recognition of ourselves, our team and our company.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

Acumetis is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where every team member feels valued and empowered to contribute their best work. Internally, we strive to create an environment where diversity of thought and experience enhances collaboration, drives innovation, and supports personal and professional growth. By championing inclusivity, we ensure that all team members can thrive and achieve success together.