Associate Principal - Health Economist/HTA Expert - UK and EU

This job is available in the UK and in EU countries. Don't hesitate to apply if you're interested either in the UK or in any EU country, even if not all of them are listed.

The team IQVIA is a fast-growing and highly successful consultancy business, focusing on delivering tangible business results to our clients who are key decision-makers and business managers across the international pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. With direct access to the world's most comprehensive healthcare information, analytic and research resources, IQVIA experts design and deliver innovative, data- and technology-enabled evidence programmes for the pharmaceutical industry. We apply scientific rigour and advanced analytics to real-world data to help our clients improve healthcare.

The IQVIA Global Health Economics and HTA team includes highly qualified multi-disciplinary professionals in a variety of health economics, statistics, life sciences and epidemiology-related disciplines based across multiple geographies worldwide. We help our customers design and execute an evidence generation strategy meeting payer and health technology assessment (HTA) evidence requirements and effectively communicate their product's value story.

Our clients operate in the life sciences industry, including the global top 20 pharmaceutical companies, medical device and biotech companies, as well as public health providers and regulatory authorities. They are looking for insight and evidence around the safety, efficacy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of healthcare delivery systems, medical devices, and pharmaceutical products spanning the full spectrum of therapeutic and disease areas. Our diverse mix of clients, the breadth of disease areas, as well as increasing access to novel data sources and methodologies provide a constant and rewarding challenge for our people.

Role Overview

This is a senior leadership role within the Global Health Economics and HTA team, with a focus on health technology assessment (HTA), market access and strategic offerings. The Associate Principal will lead complex client engagements, develop senior client relationships, contribute to business growth, shape future service offerings and support the development of the HTA practice.

The successful candidate will:

• Act as a senior strategic advisor to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device clients on HTA evidence planning, market access strategy and reimbursement optimisation.
• Lead the design and delivery of complex, high-value global and regional HTA programmes, with limited senior oversight.
• Guide clients through evolving HTA requirements, including EU Joint Clinical Assessments, national HTA submissions, early scientific advice, evidence planning and reimbursement processes.
• Shape and evolve IQVIA’s HTA consulting offerings in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence for HTA Evidence and Strategy and the wider senior leadership team.
• Identify emerging HTA and market access trends and translate them into relevant, innovative client solutions.
• Develop and maintain senior-level client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor and identifying opportunities to expand existing accounts and build new relationships.
• Support HTA-related business development opportunities, which may include supporting proposal development, scope definition, pricing and contract discussions, with appropriate senior input.
• Provide executive oversight across multiple concurrent projects and programmes, ensuring scientific quality, strategic relevance, client satisfaction and commercial performance.
• Lead senior client discussions, steering committee interactions, problem solving, negotiation and risk mitigation across complex engagements.
• Work collaboratively across internal IQVIA teams, including technical consultants responsible for generating HTA evidence and complementary functions such as Market Access, Patient-Centered Solutions, HTA Accelerator Solutions, database studies and local teams across the globe.
• Act as a role model, coach and mentor for consultants, senior consultants and emerging leaders, creating opportunities that support their career development as HTA specialists.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, performance management, succession planning and capability development across the team.
• Provide formal line management responsibilities, as appropriate.
• Lead and contribute to thought leadership on HTA topics, including conference abstracts and posters, white papers, peer-reviewed publications and external presentations.
• Represent IQVIA at relevant industry conferences, scientific meetings, client forums and other external events.

The demand for IQVIA’s HTA offerings continues to expand in response to evolving HTA processes across the globe. The Associate Principal will play an important role in shaping the team’s strategy, client portfolio, people and HTA offerings, while having opportunities to expand their portfolio into other areas if desired.

The successful candidate will have a strong combination of academic and professional experience, deep HTA domain expertise, commercial acumen, leadership capability and interpersonal skills. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with translating clinical data to support a product value proposition within the context of regional / national HTA submissions and early HTA scientific advice, as well as a proven record of navigating HTA processes strategically to optimise product access, reimbursement and value communication.

The ideal candidate will understand the organisational structures and decision-making processes typical of pharmaceutical and life sciences clients, and will be able to influence senior stakeholders, lead multidisciplinary teams and translate complex evidence challenges into clear strategic recommendations.

Qualifications and desired experience:

• Postgraduate degree level education or higher in a relevant discipline, such as HTA, health economics, economics, life sciences, epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, medicine, pharmacy, etc. AND typically, 8 or more years of relevant experience in consulting, the pharmaceutical sector, an HTA agency, academia or a related environment.
• Extensive experience preparing evidence strategies and submissions aligned with HTA processes and requirements in the UK and/or Europe, together with involvement in appraisal, scientific advice or negotiation processes where relevant.
• Demonstrated success in managing complex client engagements, multidisciplinary teams and portfolios of projects.
• A strong commercial track record, including client relationship development, proposal leadership, scope and budget development, and contribution to business generation.
• Demonstrable commercial awareness and a thorough understanding of the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry; an established network of HEOR, HTA or market access contacts is highly desirable.
• Strong people leadership, coaching and capability-development skills; previous line management experience is desirable.
• Strategic thinking and attention to detail.
• Previous experience in a consultancy environment is highly desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with fluency in English. Applications should be submitted in English.
• Strong understanding of the design of clinical trials, statistical methods used in clinical trials, and methodology for evidence synthesis is highly desirable.
• Quantitative skills, including biostatistics and health economic modelling methods and good knowledge of statistical software packages (e.g., STATA, R) is highly desirable.

Our commitment to you

IQVIA are committed to your professional growth in the healthcare industry. You will join a team of professionals working as subject matter experts, representing multiple disciplines, including HTA, health economic modelling, evidence synthesis, literature reviews, epidemiology, biostatistics, and data management.

During the first three months, new joiners are supported with a structured onboarding programme to ensure a smooth transition into the team and the wider organisation. The organisational structure of the team ensures that each team member can have regular 1:1 meetings with their line manager. These meetings range from goal setting to advice for projects; the common theme is to provide personalised development support.

IQVIA offers numerous training opportunities. You will have opportunities for external trainings aligned with business and team objectives. IQVIA also offers unlimited access to eLearning courses on LinkedIn Learning and Learning Edge as well as access to our internal training courses.

You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, bonus, and benefits. You will have the opportunity to gain invaluable and transferable experience within an innovative team with a global footprint. Your new role offers flexibility, including remote working and occasional office visits.

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.

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.