Job Purpose
As a senior leader, a Principal Consultant in the HEOR modelling team has responsibility for;
- building and maintaining relationships with clients
- providing technical leadership and training to junior staff
- generating and advocating thought leadership pieces
- leading the delivery of projects on time and to a high quality
- writing and presenting proposals to prospective clients, driving sales targets and NBA's
Principal Consultants are senior technical and project leaders in the Health Economics & Modelling (HEM) team, with key responsibilities including;
- Providing advanced methodological and modelling leadership on complex projects
- Acting as Project Director on key engagements, assuring quality, timelines and financial performance
- Support of account and client relationship management and contribute meaningfully to new business activities and driving business growth
- Adopting a visible role in developing people, methods, and internal standards
Essential Knowledge & Experience You Will Require For This Role
- 10-15+ years of health economics modelling experience, ideally with extensive consultancy experience and sound technical modelling expertise
- Deep expertise across therapeutic areas, HTA jurisdictions and global market access
- Extensive experience as Project Director on complex, multi-jurisdictional projects
- Demonstrated experience supporting HTA submissions (e.g. NICE, SMC, CADTH, G-BA, others)
- Proven track record of successful business development and account growth
- Demonstrated thought leadership through publications, presentations or industry contributions
- Strong network within the pharmaceutical industry and the HTA community
- Experience coaching and line-managing (or de facto managing) junior staff is strongly preferred.
Skills Required
- Deep expertise in health economic modelling (Excel/VBA, R)
- Advanced understanding of HTA-relevant guidelines, techniques and methodologies
- Proven ability to direct multiple projects in parallel
- Solid grasp of project financials (pricing, WIP, burn vs. budget, revenue recognition)
- Advanced expertise in generative AI tools for health economics modelling
- Exceptional client relationship and account management capabilities
- Proven influencing and negotiation skills, comfortable in discussing trade-offs and methodological decisions with senior client stakeholders
- Strategic business thinking and commercial acumen
- Outstanding written and oral communication across all organisational levels
- Results-oriented with a strong accountability mindset
- Leadership, coaching, and team-building capabilities
- Ability to motivate teams, set clear expectations, and give constructive feedback
- Calm under pressure; able to make pragmatic decisions in imperfect data environments
- Fluent English with a high degree of written accuracy; additional European languages advantageous
Education Requirements for this role
- Master's degree in health economics, economics, life sciences, mathematics, statistics, or related quantitative discipline.
- Additional postgraduate training (e.g. PhD, MBA) is an advantage, but not essential.
