HEOR: Senior Health Economics Modelling Consultant (UK) in Sheffield

When our values align, there's no limit to what we can achieve. At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do. Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.

Overview of this role: Oversee the development of complex health economic models for various health technologies, ensuring alignment with client needs and industry standards. Lead medium-scale projects, provide technical expertise, and contribute to business development activities.

Essential Knowledge and Experience you will require:

• Sound training and extensive experience in health economics including the conceptualization and development of cost-effectiveness and budget impact models (8+ years, ideally in a consultancy environment)
• Solid experience of managing modelling projects as well as experience leading/coaching a project team
• Experience of programming and software such as VBA, SAS, R is an advantage
• Keen interest in medical research, provision of healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry

Minimum Education Required: Master’s degree or equivalent in either life science or a quantitative discipline, such as health economics, economics, mathematics or statistics.

Skills:

• Deep expertise in health economic modelling (Excel/VBA, R)
• Solid understanding of HTA-relevant guidelines, techniques and methodologies
• Sound 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

Key Accountabilities of this position include:

• Project Execution: Provide high quality, timely, scientific/strategic solutions to meet client needs
• Check health economic models, using appropriate software tools, to elucidate and express the economic value of clients’ products
• Systematically search for health economic models published in the scientific literature as well from HTA bodies
• Responding to model questions from clients and from authorities and provide senior models with for review and approval
• Building simple CEMs and BIMs
• Oversee the development of health economic models, using appropriate software tools, to elucidate and express the economic value of clients’ products
• Systematically search for and synthesize disparate qualitative and quantitative health economic evidence, and interpret meaningfully
• Write, refine, review and critique sections of reports, journal manuscripts and other deliverables for client or external delivery
• Act as primary point of contact and Project Lead, providing guidance and instruction to junior team members while being supported by the Project Director (senior team member)

• Business Development: Maintain and continue to grow a network of industry colleagues through relationships formed during project engagements or through other industry experience
• Actively participates in project scoping calls and proposal preparation
• May deliver sales presentations and participate in bid defence meetings when needed
• Contributes information to support the account planning process and integrated marketing programs
• Contributes ideas for approaches to new clients or new service offerings

Parexel-Related Responsibilities: Professional conduct at all working levels within a client organization and within Parexel. Complete basic job-related responsibilities, including timesheets, expense reports, maintenance of CVs, project deliverable archiving, participation in internal initiatives/projects or as a mentor as requested by management.