Associate Director - Health Technology Assessment

About the role

This is a senior leadership position within the Global Health Economics and HTA team at IQVIA, focused on health technology assessment (HTA), market access and strategic offerings. The Associate Principal leads complex client engagements, develops senior client relationships, contributes to business growth, shapes future service offerings and supports the development of the HTA practice. The role is open to candidates based in the UK or EU countries.

Key responsibilities

• 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 and reimbursement processes.
• Shape and evolve IQVIA's HTA consulting offerings with the Centre of Excellence for HTA Evidence and Strategy and senior leadership.
• Identify emerging HTA and market access trends and turn them into client solutions.
• Develop and maintain senior client relationships, support business development (proposal development, scope, pricing and contracts) and provide executive oversight of concurrent projects.
• Lead senior client discussions, steering committees, negotiations and risk mitigation.
• Work with technical consultants, Market Access, Patient-Centered Solutions, HTA Accelerator Solutions and local teams globally.
• Mentor consultants and senior consultants, support recruitment, onboarding, performance management and succession planning, and provide line management where appropriate.
• Contribute to thought leadership (abstracts, white papers, publications, presentations) and represent IQVIA at industry conferences and client forums.

Required profile

• Postgraduate degree or higher in a relevant discipline (HTA, health economics, economics, life sciences, epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, medicine, pharmacy, etc.).
• 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 for UK and/or European HTA processes, including appraisal, scientific advice or negotiation.
• Proven record of managing complex client engagements, multidisciplinary teams and project portfolios.
• Strong commercial track record in client relationships, proposals, scope and budget development.
• Previous line management experience and consultancy experience are highly desirable.
• Fluent English; applications must be submitted in English.

Required skills

• Understanding of clinical trial design, statistical methods and evidence synthesis (highly desirable).
• Biostatistics, health economic modelling and statistical software such as STATA and R (highly desirable).

What we offer

• Structured onboarding programme in the first three months and regular 1:1 meetings with the line manager.
• Training opportunities, including external courses, LinkedIn Learning and internal courses.
• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits, with flexibility including remote working and occasional office visits.