Description
IQVIA Commercial Managed Services (CMS) is a market-leading analytics outsourcing division within IQVIA that helps manufacturers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry meet the challenges of today's complex and evolving market landscape.
As an Associate Consultant / Consultant, you'll be actively participating in the development, delivery, and management of data analytics and consulting projects. These engagements may be in the areas of real-world effectiveness, market research, forecasting, product launch, business intelligence, sales operations, sales force effectiveness, multi-channel marketing, marketing operations, incentive compensation, oncology, payer/provider services, thought leadership, primary market research, and technology & applications.
Key responsibilities:
- Analyze secondary data and desk market research to identify key findings and trends
- Create and lead quantitative or qualitative analysis to support client deliverables and business decisions as they relate to IQVIA data
- Independently create presentations for clients
- Provide thought leadership and innovation within project and practice areas
- Lead project task execution by ensuring progress, organizing project data and coordinating team meetings
- Work with leadership to define project scope and develop approach
- Assist in developing detailed documentation and specifications, including business process documentation, SOPs, and client data scorecards
- Be able to quickly learn and work with sales and promotional data, market and epidemiology assessment, pipeline analysis and market research
- Develop broad knowledge of related consulting methodologies and pharmaceutical market through the delivery of consulting engagements and participation in formal and informal learning opportunities
- Work willingly and effectively with others in and across the organization to accomplish team goals, both internally and externally
- As a Consultant, lead projects and initiatives over Analysts and Associate Consultants with indirect oversight
- Determine how to unlock the opportunity and achieve growth (within key segments, etc.)
- Help improve how clients build marketing capabilities by identifying and focusing on key opportunities that can drive increased growth
Requirements:
- Strong knowledge in MS Excel, MS Access, and MS PowerPoint
- Strong technical skills in any of the following: SAS, Oracle SQL, R Programming, Tableau, and Excel VBA
- Prior working experience in any of the following: market research, marketing insights, marketing analytics, multichannel marketing, consumer marketing, branding, forecasting, statistics, predictive modeling, primary market research, technology & applications, healthcare IT, managed markets, management consulting, sales force effectiveness, sales operations, business intelligence, epidemiology, HEOR, data mining, data governance, outsourcing, offshoring, web analytics, data development and programming, and Google Analytics
- Potential prior healthcare data experience, including working knowledge of physician, patient, claims, and epidemiology data is desired, preferably IQVIA data
- Prior experience with customer engagement planning, integrated promotional and tactical planning, marketing mix, communication and messaging
- Knowledge and understanding of the fundamental processes of pharmaceutical commercial business, their interaction, and the impact of external/internal influences on decision making, growth and decline
- Knowledge of key issues and current developments in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries
- Effective communication skills, project management, and time management skills
- Strong capability in managing priorities so that deadlines are met while retaining consistent, high quality outcomes
- Ability to think creatively and strategically
- Demonstrate analytical, interpretative and problem-solving skills, working with large and multiple data sets to process data in the required format for the analysis
- Well-developed English written and verbal communication skills including presentations, leading meetings, business and report-writing
Ideal candidate:
- Undergraduate or Master's degree with a minimum of 1-2 years of relevant healthcare experience
- Project management experience
- An avid interest in healthcare analytics and data, with a strong willingness to understand the US healthcare market
- Strong business acumen and understanding of sales & marketing business principals
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and team-working skills
- Exceptional written, numerical and problem-solving skills
- Adaptability and an ability to learn quickly and apply new knowledge
- Ability to follow SOPs, processes and execute effective documentation of project-related work