Description
Internal Medicine is a core, complex focus at IQVIA, requiring deep expertise and integrated data-driven strategies. The Therapeutic Strategy Leader (TSL) translates scientific and market complexity into actionable plans, collaborating with clients and teams to ensure internal medicine programs are optimized and deliver value in a competitive landscape.
The ideal candidate is an experienced, consultative leader responsible for driving early engagement and proposals aligned with client needs in collaboration with the business development and other stakeholders. TSL will serve as a therapeutic and operational strategy expert throughout the new business and program/project delivery lifecycle to increase IQVIAs therapeutic market share with early engagement and innovative strategic responses to proposals.
Responsibilities
Business Growth and Client Engagement:
- Leverage IQVIA medical, scientific, operational and data science experts to determine the optimal solution, project design and lead a cross-functional team in proposal development through to award.
- Assigned to take ownership of developing client-centric solutions, designing both strategic and methodological approaches to ensure that IQVIA secures client projects.
- Champion and advocate the CORE-powered solutions and include existing and new innovative solutions as applicable and appropriate through the sales process.
Strategy Development:
- As a leader of the pre-award strategy team, TSL is accountable and responsible for creation of innovative, effective, and compelling therapeutic and operational strategies that client differentiates IQVIA from its competitors.
- Work with key internal stakeholders and pre/post-award teams to analyze information and data that enables development of efficient and feasible delivery solutions.
- Actively support Sales in the preparation and conduct of client and bid defense meetings.
Strategy Translation and Post Award Support
- Translate the sold strategy to the delivery team and be an available resource for the delivery team when changes to strategy are required.
- Provide post award strategy guidance and support to delivery teams if in-flight studies require changes to strategy.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Remain up to date with knowledge and information that supports effectiveness as a Therapeutic Strategy Lead.
- Broad protocol and therapeutic knowledge.
- Comprehensive global knowledge, awareness, and practical understanding of the biopharma industry, drug development lifecycle and operational clinical trial delivery.
- Robust and current knowledge of scientific, clinical, regulatory, commercial and competitive landscape in applicable therapeutic areas.
- Strong leadership skills, ability to work with minimal supervision, and lead a virtual team in a matrix organization.
Minimum Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in life sciences, advanced degree preferred, with extensive knowledge of Internal Medicine diseases.
- 10 years and above global clinical research experience, including hands on Phase I operational delivery and/or drug development experience.
- Proven track record in operational delivery and/or drug development; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.