Associate Consultant, Market Access Strategy Consulting
About The Position
The IQVIA Market Access Strategy Consulting team helps pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers address patient access and affordability challenges in the United States. The team uses healthcare data to assess how market access affects brand performance and how patient, insurer, and prescriber behavior varies geographically, informing strategies for sales execution, insurer contracting, net revenue optimization, and patient assistance programs. Associate Consultants conduct analyses across multiple large-data platforms to develop quantitative summaries, insights, and recommendations for client business questions. New hires receive on-the-job training and initially work under the guidance of senior colleagues, then contribute across client engagements. Within their first two years, they are expected to take an active managerial role in running workstreams and mentoring junior colleagues. The role requires analytical rigor, attention to detail, creativity, and the ability to communicate findings to clients. Office locations are Boston, Massachusetts, and San Francisco, California. Travel averages 10% as needed.
Requirements
- 1–2 years of work experience in consulting, data analytics, or another relevant area within the life sciences industry.
- Strong academic record, with a GPA of 3.5/4 or higher.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and exceptional communication skills.
- Strong quantitative skills and a record of contributing effectively as part of a team.
- Interest in and desire to learn about the evolving healthcare industry.
- Good project management, time management, and organizational skills.
- Excellent written and spoken business English.
- Strong IT literacy, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Willingness to travel as needed; travel averages 10%.
Nice To Haves
- SQL skills.
Responsibilities
- Conduct timely, high-quality strategic analyses using IQVIA and external data to identify trends, conclusions, and actionable client recommendations.
- Own discrete analyses or workstreams and conduct secondary, and occasionally primary, research on markets, payers, physicians, patients, and competing products.
- Participate in internal brainstorming, collaborate with project teams, and use informed business judgment to determine approaches to client needs.
- Develop predictive models for contracting strategies, patient costs and affordability programs, prescriber and product utilization, and brand performance and financial modeling.
- Translate analyses into thorough conclusions and deliver them through reports, presentations, and other engagement tools.
- Present deliverables to clients by teleconference and in face-to-face meetings, and build professional relationships with client team members.
- Communicate progress and challenges to managers, seek guidance when needed, propose solutions, and identify next steps.
- Develop knowledge of the healthcare industry and consulting methodologies.
- Assist with recruiting and participate in interviews.
- Within the first two years, take an active managerial role in running workstreams and mentoring junior colleagues.
Benefits
- Health and welfare benefits may be offered, depending on the position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
