Associate Director, Real World Evidence Strategy (Integrated Evidence Planning) (FSP Sponsor Dedicated)

IQVIA•Durham, NC

About The Position

This role within the Chief Medical Office organization supports the operational development, maintenance, and monitoring of asset-level Integrated Evidence Plans (IEPs). Under the strategic direction of the Medical Evidence Development Therapeutic Area Lead and other designated strategy owners, the Associate Director coordinates evidence-plan development, facilitates cross-functional input, tracks execution, and supports timely updates as evidence needs and asset priorities evolve. The role coordinates ongoing monitoring of IEP activities and partners with the MED Program Management team and study teams to maintain trackers, dashboards, meeting materials, and status reports. It prepares progress updates and decision-support materials, follows up with activity owners, supports early research concept discussions, tracks execution risks, and coordinates review of selected regulatory and study-level documents. The role provides operational input while final scientific, strategic, regulatory, and prioritization decisions remain with accountable functional leaders. IQVIA is a global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence for the life sciences and healthcare industries. It aims to accelerate development and commercialization of medical treatments to improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.

Requirements

Experience supporting Integrated Evidence Planning is required.
Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder planning activities and translating strategic direction into clear plans, actions, timelines, and tracking mechanisms.
Strong working knowledge of the drug-development process and the role of medical evidence generation across the asset lifecycle.
Strong understanding of observational research, real-world evidence, and low-interventional study approaches, with the ability to engage appropriate scientific and methodological experts.
Demonstrated ability to facilitate cross-functional discussions, synthesize diverse inputs, document decisions, and escalate issues appropriately.
Strong organizational, project coordination, and communication skills, with attention to version control, dependencies, risks, and follow-through.
Ability to work effectively in a matrix environment under the direction of senior strategy and functional leaders.
A PhD or Master’s degree in Epidemiology is preferred; an MD, PharmD, or Bachelor’s degree may be considered with significant applicable experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Medical Affairs research, real-world evidence, outcomes research, or clinical development.
Oncology experience, where relevant to the assigned portfolio.
Experience supporting regulatory-grade evidence projects or regulatory interactions.

Responsibilities

Coordinate development of asset-level Integrated Evidence Plans based on evidence strategy and priorities established by the Medical Evidence Development Therapeutic Area Lead, asset leadership, and relevant governance teams.
Facilitate cross-functional working sessions and gather, document, and reconcile input from partner functions.
Translate approved evidence strategy into structured IEPs documenting evidence gaps, planned activities, dependencies, owners, timelines, and deliverables.
Apply established planning frameworks, templates, and standards across assigned asset IEPs.
Escalate unresolved strategic questions, prioritization decisions, resource constraints, and material cross-functional misalignment to appropriate strategy owners or governance forums.
Maintain current IEP versions and coordinate periodic reviews and updates in response to approved strategy changes, emerging evidence, study results, or asset-plan changes.
Support evaluation of the operational feasibility and definition of proposed evidence-generation activities.
Identify opportunities to apply established or emerging evidence-generation approaches and bring recommendations to subject-matter experts and decision owners.
Monitor IEP activities, including milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and changes to planned evidence-generation activities.
Partner with the MED Program Management team and study teams to maintain trackers, dashboards, meeting materials, and status reports.
Prepare consolidated progress updates and decision-support materials for the Therapeutic Area Lead, asset teams, Medical Affairs leadership, and other stakeholders.
Follow up with activity owners to confirm approved actions, plan updates, and agreed deliverables are reflected in the IEP and tracking tools.
Support early research concept discussions by documenting requirements, coordinating input, and connecting teams with relevant MED and functional experts.
Track execution risks and limitations, support mitigation actions, and escalate issues requiring strategic or governance decisions.
Provide operational input into selected study-design and planning discussions while deferring final scientific, strategic, regulatory, and prioritization decisions to accountable functional leaders.
Coordinate review of selected regulatory and study-level documents by appropriate MED asset and functional reviewers, as requested.
Participate in therapeutic-area or enterprise evidence-generation initiatives as the operational representative for assigned assets.