Research Director, Policy

EVERSANA

5d • Remote

About The Position

EVERSANA is searching for a Research Director, Policy to join the NAVLIN Insights team, which delivers pharmaceutical policy, market access and pricing intelligence to our clients. The role will drive our fast-expanding policy services, including our NAVLIN Daily news service, policy intelligence, MFN tracker and other policy-related activities. This includes client-facing support and business development, as well as end-to-end oversight, production and delivery of the policy services. Reporting into the SVP of NAVLIN Insights, the role will build on Eversana’s reputation as a leader in global pricing and policy intelligence. It will sit at the intersection of policy expertise, client engagement, and commercial growth, with a specific focus on global pricing, reimbursement, and policy developments (including MFN and related initiatives). The successful candidate will oversee the development and delivery of policy-driven products and services, act as a senior client-facing expert, and contribute to strategic consulting engagements. This role will also play a key part in shaping how AI and advanced analytics are leveraged to enhance NAVLIN’s capabilities and create new, differentiated offerings. Preference is for U.K.-based (remote or London office) but we will also consider applications from other locations (including Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland).

Requirements

• 6–10+ years of experience in: Health policy, market access, pricing & reimbursement, or related fields
• Analytical mindset.
• Strong understanding of: Global pharmaceutical policy landscape
• Pricing and access dynamics (incl. MFN and similar frameworks)
• Proven experience in: Client-facing roles (consulting, advisory, or industry)
• Translating complex policy into business implications
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Familiarity with data analytics or AI-enabled workflows

Responsibilities

• Management of the NAVLIN Daily team, which produces daily news that is relied on by thousands of daily users to understand policy, pricing and reimbursement developments around the world every day
• Policy intelligence leadership, including on MFN (Most Favored Nation) tracking and insights, global pricing & reimbursement policy monitoring, and custom intelligence trackers
• Oversee delivery of policy intelligence services, including timely updates and responsiveness to breaking policy changes and client support
• Translate complex policy developments into clear, actionable insights for clients, while ensuring content is high quality, commercially relevant and differentiated
• Serving as a senior subject matter expert and acting as the policy across cross-functional teams, you will present policy insights to biopharma clients and lead client briefings, webinars and other client-facing activities
• Support and drive business development activities, including identifying market opportunities, building client relationships, support business cases and proposals; and partner with the commercial teams to position NAVLIN services effectively and contribute meaningfully to revenue growth across policy-driven offerings
• Contribute to broader EVERSANA consulting engagements, including pricing & market access strategy and policy impact assessments
• Explore and implement ways to leverage AI and automation to improve efficiency and scalability of policy tracking, enhance insight generation and synthesis as well as develop new AI-enabled products and services within NAVLIN Insights including: Research - Using AI for research and answering questions, including skills in prompt writing, reducing hallucinations, validating AI answers, experience with multiple models, ability to weigh strengths and weaknesses and appropriateness of using AI in work Outputs - Using AI for generating and reviewing AI outputs, including generating datasets, PPTs, and briefs from unstructured documents as well as for general productivity, managing To Do lists, meeting summaries, and filtering and responding to e-mails Writing Agents - Using AI for creating and running AI agents appropriate to the role, including managing one’s one workflow, and/or creating general purpose agents for the team to deliver work, and/or creating agents built to production standards for deployment to customers
• All other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed