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Job Purpose:
As a senior leader a Principal Consultant in the HEOR modelling team has responsibility for building and maintaining relationships with clients, for providing technical leadership and training to junior staff, generating and advocating thought leadership pieces, and for leading the delivery of projects on time and to a high quality. In addition, the Principal Consultant has an important role in writing and presenting proposals to prospective clients, driving sales targets and NBA's.
Principal Consultants are senior technical and project leaders in the Health Economics & Modelling (HEM) team, with key responsibilities including;
· Providing advanced methodological and modelling leadership on complex projects
· Acting as Project Director on key engagements, assuring quality, timelines and financial performance
· Support account and client relationship management and contribute meaningfully to new business activities, driving business growth
· Take a visible role in developing people, methods, and internal standards
Essential Knowledge & Experience You Will Require For This Role:
· 10-15+ years of health economics modelling experience, ideally with extensive consultancy experience
· Deep expertise across therapeutic areas, HTA jurisdictions and global market access
· Extensive experience as Project Director on complex, multi-jurisdictional projects
· Demonstrated experience supporting HTA submissions (e.g. NICE, SMC, CADTH, G-BA, others)
· Proven track record of successful business development and account growth
· Demonstrated thought leadership through publications, presentations or industry contributions
· Strong network within the pharmaceutical industry and the HTA community
· Experience coaching and line-managing (or de facto managing) junior staff is strongly preferred.
Skills Required:
· Deep expertise in health economic modelling (Excel/VBA, R)
· Advanced understanding of HTA-relevant guidelines, techniques and methodologies
· Proven ability to direct multiple projects in parallel
· Solid grasp of project financials (pricing, WIP, burn vs. budget, revenue recognition)
· Advanced expertise in generative AI tools for health economics modelling
· Exceptional client relationship and account management capabilities
· Proven influencing and negotiation skills, comfortable in discussing trade-offs and methodological decisions with senior client stakeholders
· Strategic business thinking and commercial acumen
· Outstanding written and oral communication across all organisational levels
· Results-oriented with a strong accountability mindset
· Leadership, coaching, and team-building capabilities
· Ability to motivate teams, set clear expectations, and give constructive feedback
· Calm under pressure; able to make pragmatic decisions in imperfect data environments
· Fluent English with a high degree of written accuracy; additional European languages advantageous
Education Requirements for this role:
· Master's degree in health economics, economics, life sciences, mathematics, statistics, or related quantitative discipline.
· Additional postgraduate training (e.g. PhD, MBA) is an advantage, but not essential.
Parexel is among the world’s largest clinical research organizations (CROs), providing the full range of Phase I to IV clinical development services to help life-saving treatments reach patients faster. Leveraging the breadth of our clinical, regulatory and therapeutic expertise, our team of more than 21,000 global professionals collaborates with biopharmaceutical leaders, emerging innovators and sites to design and deliver clinical trials with patients in mind, increasing access and participation to make clinical research a care option for anyone, anywhere. Our depth of industry knowledge and strong track record gained over the past 40 years is moving the industry forward and advancing clinical research in healthcare’s most complex areas, while our innovation ecosystem offers the best solutions to make every phase of the clinical trial process more efficient. With the people, insight and focus on operational excellence, we work every day to treat patients with dignity and continuously learn from their experiences, so every trial makes a difference. For more information, visit parexel.com.
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