Consultant, Corporate & Portfolio Strategy

To be eligible for this position, you must reside in the same country where the job is located. This role has a hybrid work schedule going into offices in: Boston, New York, or San Francisco.

Team Overview

IQVIA Consulting Services has always been a key organization within IQVIA, providing clients with a wide range of impactful solutions and assets to leverage as well as functioning as a key hub for internal talent development.

Our Corporate & Portfolio Strategy (C&PS) CoE helps clients with their key strategic decisions at the Corporate, Portfolio, and Product levels.

Strategic Engagements Include:

• Corporate strategy – Supporting clients addressing strategic challenges, M&A, and business model redesign.

• Portfolio strategy – Supporting clients as they prioritize and optimize their portfolio or identify assets to complement it.

• Product strategy - Supporting brand and BD teams on questions spanning from country prioritization to strategy.

• Planning Suite of Software Solutions – Our technology and data services allow us to be more efficient and generate informed insights for our clients in forecasting and modeling.

Role & Responsibilities

As a Consultant on the Corporate & Portfolio Strategy team, you will be responsible for managing or leading multiple consulting projects and ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery for clients in the pharmaceutical or related industries by:

• Serving as key point of contact with IQVIA clients, primarily pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

• Managing project teams in the design, development, and delivery of client deliverables.

• Providing direction, advice, and intellectual leadership to clients and delivery teams.

• Leveraging experience and business acumen to identify strategic alternatives and approaches to client questions.

• Providing follow-up with clients after project delivery to ensure satisfaction.

• Supporting the development of intellectual property for use on future engagements.

• Ensuring the development and delivery of client reports and presentations.

• Sharing subject matter expertise with others to elevate our capabilities to deliver world-class solutions for clients.

• Leading internal work streams on critical people-related issues such as recruitment, training, and team development.
   

About You

Candidates interested in joining our Corporate & Portfolio Strategy team as a Consultant should have:

• Extensive experience in consulting within the pharmaceutical and/or healthcare industry with evidence of career progression.

• Knowledge of key issues and current market developments in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

• Training in COA methods, including the emerging regulatory and payer perspectives.

• Experience leading presentations, chairing meetings, and workshop facilitation.

• Proven ability to manage large-scale and/or multiple projects, meeting deadlines and ensuring high quality outcomes.

• At least 5 years of COA experience in drug or device development.

• Experience in developing relationships with senior level managers and executives in the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry.

• Interpersonal communication skills and ability to work effectively with colleagues across the organization to accomplish team goals.

• Ability to contribute to business development through the identification of leads, development of proposals, etc.
   

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required, master's degree preferred.

• 6 or more years relevant experience required.

• Prior experience in the healthcare and life science industries required.

• Project management experience strongly preferred.

• Adaptability and the ability to learn quickly and apply new knowledge.

• Demonstrable leadership and people development experience.

• Fluency in English (spoken and written).

• A willingness and ability to travel.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com