Senior Principal, Real World Strategy & Innovation

Senior Principal

Real World Strategy & Innovation

IQVIA™ is The Human Data Science Company™, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.

In our Real World Strategy & Innovation team, we set the strategy and drive innovation for Real World Evidence in the US, in collaboration with other groups in US RWS. We do this in a market-back way, engaging customers as we design and deliver innovative, technology-enabled evidence programs for the pharmaceutical industry. We apply scientific rigor and advanced analytics to real world data in order to help our clients improve population health. This team also drives sell and delivery of complex, emerging offerings, such as external comparators and Agile Health Insights. This entrepreneurial team works globally, partnering with regional colleagues throughout the enterprise to diagnose critical business issues and deliver evidence-based solutions.

Real-World Strategy & Innovation team

We are strategic thinkers, innovative technologists, creative scientists, subject matter experts and data evangelists who are passionate about driving better performance in healthcare. We are collaborative, intellectually courageous, entrepreneurial and disruptive. Plus we have the resource and structure of a large company in an environment where we empower our people to collaborate with others across IQVIA and with our customers.

Our work can be complex and difficult but that is often the case when you are doing work that no one has done before. We also do not have a templated approach to our work so we require people who can innovate with their practice as well as their solutions. If you have the right levels of intellectual curiosity and courage and a passion to discover the real impact of medicines in the real world, then you'll fit right in.

Why Join?

Those who join us become part of a recognized global leader still willing to challenge the status quo to improve patient care. At IQVIA, you will have access to the most cutting-edge technology, the largest data sets, the best analytics tools and, in our opinion, some of the finest minds in the Healthcare industry.

You can drive your career at IQVIA and choose the path that best meets your aspirations, capabilities, and life requirements. With exposure across diverse geographies, capabilities, and vast therapeutic and information and technology areas, you can seek opportunities to change and grow without boundaries.

The Role

As a Senior Principal you will be part of a senior team responsible for facilitating development of a US real world strategy that ensures IQVIA's leadership in the US RWE market over the coming three years. You will also be responsible for advancing, selling and delivering selected innovative solutions with clients and a broad array of IQVIA stakeholders.

Innovation is at the very core of the team and this role. Your success will be defined on how you work with the team and multiple IQVIA teams / functions to bring new concepts and products to the market. You will also be responsible for engaging US-based headquarters clients to develop custom real world insights and innovative product offerings.

Accountabilities

Strategy setting and market building

• Operate as a key part of the leadership team, developing a three-year strategy for innovative offerings
• Develop a framework which articulates the US RW solutions landscape, including where it is today, where it is going over the coming three years and IQVIA's position in this landscape.
• Qualify and make key decisions on new opportunities to address market needs for complex real world offerings, such cell and gene therapy and rare disease real world molecule to market
• Deliver scalable market shaping thought leadership, through webinars, client workshops, blogs, and other channels that engage clients
• Identify and frame partnership and other partnership/acquisition opportunities.
• Build and maintain external stakeholder relationships to promote IQVIA market positioning, access to data and relationships with key influencing groups

Offerings innovation

• Lead teams in articulating client specific requirements for new and "crawl / walk" stage offerings and then finding, assessing and knitting together relevant capabilities into specific client solutions. In the near term these include CAGT / Rare Disease RW Molecule to Market, External Comparators, MedTech, and Agile Health Insights.
• Assume ownership and accountability for collaborative product development in alignment with the strategy through direct involvement and by ensuring content experts are in-place and on-track
• Direct the development of product development plans to ensure successful completion, on-time and on-budget
• Contribute to the development of the IQVIA thought leadership and innovation agenda

Client leadership and project delivery

• Collaborate with leaders from across IQVIA and RW Strategy and Innovation team members
• Provide end to end project leadership
• Consult with customers to fully understand their needs, develop high quality proposals to address these needs and lead project delivery
• Ensure optimal deployment of IQVIA resources
• Ensure that group sales and delivery targets are met through the identification of new business opportunities
• Engage senior leaders at key accounts to drive growth opportunities.
• Lead teams of real world professionals in the design, development and delivery of complex RWI products to a high standard which meet or exceed client expectations.
• Engage closely and supervise cross-functional IQVIA teams to ensure the full complement of the company's capabilities and solutions reach customers

Capabilities building and people leadership

• Expand capabilities and capacity in patient data assets and networks, healthcare intelligence tools and commercial and scientific services.
• Responsibility for line management, coaching, mentoring and the development of more junior employees as well as participating in recruitment activities

Desired Skills and Experience

• Leadership experience in Healthcare with focus on data, scientific services, technology, and analytics / AIML including working with senior clients; deep background in at least one of these areas is necessary
• Managing teams to deliver client work to high quality and standards
• Intellectual courage and determination to devise and implement solutions critical to patients, clients and IQVIA, even in the face of significant challenges.
• Experience in product development, from initial concept development, market sizing through to product delivery plans
• A track record of driving HQ/global deals, aligned with suitable offerings development experience
• Proven ability to advance ambiguous or conceptual ideas and engage multiple stakeholders, internal and clients, to decision points
• A track record of thought leadership, publications and public speaking.
• Ability to engage with a broad range of IQVIA stakeholders to shape and implement a clear, actionable strategy for IQVIA in US RWS.
• Offerings development experience - familiarity with accepted innovations models e.g. open innovation, ideation, product platforming, immersion or similar would be beneficial.
• Leadership experience in complex organizations with demonstrated results in aligning people without formal reporting relationships.

• Good understanding of the types of analyses conducted in healthcare databases.
• Overall understanding of different technology domains (infrastructure, architecture, analytics applications) and experience of managing technology programs.
• Word and PowerPoint competent, the ability to develop clear storylines and business cases.
• Knowledge of consulting methods, tools, techniques.
• Deep commercial awareness of the healthcare, health technology and pharmaceutical industry, gained through experience
• Understanding of and interest in the international healthcare environment and direct experience in the US

IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. We believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible - to help our customers create a healthier world. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all, including veterans and candidates with disabilities. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe

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