Job Description

The role can be office or home based in the selected EU locations.

The Principal Consultant, Real-world Evidence EU/UK is an experienced professional with proven study design, consulting, thought leadership and business development skills within the field of Real-world Evidence. This individual must have significant experience in the application of their expert knowledge to the design and successful delivery of real-world data studies which incorporate EMR, healthcare claims, patient registries, and other sources of secondary data for a variety of client-specific goals. The Principal Consultant, RWE EU/UK will support the overall growth of the team and business in the region, providing leadership and management in collaboration with the broader RWE and Access team.

Key Accountabilities:

Project Delivery

Ensure development of project plan detailing responsibilities, budgets, and timelines for any given RWE project

Guide clients on RWE data sets and how best to select the right data sources given the study question at hand

Lead analytical team including statistical programmers and epidemiologists to conduct variable creation, data manipulation and statistical analyses

As a project director, oversee the development of study protocol, analysis plans, and study reports as well as data analysis

Communicate with clients on a regular basis (project updates, results, discussion, present capabilities, discuss new potential projects)

Business Development and Thought Leadership

Active participation in the proposal development process through delivery of scientific data considerations (epi, stats, informatics, etc) for proposals and presentations at bid defenses

Development of industry network and identification of potential new business opportunities through networking and actively working with global sales team

Active participation in leading industry and academic forums and regular Thought Leadership contributions (e.g. presentations, articles, posters, etc.)

Provide analytical advice to peers and clients

Develop and manage client relationships

Develop and manage relationships with external data source organization as well as manage data access contracting and applications

Mentorship & Training

Provide guidance, training, and mentorship to all parts of the business involved in delivery of Real-world Evidence projects and services

Proactive mentoring of RWE team, including team supporting traditional site-based RWE studies

Qualifications

Ideal candidate will possess:

Demonstrated expertise in RWE in the EU/UK, including support of proposal development and team building

Possess extensive knowledge of European secondary real-world data (RWD) sources such as claims, EMR, clinical databases, and other specialized data collection initiatives, ideally with existing relationships with these data holders.

Experience with end-to-end RWE project delivery focused on secondary data (RWD)

Recent Pharmaceutical / CRO/Consultancy experience

Master's degree or PhD in the area of outcomes research, epidemiology, biostatistics, statistics, health services research, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

Highly effective communicator, both written and verbal, at all levels with customers, internally and with the industry at large

Comfortable operating in a demanding, fast-paced environment and capable of reacting swiftly to changing business demands

Driven to deliver quality results on time and in a highly ethical and professional manner

Consistent track record of successfully cultivating and managing client relationships

Strong client and project management skills on project director level

A high degree of written accuracy and attention to detail

Strong communication skills, especially in the relaying of technical information and project concepts

Fluent English, additional language would be an asset

Flexible, determined, and self-motivated

Why Work at Parexel

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