Description : Associate Director, Patient-Centered Outcomes. Company : Lumanity. Location : Hybrid remote in London SE1
Overview / About us:
Lumanity is dedicated to improving patient health by accelerating and optimizing access to medical advances. We partner with life sciences companies around the world to generate evidence to demonstrate the value of their product, translate the science and data into compelling product narratives, and enable commercial decisions that position these products for success in the market. We do this through strategic and complimentary areas of focus: Asset Optimization and Commercialization, Value Access and Outcomes, Medical Strategy and Communications, and Real-World Evidence.
Responsibilities / Position overview: Our Patient-Centered Outcomes team is expanding in Europe and we are seeking an Associate Director to provide strategic and scientific guidance on various projects related to clinical outcome assessments (COAs) and economic evaluations including literature reviews, gap analyses, documenting the humanistic burden of disease, utility elicitation, patient preference studies and global value dossier development.The Associate Director will specialize in the conduct of patient preference studies and leverage patient preference research expertise and best practices to lead project teams navigating patient preference studies. Specific responsibilities include:
- Apply research to meet clients’ needs, including providing clients with strategic guidance on patient preference in the context of drug development
- Provide direction on research execution and patient preference study training to more junior members of project teams
- Review project deliverables (e.g., study protocols, study reports, client presentations) to ensure quality
- Support business development efforts by building relationships with new and existing clients, bringing in new leads, and writing proposals for PCO projects – with an emphasis on patient preference work
- Manage projects as needed, including developing plans to accomplish all activities within project scope and timelines, delegating project tasks to project teams and leading client meetings
Associate Directors are also expected to present at scientific conferences and/or publish in peer-reviewed journals to further the patient preference research field and demonstrate Lumanity’s capabilities. The individual in this role will also be responsible for an annual business development target in the UK and EU market, as well as developing and growing the PCO team in the UK/Netherlands.
Qualifications:
- Master’s or doctorate degree in a health-related field preferred
- At least 7 years previous relevant work experience with increasing levels of responsibility in the field of PCO
- Comprehensive knowledge of the drug development process, regulatory guidelines and health technology assessments pertaining to PCO and preference studies
- Mastery of technical skills in at least some of the following areas: expert elicitation, conjoint analysis, contingent valuation, discreet choice experiments, best-worst scaling, time trade-off and standard gamble methods
- Excellent English oral and written communication skills and comfort liaising with technical and non-technical clients (both internally and externally)
- Experience with COAs, economic evaluations and HTA submissions
- Experience in consulting
- Published work in peer-reviewed journals and/or presented at conferences
- Competitive salary
- Annual bonus potential
- Private healthcare
- Pension from 3 months at 1.5% personal and 6.5% company contribution
- 25.5 days holiday, including 3.5. office closure days for the December closure period (Christmas/New Year) plus statutory bank holidays
- Hybrid working – remote and out of one of our local offices in London or Sheffield
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