Sr Study Analyst

Job Title: Consultant Project Manager

Department: Health Access and Outcomes / Real World Solutions

Location: Montreal/Ottawa/Toronto

From research to real world, IQVIA weaves together the technologies, resources, and expertise our customers need to rise to the next opportunity. IQVIA uses Human Data Science — the integration of data science, technology, and human science — to help customers address both current needs and future opportunities. To get there, to make Human Data Science work, for you, you need a seamless integration of unparalleled data, advanced analytics, transformative technology, and deep domain expertise.

IQVIA is a world leader in using data, technology, advanced analytics and expertise to help customers drive healthcare - and human health - forward. Together with the companies we serve, we are enabling a more modern, more effective and more efficient healthcare system, and creating breakthrough solutions that transform business and patient outcomes.

The Real World Solutions team in Canada supports the needs of clients in market access strategy, health economics and outcomes research, insights from multiple healthcare databases across Canada, and Real World Evidence generation undertaken through innovatively designed local Phase IV studies.

We offer a local Canadian service for clients using a highly skilled local agile team. We have strong technological solutions for working with physicians and patients, and yet maintain a simple agile infrastructure to ensure we provide that local touch to clients.

Functional responsibilities:
Leads the delivery of projects for our clients, the pharmaceutical industry, governments and academic centresin Canada, focusing on retrospective and prospective real-world evidence studies.

Unlike the role of a traditional Clinical Project Manager, the Consultant Project Manager leads a small team of highly qualified and experienced staff in Canada from start to end of a study. The study is owned by the Consultant Project Manager.

Working with an agile local team, your role is to ensure the effective and efficient planning, organization and execution of studies. Tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Maintaining the Study Master File
• Running client meetings and/or meetings with key opinion leaders
• Leading the implementation of the project plan
• Liaising between internal and external vendors
• Developing study documents
• Overseeing and ensuring quality of deliverables
• Ensuring the accurate adherence to SOPs
• Managing study mitigation
• Preparing reports
• May be assigned additional responsibilities, as needed

Experience:
You will typically have been working in one of the following environments for three to four years:

• A clinical Project Manager for a CRO
• A Project Manager in the Pharmaceutical Industry
• An experienced and qualified Project Manager working in a hospital or other life-science function
• A study or clinical trial support role in a pharmaceutical company

Technical skills and knowledge (assets):

• Understanding of and interest in the Canadian and international health care environment, and evolving industry standards/challenges
• Good understanding of outcomes research theory, and practical knowledge of research project implementation
• Familiarity with or an understanding of site management activities is a bonus
• High level of literacy – able to write reports in clear, accurate and concise language; experience with medical writing is a bonus
• Numerate with good quantitative skills
• Conducting analyses in databases and/or registries
• Longitudinal patient level data analysis
• Competency in using MS Office products including Word, PowerPoint and Excel is required
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines trained
• Certified Project Manager (or demonstrated experience)
  

Personal skills and behaviors:

• A friendly attitude
• A desire to do high quality work
• Ability to adapt quickly to situations and various social styles; to lead/thrive in ambiguity
• Strong communication skills
• A team player with a desire to take a lead and make things happen
• A desire to manage several stakeholders with competing priorities
• Demonstrable analytical, interpretative, and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional detail-orientation
• A good sense of urgency with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage time
• Ability to organize a list of tasks into logical steps and maintain progress
• Future leadership potential and desire to build a career with a top global corporation
• Desire to constantly learn and take on new challenges

Education:

• Master of Science, PhD, MD, PharmD (or equivalent experience in industry)

Some travel (internal and study-related) is expected.

At IQVIA, 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. The advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services we provide to the life sciences industry are made possible by our 67,000+ employees around the world who apply their insight, curiosity and intellectual courage every step of the way. Learn more at jobs.iqvia.com.