Health Economics Modeling Manager

Job Purpose

The purpose of the role is to lead the development of health economic models, such as cost-effectiveness and budget impact models, to understand the economic value of clients’ products and interventions. This is a senior role within the modelling team, incorporating responsibilities for line management, thought leadership and team training.

Key Accountabilities

Project Execution

• Manage a team of analysts to ensure timely delivery of projects to a high standard, managing client communications, and ensuring projects are delivered on budget.
• Provide technical leadership and training to more junior staff within the team, and ensure own skills are up to date.
• Provide support to the senior modelling team in managing aspects of business performance, as required.

Staff Management

• Manage a team of direct reports, aligning with Parexel’s performance development processes and culture.

Consulting Activities and Relationship Management

• Lead a project team to successfully deliver modelling projects.
• Provide day-to-day project management.

Business Development

• Drive repeat business through high quality project work.
• Support Service Line team with proposal development as required.

Parexel-related Responsibilities

• Professional conduct at all working levels within a client organization and within Parexel.
• Complete basic job-related responsibilities, including timesheets, expense reports, maintenance of CVs, project deliverable archiving, participation in internal initiatives/projects or as a mentor as requested by management.

Skills

• Strong computing skills (MS Office) including strong MS Excel (and VBA) skills
• Strong data analytics skills in at least one programming language like R, Python, Julia, ...
• High analytical ability
• A high degree of written accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and in writing, especially in the relaying of technical information
• Self-motivation, enthusiasm, ambition and flexibility
• Fluent English, another European language will be an asset

Knowledge and Experience

• 5+ years’ experience developing economic models including cost-effectiveness and budget impact models
• Experience of programming and software such as SAS, STATA, R, ... is an advantage
• Extensive experience of project management of modelling projects
• Experience of business development activities is an advantage

Education

• Master’s degree or equivalent in either life science or a quantitative discipline, such as health economics, economics, mathematics or statistics