Join a great team to drive healthcare forward!

We are looking for an enthusiastic Associate Healthcare Consultant with a lot of natural curiosity to join our Analytics Solutions team. The team is a Consulting team and exists of professionals with different backgrounds and expertise, such as: real-world data, Biomedical Sciences, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, business, market research, data analytics, linguistics, business, and social psychology.

With our multidimensional solutions and offerings, we are dedicated to drive healthcare forward, together with stakeholders in healthcare. To increase our impact on healthcare, we would like to strengthen our Analytics Solutions team and are therefore looking for a passionate Associate Healthcare Consultant with a curiosity and data driven mindset. Passion for improving healthcare and having a societal impact is a plus.

Within our team, we partner with commercial, medical and business insights teams in the life sciences sector (Pharmaceutical, MedTech and Consumer Health companies) to support them leveraging and interpreting data and make evidenced-based decisions for their strategy. In recent years, we have extended our partnership with other healthcare stakeholders, such as hospitals, patient organizations, government, healthcare insurers and healthcare researchers. Our team has a strong presence within the Dutch IQVIA organization and our Amsterdam office. There are lots of opportunities to develop your own ideas in collaboration with a diverse and talented group of coworkers and to connect with colleagues in and outside of work.

Tasks and responsibilities

As an Associate Healthcare Consultant, you will be responsible for the execution of our client projects under the supervision of Healthcare Consultants, Senior Healthcare Consultants and/or Engagement Managers. You will be in direct contact with our healthcare clients, write briefings to our analyst teams and translate the results in high quality deliverables including conclusions & recommendations. You are in direct contact with your clients and you will receive customer experience trainings. You will be working in a high-paced, high-complexity environment where you will need to balance a combination of recurring and new projects in various disease areas working with various methodologies in rotating project teams. You are responsible for:

Translating client questions into briefing documentsQuality checking results provided by our analyst teams or fieldwork collection teamsTurning results into high quality insights (lay-out and content) through PPT or dashboarding solutionsAsking relevant questions internally and externallyWriting first draft conclusions and recommendationsAlign internally across multiple teams for your recurrent deliveries with high touch point clientsDeveloping client relationships for recurrent deliveries under your care(Co)Presenting results during client meetingsManaging multiple deadlines pro-actively and managing your own planning

Required knowledge, skills & abilities

Formal qualifications and experienceMSc. or equivalent background in biomedical sciences, epidemiology, business, communication, healthcare or other potentially relevant backgroundsProven strength in data analyticsAffinity with consulting and client interactionsHealthcare market knowledge and experience is not required, affinity is a plusAdvanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skillsExperience with Spotfire, Power BI, MicroStrategy or other data visualization software is a plusExperience with programming languages is a plus (Matlab, SPSS, Python, R, SAS, etc)Fluent in Dutch and English

Specific skills and abilitiesData analytical and organizational skills       Ability to interpret data and translate the outcome of the analyses into insightsShows the ability to manage multiple projects, juggle priorities and deliver on tight deadlinesKnows or is eager to learn about the challenges in healthcareKnows or is eager to learn about influencing, selling, and change processesSoft skills:Spirit of accountability, sense of initiative and continuous improvementConfidence and assertivenessA positive drive with a hands-on spirit and a pragmatic approachTeam player and ability to work in a multicultural/multi-disciplinary teamExcellent presentation and communication skillsStays calm in a chaotic situationIs curious and asks questionsChallenges the status quoIs not afraid to make mistakesHas a learning mindsetIs quickly able to learn and adaptDrives a positive customer experience

Location

Based at our office in Amsterdam Zuid-Oost with the flexibility to work from home. You will join client meetings F2F or virtually.

What is in it for you?

Join a company with a great societal purpose: the opportunity to together drive healthcare forwardA key job in a growing department, residing in a dynamic multinational company. You will have the benefit of working for an entrepreneurial department but with the larger career opportunities of working for a large companyOpportunity to work with people with diverse expertise on a large variety of projects across different therapeutic areasGreat team and company spirit, with lots of opportunities to connect inside and outside of work (network drinks, team and company events, sports activities)Autonomy, flexibility and the opportunity to do your work in the way it works best to you, as long as you deliver on your responsibilitiesAn onboarding program, HR framework and a committed line manager to support your personal developmentWelfare program

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com