Senior Consultant, HEOR

Alira Health; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Alira Health in Barcelona seeks a Senior Consultant to lead HEOR projects, including global cost‑effectiveness models and budget impact models, adapting global models to local contexts and supporting strategic decision making.

You will develop internal resources, contribute to proposals, and author abstracts, posters, manuscripts and white papers to enhance the firm’s profile. Fluent English is required; additional languages are a plus.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4-5 years in top consulting or life sciences companies.
• Experience designing and building HTA-ready economic models.
• Strong understanding of HTA submission processes (NICE, HAS, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of HEOR projects and client engagements.
• Coordinate client meetings and deliverables with high quality and timeliness.
• Develop internal resources and contribute to proposals and thought leadership.

Skills

HTA knowledge

Economic modeling

Excel VBA

R/Python

Project management

Communication skills

Team leadership

English proficiency

Education

Graduate degree in Life Sciences or Economics

Master in Economics / Health Economics

Tools

Excel

VBA

R

Python

R Shiny

TreeAge

Simul8

Job description

Join our global team dedicated to innovation and initiative, where physical walls and different time zones don’t limit, but encourage, collaboration. Where all contributions and new ideas are explored with an open mind and work is driven by our shared values: be courageous, be accountable, be honest, be inclusive and elevate others.

Job Description

The Senior consultant ROLE

Senior Consultants work closely with Engagement Manager, Principals and Partners to solve challenging client questions.

Senior Consultants fully own assigned projects and deliver components of the client engagement. Their main goal is the successful project delivery with the assigned team, within the agreed timeline with the highest quality standards.

For this particular role, the Senior Consultant will be responsible for executing HEOR projects encompassing both global and locally-based projects for our clients. These project types will include developing global cost-effectiveness models (CEMs), budget impact models (BIMs), adaptations of global models to local contexts, and developing early models to support strategic decision making.

In addition to this, the Senior Consultant will contribute to the development of Alira Health’s HEOR offering by developing both internal resources to deliver our projects and develop proposals, as well as external resources such as abstracts, posters, manuscripts and white papers to enhance our profile.

Key Responsibilities

Project Execution/ Billability (70%-90%)

• Manages the execution of a project, develops a plan to approach client’s needs, and leverages business experience and acumen in identifying strategies and project approach to client questions with limited guidance from senior roles.
• Coordinate client and stakeholder engagements, leading meetings, reporting to clients on overall project execution.
• Guide and review quantitative and qualitative analyses to assist in the identification of client issues and the development of client deliverables.
• Understands and anticipates potential issues and/or challenges deriving from the initial ‘problem’ and able to communicate this effectively to the project team and senior roles.
• Coordinates the creation of entire reports, presentations, workshops, and other client deliverables.
• Ensures the high quality, time and accuracy of complex deliverables.
• Develops an in-depth understanding of the life sciences and healthcare industry and a broad knowledge of related consulting methodologies through the delivery of consulting engagement and participation in formal and informal training programs.
• Provide oversight and direction to team members throughout the project development.
• Ensures compliance with the organization's policies / procedures, vision, mission statement, and values.

Business Development/ Corporate Initiatives (up to 20%)

• Support the Business Development process from lead discovery to proposal defense as part of the execution team.
• Participate in corporate development by contributing to internal strategic projects, knowledge management, technology systems, and related functions.
• Manage, coach, and coordinate Associates and/or Analysts and act as their point of reference for daily activities and training, among others.
• Support preparation and delivery of sales presentations, including quotes and full proposals.
• Support recruitment and oversee new employees' onboarding.

Thought Leadership (up to 10%)

• Support development of thought leadership projects, such as white papers, publications, specialized conferences and so forth.

Desired Qualifications & Experience

• Blend of consulting and industry experience. Minimum of 4-5 years of professional experience in top consulting and Life Sciences companies.
• Specific knowledge and experience in designing and building economic models (including global cost-effectiveness models (CEMs, including cost-utility models) and budget impact models (BIMs) to support HTA submissions, adapting global models to support local submissions, and developing early CEMs and BIMs). Designing and building HTA-ready economic models will be particularly valued.
• Strong understanding of HTA submission processes (NICE, SMC, HAS, G-BA, CDA, and other countries) and how economic modeling supports these processes.
• Graduate degree with an excellent track record in either Life Sciences, Business, Economics, or Engineering programs; specialized Master degrees in Economics (including Health Economics), Econometrics, Statistics, or related disciplines will be considered a plus.
• Experience in managing projects and project teams

TECHNICAL COMPETENCiES & SOFT SKILLS

• Strong analytical skills and ability to problem-solve unstructured or ambiguous challenges.
• Proven experience developing economic models in Excel (including use of VBA). Experience developing models using other platforms (for example, R and Python) and data visualization tools (R Shiny, TreeAge or Simul8) will also be valued.
• Proven project management skills, including clients interaction, full execution of deliverables, clear communication and negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication, being able to sell ideas effectively to internal and external stakeholders, and interpersonal skills, working in a multicultural enviroment.
• Ability to Coach and develop staff, including goal setting, feedback, and performance development.
• Flexible to accommodate changing priorities, with a positive and “can-do” attitude.
• Excellent English, both written and verbal. Another language can be a plus.
• Team player who thrives in a less structured, collaborative environment.

Alira Health is an equal opportunity employer and stands firm on its values: Be inclusive; Be honest; Elevate others; Be accountable; Be courageous.

Languages

English

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS): Business Administration/Management, Bachelor of Science (BS): Economics, Bachelor of Science (BS): Finance, Bachelor of Science (BS): Life Sciences

Contract Type

Regular

Salary Range

The final offer will be determined within the applicable location-specific range and will depend on the candidate’s confirmed work location, relevant experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and role scope.