Associate Director, Research (HEOR)

Lumanity; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global health consultancy is seeking an experienced Health Economist at the Associate Director level to lead health economic projects and guide a team of health economists. The ideal candidate will have a postgraduate qualification in health economics and several years of experience in HEOR consultancy. This role offers flexible work settings, focusing on project delivery while mentoring junior team members. Comprehensive benefits are provided, aiming for a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Generous Annual Leave package

Comprehensive healthcare

Competitive compensation

Qualifications

• Experience supporting economic analyses within an HEOR consultancy.
• Deep expertise in at least one major market (e.g., UK, US).
• Hands-on experience with economic modelling methods essential.

Responsibilities

• Leading health economics aspects of projects.
• Developing cost-effectiveness and budget impact models.
• Critically appraising models and mentoring less experienced team members.

Skills

Health Economics expertise

Economic modelling methods

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Team collaboration

Education

Postgraduate qualification (MSc, PhD) in health economics

Tools

Microsoft Excel

VBA

R

Job description

Overview / About usôt

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

We are seeking an experienced Health Economist with a background in Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)/Health Technology Assessment (HTA) to join our HEOR Research team at the Associate Director level.

Key responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Leading and providing expert guidance into health economics aspects of projects
• Conceptualizing and leading the development of cost-effectiveness and budget impact models
• Critically appraising and quality controlling the design and implementation of models developed by others
• Supporting development of economic strategy for reimbursement dossiers
• Instructing, guiding and supporting the development of less experienced members of the team to complete tasks and have accountability for thehale quality of deliverables
• Line managing a cohort of team members, supporting their wellbeing and managing their performance and career development
• Working closely with other members of Research and wider HEOR teams
• This role is external-facing, and you will be required to demonstrate professional excellence in client and other external stakeholder interactions.

This role can be tailored to an individual candidate’s strengths and aspirations, but will include a mix of roles and responsibilities, including collaboration internally and externally with experts in specific fields, economic modelling, writing (planning, reporting, manuscripts and submission documents), quality control, mentoring, training, line management, and additional responsibilities relating to operations, people, science and innovation or quality priorities for the HEOR Research team. The successful candidate will play a critical role in the growth and evolution of the team and continuous improvement of HEOR capabilities within the business.

This opportunity offers flexible work setting options to suit individual needs. This can be fully remote with options to work in any of our offices as needed, if preferred.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is an enthusiastic health economist that enjoys investigating new methods, supporting and coaching other health economists and broader HEOR researchers, and has the vision and flexibility approach required to contribute to the growth and evolution of the business.

• A postgraduate qualification (MSc, PhD) in health economics or closely related topic
• Several years of professional experience supporting various markets in planning, performing and reporting economic analyses within an HEOR consultancy, HTA agency, or pharmaceutical environment
• Deep expertise in at least one major market (e.g., UK, US, Canada, EU) with working knowledge or willingness to quickly acquire knowledge of others
• Hands on experience with various economic modelling methods and techniques; the capability to both conceptualize and develop de novo models and adapt existing models to new settings is essential
• Experience with more complex methodology such as microsimulation, discrete event simulation, or dynamic transmission modelling is desirable
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and VBA, experience working in R is an advantage
• Ability to take complex economic methods and approaches and relay these into practicable solutions for the wider Research team to meet our clients’ objectives
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with a view to liaising with technical and non-technical clients (both internally and externally)
• The ability to clearly communicate technical content to a non-technical audience is a key requirement of this role
• Ability to collaborate effectively as part of a team delivering technical expertise in HEOR topics beyond health economics e.g. statistics, иеvidence review and synthesis, value communications
• Experience with mentoring and/or line management of staff
• Proven ability to deliver projects to a high-quality within timelines, budget and scope
• This role may require occasional travel, for example to attend client meetings in person or for conference attendance
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Time breakdownention

As a guide, the role is anticipated to spend the majority of time directly supporting project delivery with an estimated time split ratio of:

• 80% project delivery
• 10% research and development and thought leadership
• 10% leading or coaching and ongoing professional ★development

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Benefits

We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on what matters to you – health and well‑being/operator personal finances, professional development, and a strong culture of, and passionate dedication to, healthy work‑life balance:

• Generous Annual Leave package
• Comprehensive healthcare
• Competitive compensation

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