Evidence Partnerships & Solutions, Director

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization is looking for a candidate who will lead innovative partnerships to shape evidence generation. Responsibilities include driving strategic collaborations and executing methodologies that enhance the impact and scalability of evidence generation. You will engage with various stakeholders while ensuring all research meets high regulatory standards. The ideal candidate has a strong background in healthcare or pharmaceutical research and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in pharmaceutical, academic research, or healthcare settings focused on evidence generation.
• Ability to create meaningful external partnerships to enhance evidence generation.
• Expertise in designing and executing interventional and non‑interventional studies.

Responsibilities

• Drive partnerships and technology solutions for faster evidence generation.
• Execute innovative methodologies for enhanced evidence impact.
• Ensure partnered research meets regulatory and ethical standards.

Skills

Agility

Clinical Practices

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

Data Analysis

Drug Development

Healthcare Sector Understanding

Real World Evidence (RWE)

Research Methodologies

Job description

Job Description Summary

Locations: London, United Kingdom OR Dublin, Ireland
Role Type: Hybrid working #LI-Hybrid
Relocation Support: Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of evidence generation by driving innovative partnerships and pioneering advanced methodologies that help reimagine how we bring impactful medicines to patients. In this role, you’ll connect scientific vision with cutting‑edge solutions, collaborating across global teams and external partners to unlock smarter, more scalable approaches to integrated evidence. If you’re excited by the opportunity to influence strategy, champion novel technologies, and build partnerships that truly move the field forward, this is your chance to make a meaningful, lasting impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive identification, implementation and scaling of strategic partnerships (data, academic, medical societies) and technology solutions (infrastructure, software, AI, data networks, federated platforms) to accelerate Real‑World and clinical trial evidence aligned with business priorities.
• Execute innovative methodologies (e.g. RWD to RCT linkage; implementation science; synthetic data) and digital tools to enhance evidence generation impact and scalability.
• Identify and recommend fit‑for‑purpose RWD based on hands‑on assessment of relevance and reliability to address specific research questions that support product access and adoption.
• Translate evidence generation needs into fit‑for‑purpose requirements and relevant solutions in collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
• Connect internal and external stakeholders to ensure consistent implementation of advanced solutions such as advanced statistical methods and ML/AI algorithms.
• Collaborate with research, academic, industry and startups partners to stay at the forefront of Evidence Generation innovation.
• Promote a culture of innovation to adopt novel scientific methods including pragmatic studies and hybrid trial models and creative ways to use data and technology solutions.
• Develop and communicate data and technology learning content and toolkits to support new evidence capabilities across global teams.
• Ensure partnered research meets regulatory, legal, and ethical standards while maintaining high data quality and integrity.

What You’ll Bring to the Role

• Experience in pharmaceutical, academic research, or healthcare settings with a focus on evidence generation.
• Experience creating and fostering meaningful external supplier, academic, and non‑profit partnerships to enhance evidence generation.
• Proven expertise in designing and executing interventional and non‑interventional studies and real‑world evidence approaches.
• Knowledge in RWD sources, common data models, Data Quality, FHIR, Tokenization, AI/GenAI, LLMs, ML modelling.
• Strong understanding of drug development with the ability to lead cross‑functional evidence initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new scientific areas, tools, and advanced evidence methodologies.
• Ability to create and implement innovative strategies that enhance evidence capabilities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex scientific concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• Strong understanding and experience working across regions with knowledge of global regulatory, data privacy, and healthcare environments.

Skills Desired

• Agility
• Agility
• Clinical Practices
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration
• Data Analysis
• Drug Development
• Employee Development
• Healthcare Sector Understanding
• Health Sciences
• Influencing Skills
• Innovation
• Inspirational Leadership
• Integrated Evidence Generation
• Medical Affairs
• Medical Communication
• Medical Education
• Patient Care
• People Management
• Pharmaceutics
• Priority Disease Areas Expertise
• Product Launches
• Product Strategy
• Real World Evidence (RWE)
• Regulatory Compliance
• Research Methodologies