Market Access Associate Consultant

Lane Clark & Peacock; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Lane Clark & Peacock's Health team in London/Winchester is seeking a Market Access Associate Consultant to support global and US projects. Hybrid working will align with departmental requirements.

You will conduct secondary research, payer research, and develop market access strategies, contributing to client reports with emphasis on pricing, reimbursement, and value communications. This role offers growth within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• A minimum 2:1 degree in a science subject, and a science/health-related Masters degree or PhD.
• Experience in a market access role, preferably in a consultancy setting.
• Excellent grounding in quantitative and qualitative methods used for payer research.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to explain complex issues to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Conduct targeted secondary research from diverse sources to address client questions (disease landscape, pricing, reimbursement).
• Perform payer research and analysis to identify opportunities and challenges for client products.
• Develop market access strategies, including pricing/reimbursement, to optimise product commercialisation.
• Create payer value communications and supporting materials (value decks, toolkits).
• Support client-facing presentations and reports, communicating complex concepts clearly.
• Collaborate across disciplines to deliver high-quality work on time.

Skills

Payer research

Market access knowledge

Quantitative/qualitative methods

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

2:1 science degree

Masters or PhD in science/health

Job description

Market Access Associate Consultant Business area Health Location London and Winchester Job ID 326311 Location - London or Winchester Hybrid working - as per departmental requirements In 2020, LCP launched its Health practice, providing analytical and research services across healthcare and life sciences. Our team brings together clinicians, statisticians, epidemiologists, health economists and health data scientists, alongside LCP's established actuarial, analytics and technology expertise, to develop innovative solutions to some of the most important challenges in health. In addition, in 2025, we launched our US Practice to complement our existing UK-based/ global expertise. The US Practice at present has a focus on market access focused services, including access strategy, pricing and reimbursement, patient services, and trade and channel strategy. Coming into this role will, you will work across both global and US-focused projects, interacting with the market access team based in both geographies. To be considered for the role you will need a minimum of 2-3 years of relevant experience in market access, ideally in a consulting environment. This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a dynamic team at an exciting time in its growth, build broad consulting skills and develop specialist expertise across global and US healthcare, pricing and reimbursement systems and the life sciences sector in

What do we do?

LCP's Health team works across the healthcare and life sciences markets, combining health expertise with innovative approaches from our work in other sectors to tackle leading health issues. Some examples of the types of projects that the Market Access team undertake for our clients include: Providing strategic recommendations on global clinical trial design to enable HTA and reimbursement success Payer evidence gap analysis Identifying optimal routes for access in different markets Market Access/ pricing strategy development Landscape assessments, including pricing and reimbursement, competitive and HTA landscape HTA strategy and submission support Trade and Channel strategy support Pricing research and strategy development And much more!

Your key responsibilities:

As an Associate Consultant in the Market Access team in LCP's Health Department, you will be involved in a diverse range of projects, covering both client and non-client work. Your key responsibilities will be to: Conduct targeted secondary research utilising a wide variety of sources to address specific research questions i.e., understand disease and competitor landscape, current treatment pathways, pricing and reimbursement processes etc. Conduct thorough payer research and analysis to identify opportunities and challenges for client products in various healthcare markets Systematically search for qualitative and quantitative evidence to make strategic recommendations for clients Develop market access strategies, including pricing and reimbursement strategies, to optimise product commercialisation Develop value messages, dossiers and other related payer value communication materials e.g. payer value decks, toolkits and internal training materials Support the preparation of client-facing presentations and reports, effectively communicating complex market access concepts to diverse audiences Contribute to all stages of projects including: Proposal development Secondary/ desk research Market research and advisory boards Project management Report writing Demonstrate and develop your expertise by contributing to thought leadership activities Work collaboratively with colleagues across disciplines to deliver high-quality work to agreed timelines and high standards Participate in internal knowledge development, including research tools, frameworks, training materials and thought leadership related activities

What skills, experience and qualities are we looking for?

A minimum 2:1 degree in a science subject, and a science/health-related Masters degree or PhD Experience in a market access role, preferably in a consultancy setting A good understanding of health economic concepts along with a thorough knowledge of pricing and reimbursement processes and pathways in key global markets including, but not limited to EU4, UK, and US Experience specifically in US patient support and/or trade and channel projects is highly desirable Knowledge of how a healthcare product is likely to be priced along with an understanding of concepts such as value-based pricing, price referencing, MFN, HTA etc. Excellent grounding in relevant quantitative and qualitative methods (e.g. the running of payer research studies) with demonstrable experience in delivering previous market access focused research Experience of developing strategic payer value communications Excellent communication skills coupled with excellent presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex issues to others Excellent report writing skills Initiative and creativity Highly competent user o