Market Access Associate Consultant

Lane Clark & Peacock LLP.; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 40 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working

Professional study support

Wellbeing networks

Résumé du poste

Lane Clark & Peacock LLP in London is seeking an Associate Consultant to join its Health Market Access team. You will work on global and US-focused pricing, reimbursement and access projects across healthcare and life sciences, using payer research and strategy development to support client needs.

The role requires a 2:1 science degree with 2–3 years’ market access experience, preferably in consulting, and a strong grasp of health economics and HTA concepts.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2:1 degree in a science subject; a science/health Masters or PhD is desirable.
• 2–3 years’ experience in market access, ideally consulting.
• Strong understanding of health economics, pricing and reimbursement in global markets (EU4, UK, US).
• Experience in US patient support or trade/channel projects is desirable.
• Knowledge of value-based pricing, MFN, HTA concepts and payer research methods.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative methods experience for payer research.
• Ability to develop strategic payer value communications and client-friendly materials.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; proactive and well-organised.
• Collaborative, with ability to work across disciplines and meet timelines.

Responsabilités

• Conduct targeted secondary research to answer specific market access questions.
• Perform payer research to identify opportunities and challenges across markets.
• Search for evidence to support strategic recommendations for clients.
• Develop market access and pricing/reimbursement strategies to optimise product commercialisation.
• Create payer value decks, toolkits and internal training materials.
• Prepare client-facing presentations and reports communicating complex concepts.
• Contribute to project stages: proposal development, desk research, advisory boards, project management, report writing.
• Engage in thought leadership and collaborate with colleagues to deliver high-quality outputs.

Connaissances

Market access

Consulting

UK/US focus

Payer research

Pricing & reimbursement

Payer value communications

Team collaboration

Communication & presentation

Formation

2:1 science degree

Science/health Masters or PhD

Outils

MS Office

Description du poste

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 general.

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
• Initiative and creativity
• Highly competent user of the whole Microsoft Office suite
• Excellent organisational skills, able to multi-task
• Keen to join a dynamic and growing department
• Commitment to delivery of excellent client work to agreed budget and timescales

What’s in it for you?

Take a look at our Glassdoor and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a certified B-Corp, multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you:

• Hybrid working (see top of the advert for details)
• Professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks

For your family:

• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Season ticket loans

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

For the environment:

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)

And much more!

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

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