Senior Value & Access Lead - Strategy & Payer Research

Barrington James; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Barrington James is seeking a senior consultant to lead end-to-end value and market access engagements for biopharma clients in the UK. You will shape evidence strategies, manage senior relationships and drive opportunities from proposals through delivery.

In this hands-on role you will mentor teams, oversee scoping, budgets and timelines while developing payer narratives, HTA readiness and pricing considerations for successful product launches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of consulting experience in value and market access.
• Demonstrated experience leading multiple engagements, project teams and client relationships.
• Strong primary research experience involving payers/KOLs and value-strategy development.
• Strong knowledge of payer evidence requirements and European HTA frameworks.
• Proficiency in secondary research and relevant analytical methodologies.
• Experience contributing to proposals, account growth and follow-on work generation.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, people leadership and project leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple engagements; accountable for end-to-end delivery, quality and profitability.
• Generate insights, develop strategic recommendations and act as a senior subject-matter expert.
• Lead and develop project teams; oversee timelines, budgets, scope and deliverables.
• Own senior client relationships and proactively identify client needs.
• Lead business development activities, including proposals, scoping and follow-on work generation.
• Conduct and oversee payer/KOL primary research independently.
• Develop payer value narratives and assess pricing, evidence and access scenarios.
• Mentor junior colleagues and support their professional development.
• Lead internal capability-building and practice-development initiatives.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Market access/value

Payer/KOL research

HTA knowledge

Research skills (qual/quant)

Proposal & business development

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Barrington James is seeking a senior consultant to lead end-to-end value and market access engagements for biopharma clients in the UK. You will shape evidence strategies, manage senior relationships and drive opportunities from proposals through delivery.

In this hands-on role you will mentor teams, oversee scoping, budgets and timelines while developing payer narratives, HTA readiness and pricing considerations for successful product launches.