Senior Value & Access Leader | Payer Strategy & Engagement

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

Job summary

Barrington James is recruiting for a specialist consulting firm in Bath, focused on market access and health economics. The role leads end-to-end engagements, builds payer value narratives, and drives business development with biopharma and healthcare clients.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in value and market access consulting, strong payer/KOL research, and deep HTA framework knowledge. You will mentor teams and shape evidence strategies for successful 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

Client relationship management

Payer research

HTA knowledge

Value proposition development

Business development

Proposal development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Barrington James is recruiting for a specialist consulting firm in Bath, focused on market access and health economics. The role leads end-to-end engagements, builds payer value narratives, and drives business development with biopharma and healthcare clients.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in value and market access consulting, strong payer/KOL research, and deep HTA framework knowledge. You will mentor teams and shape evidence strategies for successful launches.