Senior Value & Access Strategy Lead

Barrington James; Normanton on Trent; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barrington James is partnering with a specialist consultancy focused on market access and health economics to tackle reimbursement challenges for biopharma and healthcare clients. This hands-on practice emphasizes high-quality, practical work and strong client collaboration.

The senior consultant will lead engagements end-to-end, manage senior client relationships, mentor teams, and drive business development, payer/KOL research, and value narrative development.

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/KOL research

Value strategy development

Business development

Stakeholder management

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Barrington James is partnering with a specialist consultancy focused on market access and health economics to tackle reimbursement challenges for biopharma and healthcare clients. This hands-on practice emphasizes high-quality, practical work and strong client collaboration.

The senior consultant will lead engagements end-to-end, manage senior client relationships, mentor teams, and drive business development, payer/KOL research, and value narrative development.