Senior Value & Access Strategy Lead

Barrington James; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barrington James is recruiting for a specialist consulting firm focused on market access and health economics in the UK. The role leads end-to-end engagements, shapes evidence strategies, and supports successful product launches for biopharma and healthcare clients.

You will mentor teams, manage client relationships, and drive business development while delivering high-quality payer and KOL research and value narratives in line with European HTA expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of consulting experience in value and market access.
• Experience leading multiple engagements, project teams and client relationships.
• Strong primary research experience involving payers/KOLs and value-strategy development.

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

HTA frameworks knowledge

Value strategy development

Secondary research

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Barrington James is recruiting for a specialist consulting firm focused on market access and health economics in the UK. The role leads end-to-end engagements, shapes evidence strategies, and supports successful product launches for biopharma and healthcare clients.

You will mentor teams, manage client relationships, and drive business development while delivering high-quality payer and KOL research and value narratives in line with European HTA expectations.