Associate Director, Evidence Synthesis

EVERSANA; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

EVERSANA is seeking an experienced professional to lead evidence synthesis projects, emphasizing strong analytical skills and project management capabilities. The role involves managing junior staff and ensuring high-quality outputs while supporting business development and fostering client relationships.

The ideal candidate will hold a PhD or MSc and have 6-7 years of relevant experience in health research. A strong commitment to diversity and inclusion is essential.

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc in biology, epidemiology, pharmacology, or health economics.
• 6-7 years’ experience in health research or related field.
• Strong competence in evidence synthesis methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead evidence synthesis projects and manage client expectations.
• Supervise junior staff and ensure quality of outputs.
• Support business development and client relations.

Skills

Leadership in evidence synthesis

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Team-building skills

Education

PhD or MSc in a medical-related field

6-7 years of experience in evidence synthesis

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Job Description

To provide support and leadership on a wide range of projects with a focus on evidence synthesis (structured/targeted literature reviews, systematic literature reviews, indirect treatment comparison feasibility assessments, and health technology assessment landscape/gap assessments). Other projects may include health economics and/or value communications projects as well as working alongside other team members and clients.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by:

• Project-related:
  • Provide leadership to ensure projects are underpinned by strong and defendable evidence synthesis concepts and methods.
  • Execute projects that meet client expectations.
  • Determine and manage project scope, timelines, and budgets across multiple projects.
  • Set project scope, strategy, and timelines.
  • Delegate activities to and supervise junior staff and contractors.
  • Oversee projects with guidance from senior management.
  • Empower project team members to take accountability for their work.
  • Identify and resolve project team issues and conflicts.
  • Proactively manage scope changes, risks, and contingency plans.
  • Oversee and implement quality control activities.
  • Ensure timely project billing.
• Methodological-related:
  • Serve as an evidence synthesis expert for internal and external stakeholders.
  • Develop evidence synthesis plans and support complex analyses to support HTA submissions and/or market access/HEOR activities.
  • Interpret and report synthesis results for non-statistical audiences.
  • Support junior team in developing methodological expertise and professional skills.
• Client-related:
  • Develop reports, abstracts, posters, and presentations.
  • Support or lead proposal development and delivery to clients.
  • Lead client meetings independently.
  • Begin developing and maintaining a personal client base.
  • Support business development activities.
  • Seek and incorporate client feedback to ensure satisfaction.
• Company-related:
  • Identify and support development of best practices and tools for project execution, people management, and training.
  • Contribute to company-level decisions on direction, staffing, and workload.
  • Identify needs for additional staff or consultants.
  • Participate in early hiring activities, including application review and interviews.
  • Provide one-on-one mentorship to new employees.
  • Demonstrate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

People Leader Responsibilities

• Delegate activities to, and supervise, project support and managerial staff.
• Empower project team members to take positive action and accountability.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within project teams.
• Provide effective mentorship to develop new managers and leaders.
• Responsible for overseeing their respective department.
• Interview, select and supervise the activities of the department staff; communicate, interpret and discuss with team the company policies and procedures.
• Determine job objectives, work methods and performance standards; review performance relative to departmental objectives discuss appraisal with each employee and performance; authorize and communicate salary changes, promotions, transfers, discipline, and discharge and administer all other personnel actions.

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc in a medical-related field such as biology, epidemiology, pharmacology, or health economics OR direct work experience in health research, health economics, or a related field.
• A minimum of six-to-seven (6-7) years’ direct evidence synthesis work experience in health research, health technology assessment, market access or a related field.
• Strong basis in fundamental evidence synthesis concepts and methods and familiarity with techniques such as feasibility assessments, meta-analysis, indirect comparisons, network meta-analysis, etc.
• Technically competent with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Provide leadership to ensure projects are underpinned by rigorous processes and defendable methods.
• Ensure projects adhere to high standards of evidence synthesis.
• Strong strategic, critical thinking, analytical, problem-solving, and multitasking capabilities.

Additional Qualifications

• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a sometimes high-pressure environment.
• Ability to adapt to shifting internal and client-related priorities/timelines.
• Ability to manage personal and project team members’ time across competing projects.
• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to effectively interact and communicate with peers, senior management, and clients.
• Ability to effectively supervise, train, and mentor junior employees.
• Strong leadership, team-building, and team-motivating skills.
• Build relationships with clients that result in ongoing business opportunities.
• Identify and communicate opportunities for future collaborations.
• Strong customer focus, with the ability to maintain strong business relationships with clients.
• Develop and communicate company policies and standard operating procedures.
• Develop proposals, budgets, and timelines.
• Identify and develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
• All other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience analyzing data from clinical trials and/or real-world evidence.
• Proven project and staff management skills; a minimum of three (3) years’ experience managing projects and staff preferred.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, demands, and timelines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven relationship building capabilities; developing and maintaining strong client relationships, effectively interacting with peers.
• Strong written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

From EVERSANA’s inception, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds who share a passion for improving the lives of patients and leading innovation within the healthcare industry.