Associate Director Value and Access Consulting – Sweden

IQVIA; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA is seeking an Associate Director, Value & Access Consulting to join the Nordic team in Stockholm. The role combines strategic consulting, health economics, and market access expertise to support life sciences companies across Sweden and the Nordics.

You will lead engagements on market access, reimbursement, HTA, and evidence generation, while mentoring colleagues and contributing to growth of IQVIA's Nordic Value & Access practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred in life sciences, health economics, or related field.
• 8–12 years of experience in life sciences, consulting, market access, HTA, HEOR, health economics, pricing, or reimbursement.
• Strong expertise in Swedish market access and payer environment; Nordic experience is a plus.
• Proven ability to lead complex projects and manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic client engagements across the Sweden and Nordics, delivering high-quality market access projects.
• Drive Value & Access excellence by developing and implementing market access strategy, launch planning, and evidence generation.
• Advise on Swedish and Nordic payer requirements and health economic modeling (cost-effectiveness, budget impact).
• Identify evidence gaps and support real-world evidence strategies to strengthen payer engagement.
• Contribute to business growth by building client relationships, identifying opportunities, and mentoring colleagues.

Skills

Market access

HTA

HEOR

Health economics

Pricing

Reimbursement

Value communication

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Join IQVIA's Nordic Consulting Team | Stockholm

Are you passionate about improving patient access to innovative medicines and helping shape the future of healthcare in Sweden?

IQVIA is looking for an experienced Associate Director, Value & Access Consulting to join our growing Nordic consulting team at Forskaren in Stockholm. This is a senior, client-facing role for a market access expert who thrives on combining strategic thinking, scientific evidence, and commercial insight to support life sciences companies across Sweden and the Nordics.

As a trusted advisor, you will lead consulting engagements focused on market access, reimbursement, HTA, health economics, and evidence generation. You will work closely with clients to develop evidence-based access strategies while contributing to the growth and development of IQVIA's Nordic Value & Access practice.

What You'll Do

Lead Strategic Client Engagements

• Serve as a senior advisor to life sciences clients on market access, reimbursement, HTA, and pricing strategy.
• Lead and deliver high-quality consulting projects across Sweden and the Nordics.
• Manage cross-functional project teams and ensure excellence in delivery and client satisfaction.
• Present strategic recommendations and insights to senior client stakeholders.

Drive Value & Access Excellence

• Lead projects covering market access strategy, launch planning, reimbursement pathways, value communication, and health economic evidence.
• Advise clients on Swedish and Nordic payer and HTA requirements, with a particular focus on the Swedish market.
• Support the development and adaptation of health economic and outcomes evidence, including cost-effectiveness and budget impact models.
• Identify evidence gaps and support real-world evidence strategies that strengthen value demonstration and payer engagement.
• Contribute to stakeholder engagement activities, advisory boards, and market access implementation at national and regional levels.

Contribute to Business Growth

Approximately 30-40% of the role is dedicated to business development.

• Build and strengthen relationships with clients and key market access stakeholders.
• Identify new business opportunities and develop consulting proposals.
• Contribute to the growth of IQVIA's Nordic Value & Access offering by combining local expertise, data, analytics, and global capabilities.
• Mentor and support colleagues, helping develop capabilities across the consulting team.

About You

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
• 8-12 years of experience within life sciences, consulting, market access, HTA, HEOR, health economics, pricing, or reimbursement.
• Strong expertise in the Swedish market access and payer environment.
• Experience from one or more additional Nordic markets is an advantage.
• Proven ability to lead complex projects and manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Established network within the life sciences and market access community.
• Collaborative, entrepreneurial, and motivated by delivering meaningful impact for clients and patients.

Why IQVIA?

At IQVIA, you'll join a highly experienced and collaborative Nordic consulting team with access to world-leading healthcare data, analytics, and global expertise. You'll have the opportunity to work on some of the industry's most important challenges—helping innovative treatments reach the patients who need them while shaping the future of healthcare across the Nordics.

If you're ready to combine your market access expertise with strategic consulting and business leadership, we'd love to hear from you.