Associate Consultant, Patient Experience & Qualitative Research.

IQVIA; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA is seeking an Associate Consultant to support design and delivery of patient-focused outcomes research for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and healthcare clients. You will conduct qualitative and quantitative research, synthesize evidence, and develop client-ready deliverables under senior guidance.

The role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, engaging with stakeholders, and contributing to HEOR, PROs, and RWE projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in Life Sciences, Economics, or Business.
• 3–5 years of HEOR or outcomes research experience.
• Experience with qualitative and/or quantitative research methods.
• Experience with pharma, CRO, or healthcare organizations.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and delivery of patient-centered HEOR studies.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research with patients, caregivers, clinicians.
• Synthesize healthcare evidence and develop client-ready deliverables.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders to support projects.
• Present findings at client meetings and contribute to proposals.

Skills

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

HEOR

Patient-centered research

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences / Economics / Business

Master’s Degree or Ph.D. welcomed

Job description

Job Overview

The Associate Consultant supports the design and delivery of patient-focused and outcomes research projects for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and healthcare clients. Working within a multidisciplinary consulting environment, the Associate Consultant contributes to projects focused on patient experience, patient-reported outcomes (PROs), clinical outcomes, health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), and evidence generation.

This role involves conducting qualitative and quantitative research, synthesizing healthcare evidence, analyzing findings, and developing client-ready deliverables. The ideal candidate combines strong research skills with an understanding of healthcare decision-making and a passion for improving patient outcomes.

Essential Functions

• Supporting the design and build of new technology solutions of patient-centered research, outcomes research and HEOR studies including; understanding business needs, determining product specifications, production timetables, pricing, and time-integrated plans for product introduction; developing marketing strategies


• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research involving patients, caregivers, clinicians and other healthcare stakeholders


• Managing internal and external cross functional stakeholders to support product development


• Working in a team of like-minded professionals to create reports, presentations, workshops with client employees, management teams and other stakeholders, under the guidance our “the best on the business” team leaders


• Developing broad knowledge of related consulting methodologies and pharmaceutical market through the delivery of consulting engagements and participation in formal and informal learning opportunities


• Assisting development and writing of proposals with senior support


• Attending, supporting and presenting at client meetings

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences / Economics / Business. Master’s Degree or Ph.D. with commercial experience in the healthcare industry welcome.


• Advanced English


• 3-5 years of experience in HEOR, Patient-Centered Research, Outcomes Research, PROs, COAs, RWE, epidemiology or related healthcare research


• Experience supporting qualitative and/or quantitative research studies.


• Experience working with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO, consulting or healthcare organizations.


• Strong understanding of patient-reported outcomes and evidence-generation methodologies.

Work Model

This is a fully remote position in Mexico.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.