Manager, Advisory Services

IQVIA; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA Advisory Services seeks a senior consultant to manage and lead multiple pharmaceutical consulting programs, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery for clients.

You will serve as the primary client contact, guide project teams, and provide strategic direction while developing business with senior executives. The role emphasizes leadership, expertise sharing, and collaboration across the organization.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of consulting in pharma/healthcare with progression evidence.
• 2+ years of project management on strategic life sciences engagements.
• Experience leading presentations, meetings and workshops.
• Proven ability to manage large or multiple projects to deadlines and high-quality outcomes.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and developing relationships with senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as key client contact on IQVIA projects in pharma/biotech.
• Manage project teams across design, development, and delivery of client deliverables.
• Provide direction and intellectual leadership to clients and delivery teams.
• Identify strategic alternatives and approaches to client questions.
• Follow up with clients post-delivery to ensure satisfaction.
• Contribute to development of intellectual property for future engagements.
• Ensure development and delivery of client reports and presentations.
• Share subject matter expertise to elevate capabilities.
• Lead internal work streams on people-related issues (recruitment, training, team development).

Skills

Pharma/healthcare consulting

Project management

Leadership and people development

Client communication

Executive relationship building

Public speaking/presentations

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Graduate degree preferred

Job description

To be eligible for this position, you must reside in the same country where the job is located.

Please note: This hybrid position will be responsible for working in our New York, Boston, or San Francisco office 2-3 days per week.

Team Overview

IQVIA Advisory Services is a newly established space within IQVIA but the success of providing clients with a wide range of impactful solutions and assets to leverage as well as functioning as a key hub for internal talent development remains unchanged.

Strategic Engagements Include:

• Corporate strategy – Supporting clients addressing strategic challenges, M&A, and business model redesign.
• Portfolio strategy – Supporting clients as they prioritize and optimize their portfolio or identify assets to complement it.
• Product strategy - Supporting brand and BD teams on questions spanning from country prioritization to LoE strategy.
• Planning Suite of Software Solutions – Our technology and data services allow us to be more efficient and generate informed insights for our clients in forecasting and modeling.
• Value & Access- market access, pricing and contracting strategies, innovative pricing models, international price referencing optimization and launch sequencing, evidence development and optimization, value development and communications, emerging market expansion, lifecycle management.

Role & Responsibilities

On the Advisory Services team, you will be responsible for managing or leading multiple consulting projects and ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery for clients in the pharmaceutical or related industries by:

• Serving as key point of contact with IQVIA clients, primarily pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
• Managing project teams in the design, development, and delivery of client deliverables.
• Providing direction, advice, and intellectual leadership to clients and delivery teams.
• Leveraging experience and business acumen to identify strategic alternatives and approaches to client questions.
• Providing follow-up with clients after project delivery to ensure satisfaction.
• Supporting the development of intellectual property for use on future engagements.
• Ensuring the development and delivery of client reports and presentations.
• Sharing subject matter expertise with others to elevate our capabilities to deliver world-class solutions for clients.
• Leading internal work streams on critical people-related issues such as recruitment, training, and team development.

About You

Candidates interested in joining our team will have:

• 6+ years of experience in consulting within the pharmaceutical and/or healthcare industry with evidence of career progression.
• Knowledge of key issues and current market developments in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
• 2+ years of project management experience focused on strategic life sciences consulting projects.
• Experience leading presentations, meetings, and workshops.
• Proven ability to manage large-scale and/or multiple projects, meeting deadlines and ensuring high-quality outcomes.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience in developing relationships with senior level managers and executives in the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry.
• Interpersonal communication skills and ability to work effectively with colleagues across the organization to accomplish team goals.
• Ability to contribute to business development through the identification of leads, development of proposals, etc.

Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• Graduate degree or continued education is preferred but not required.
• Demonstrable leadership and people development experience.
• Fluency in English (spoken and written)
• A willingness and ability to travel.
• Right to live and work in the recruiting country.

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 proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe

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.

The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $109,500.00 - $273,800.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.