Ssa Healthcare Research Analyst

Promote Project; Gauteng; Remote; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare consulting firm seeks an SSA Healthcare Research Analyst to support their SSA Healthcare practice. This role involves analyzing healthcare policies in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. The ideal candidate holds a degree in a relevant field, has strong communication skills, and experience in research. The position offers a chance to collaborate with senior executives and contribute to impactful insights.

Qualifications

• Degree major related to economics, public health, business, or international relations.
• Fluency in Afrikaans and/or Swahili is a plus.
• Research experience including hypothesis-testing.

Responsibilities

• Track and monitor changes in healthcare policy in SSA.
• Write research deliverables for effective communication of financial flows.
• Deliver research presentations to senior executive clients.

Skills

Excellent written communication skills in English

Demonstrated knowledge of SSA markets

Basic understanding of macroeconomics

Experience managing multiple projects

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

We are currently seeking an SSA Healthcare Research Analyst to support our SSA Healthcare practice (primarily focusing South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria), helping to construct insights regarding the business implications of economic and policy developments in the region for multinational healthcare companies.

The analyst will need to stay abreast of major developments in country-level healthcare policy impacting public and private healthcare expenditure, reimbursement, local formularies, and healthcare system design (among other policy measures that influence the delivery of healthcare services to covered populations).

Working in this role offers unique exposure to the intersection between politics, economics, business, and industry analysis.

This is a unique opportunity with significant responsibility and freedom to help shape our SSA healthcare practice and to work on innovative content for a very senior executive audience.

About the Team

FrontierView’s Global Healthcare research is designed to help inform tactical and strategic plans for the world's leading healthcare organizations.

Through a combination of scenario-based market intelligence and peer benchmarking, our team helps healthcare leaders navigate the complexity of evolving healthcare systems and enable them to bring solutions to market that impact the health of millions of patients.

Our team combines analytical rigor with qualitative stakeholder perspectives to uncover roadblocks to commercial execution and unlock growth in their most important markets.

About You

The duration of this contract will be 1 year likely renewed in 6‑month intervals.

Location: Remote – South Africa.

Salary

Annual remuneration.

Description

We are seeking an SSA Healthcare Research Analyst to support our SSA Healthcare practice, helping to construct insights regarding the business implications of economic and policy developments in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria for multinational healthcare companies.

Key responsibilities include:

• Tracking and monitoring ongoing changes to healthcare policy in SSA, including changes to local formularies, reimbursement design, healthcare financing, insurance coverage, drug and medical device approval processes, and other developments impacting regulators, payers, providers, and patients.
• Writing research deliverables that allow for quick and effective communication of healthcare systems' financial flows and stakeholder incentives.
• Developing forward‑looking views on healthcare policy in SSA.
• Delivering research presentations to senior executive clients in person and over the phone.
• Collaborating with members of our global macroeconomic research practice to link their analysis to the healthcare team’s analysis on healthcare trends in SSA.

What Sets You Apart

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from a top‑tier academic institution (completed or in progress) or relevant work experience.
• Major in economics, public health, business, international relations, or regional studies relevant to Sub‑Saharan Africa.
• Demonstrated knowledge of SSA markets through academic and/or professional research experience.
• Understanding of the current socio‑political and economic environment, particularly key.
• Excellent written communication skills in English (writing specifically) are required.
• Fluency in reading and speaking Afrikaans and/or Swahili would be considered a plus.
• Basic understanding of macroeconomics.
• Demonstrated research experience, including hypothesis‑testing, structuring complex research projects, primary and secondary research, and other research techniques.
• Experience managing multiple projects, working on tight deadlines, and working relatively independently.
• Demonstrated ability to cover a variety of topics and issues, including completely new topics.
• Familiarity with Excel and PowerPoint.