Lead Health Economist

Date Posted: 02/06/2017 

Date Closing: 02/07/2017

Salary: Competitive salary is on offer.

Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Job Title: Lead Health Economist

About the Company and Role: ICON Health Economics (HE) is currently seeking to appoint a Lead Health Economist to join its European Health Economics team located in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. This team is highly respected in the field of health technology assessment (HTA) for quality and innovation, undertaking consultancy projects for international clients in both the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors.

Job description:

·       Manage all aspects of country-level and global health economic modelling projects and ensure the quality of all deliverables meets client requirements

·         Establish and maintain client relationships and lead proposal development for health economic related projects

·         Provide strategic contribution to business development processes

·         Manage the development and preparation of peer-reviewed publications arising from health economic projects

·         Provide technical mentorship to junior modellers, identify and manage training needs and provide on the job training and support as required

·         Liaise with senior management in all ICON HE offices globally to identify developmental needs in junior modellers and to provide training when possible

·         Work with the management team of the European practice in the day-to-day management of the HE group in Abingdon

·         Demonstrate and actively promote an open and honest working environment

Job Skills

·         A Master’s degree or equivalent in health economics or a related quantitative discipline, such as operational research, medical statistics, or epidemiology.

·         Experience in designing and developing health economic models

·         Experience in analysing individual patient level data for use in economic models

·         Experience within a consulting, academic or pharmaceutical/ devices industry environment

·         Proven management experience, in particular the ability to lead a team of junior analysts

·         Ability to work effectively as part of a team

·         High self-motivation

·         Leadership potential

Please reply to the following email address – ekta.joshi@iconplc.com