SR. CONSULTANT

SECTOR: Healthcare consulting

Ipsos is the world’s third largest market research company, present in 90 markets and employing more than 18,000 people. Our passionately curious research professionals, analysts and scientists have built unique multi-specialist capabilities that provide true understanding and powerful insights into the actions, opinions and motivations of citizens, consumers, patients, customers or employees. We serve more than 5000 clients across the world with 75 business solutions.

Founded in France in 1975, Ipsos is listed on the Euronext Paris since July 1st, 1999. The company is part of the SBF 120 and the Mid-60 index and is eligible for the Deferred Settlement Service (SRD).

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IPSOS HEALTHCARE, a leading market research agency, is looking for a driven, self-motivated Sr. Consultant to join our ADVISORY SERVICES team as we bring meaningful, data-driven engagements to our clients across the healthcare landscape.

DESCRIPTION

At Ipsos, we are passionately curious about people, markets, brands, and society. We deliver information and analysis that make our complex world easier and faster to navigate and inspires our clients to make smarter decisions. The Healthcare service line at Ipsos brings true specialization, offering a unique depth of knowledge and expertise across the product lifecycle to our clients in biopharma, medical devices, and diagnostics companies.

The Advisory services team was established to generate strategic insights that build upon the company’s core competencies in market research, culminating in a premier healthcare consultancy.

The SR. CONSULTANT plays a key role in delivering our client engagements. Typical engagements include developing demand and sales forecasts for future and in line healthcare products, designing commercialization and go-to-market models, launch strategies, and executing analytical work streams to optimize the impact of commercial programs and tactics.

You will join a unique team of problem solvers who come from backgrounds as diverse as scientific research, brand management, strategy consulting, medicine, and more. Together, the team leverages these diverse perspectives to solve some of the most complex and challenging strategic problems for our clients across the healthcare market.

QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will bring a mix of both analytical and creative problem-solving skills. The ideal candidate must also have the right mix of the qualifications below:

• BA/BS required; MBA preferred
• Commercial skills and Launch experience
• 6-8 years of professional life sciences/healthcare experience: preferably in branding/marketing, management consulting, brand management, or market research
• Strong project management skills and ability to juggle multiple projects
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including bringing clarity to ambiguous situations
• Ability to work cross-functionally, with a solid understanding of market research
• Ease and confidence with “thinking on your feet”
• Strong business acumen and critical thinking skills
• Confidence outlining proposals (with support from executive team) in response to client RFPs
• Ability to develop and adjust project approaches & frameworks as fit for various projects
• Partner with cross-functional teams to define business problems, develop secondary data analysis plans and identify appropriate data resources. Explain insights, findings and analysis limitations to partners.
• Lead the development, production, and interpretation of data for standard reports and utilize analytics resources to produce the right content, number, and frequency of reports.
• Work with clients in the assigned team(s) to develop service level agreements outlining forecasting and secondary data analytics requirements and deliverables.
• Knowledge and experience utilizing various data sources used in forecasting and performance assessment including epidemiology, medical and pharmacy claims, longitudinal patient data and various other secondary data sources
• Experience leveraging a variety of forecasting methodologies and best practices in support of forecast development
• Strong analytical capability and critical thinking skills
• Advanced proficiency of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint required. Proficiency in

data management and statistical modeling packages (such as Python, SAS, and/or, R) or other similar data analysis tools preferred.

• Experience with advanced spreadsheets, patient based forecast modeling tools, including dynamic patient models, as well as quantitative techniques including smoothing, regression, time series analysis, and simulation
• Demonstrated analytical skills-understands the advantages and limits of different analytical approaches and studies and their findings
• Experience in managing and analyzing pharmaceutical databases (Xponent, DDD, EMR claim data etc.)
• High degree of independence and exceptional work ethic
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Professional, proactive demeanor
• Strong interpersonal skills

IPSOS’ COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

Ipsos recognizes the necessity of building an inclusive culture that values each employee’s individuality and diverse perspectives. For more than 40 years, our mission has been to generate and analyze data about society, markets, brands, and behaviors to provide our clients with the insights that elevate their understanding of the world. This could not be fulfilled without Ipsos’ diverse employees who compile and analyze this data—they are the essence of who we are and what we do. 

We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees, creating an environment that promotes inclusion, and allowing employees from all walks of life to flourish.  Ipsos encourages our employees to act in a respectful and responsible manner, in line with codes of best practices concerning diversity and inclusion, human rights, equality, and civility for every individual.

_Ipsos is An Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other protected class and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. _

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