Job Description
Healthcare Market Intelligence Consultant (6 Month Contract) - Remote, US
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.
Symphony Health comprises curious thinkers and intellectual problem solvers driving the healthcare data industry forward. We leverage our large, integrated healthcare data repository and our analytic expertise to build customized, agile data solutions which answer the questions our clients -- life science manufacturers, payers, and providers -- have today, as well as those they’ll have tomorrow. Together, we can help patients get the right drugs at the right times.
The Healthcare Market Intelligence Consultant (Research Consultant) is a key participant in client engagements and business development opportunities. They are responsible for the preliminary and ongoing research around a client’s market of interest and deliverable, serving as a subject matter expert in the disease area and treatment options. They are also responsible for developing market definitions, project specifications and business rules, implementing and executing on standard deliverables, and collaborating closely with the project team to meet client objectives and timeline. This is a remote 6 month contract position based in the US.
Primary Responsibilities: - Conduct thorough and relevant market research around therapeutic areas or disease states of interest and where client is in product lifecycle to support project demands.
- Review, evaluate, and develop complete and accurate market definitions using healthcare code sets for client projects and business development opportunities.
- Develop business rules and support methodology requirements for client projects and new business development opportunities.
- Collaborate with others on the project team (e.g., Principal, Engagement Consultants, Data Analysts) to ensure timely and high-quality deliverables that meet client objectives - this includes managing methodology and specification documents and change logs, investigating inquiries, surfacing challenges, resolving issues, developing slide decks, and QC of deliverables.
- Identify key trends and findings based on client’s objectives, provide additional insights, and build a narrative around the deliverable.
- Lead internal initiatives that improve operational effectiveness.
- Mentor, guide, and train other Research Consultants.
Job Qualifications: Background:
- Advanced or terminal degree in healthcare-related field (e.g., MS, MPH, PA, NP, PharmD, MD)
- At least 2 years of relevant experience in the healthcare or life sciences industry
Required Skills and Competencies:
- Microsoft Office Suite proficiency (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- Ability to work within aggressive deadlines, competing priorities, and ambiguous situations
- Project management skills and ability to manage multiple complex client projects, including ability to make decisions and recommendations to project team regarding client management and project deliverables
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Basic programming experience (SQL)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to synthesize complex information to pertinent details and adjust to target internal and external audiences
- Ability to collaborate and work across functional lines to achieve project objectives
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Basic data analytic skills using internal tools or Excel for building market definition and specifications and drawing insights
- Located in the US
Preferred Skills and Competencies:
- Knowledge and understanding of healthcare claims data
- Knowledge of and experience with healthcare code sets (e.g., ICD-10, HCPCS)
- Clinical experience with ability to translate clinical knowledge into healthcare claims data
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What ICON can offer you: Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
- Various annual leave entitlements
- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
- Life assurance
- Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless - there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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Job Tags
Remote job, Permanent employment, Contract work, Work at office, Flexible hours