Associate - Life Sciences Consulting with Medical Evidence Practice - Madrid

IQVIA is The Human Data Science Company, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward. Individuals joining us are assured of a rewarding career in Life Sciences Consulting, replete with opportunities to address diverse and challenging client problems, travel on cross-geography projects, interact with senior client leaders and gain exposure to a truly multicultural and collaborative work environment.

**Medical Evidence Practice (MEP)**

Our Consultants within the Medical Evidence Practice, support the expansion of patients' access to innovative medicines by strategically planning, generating and disseminating high quality medical evidence.

**Why Join?**
- Become part of a recognized global leader in Real-World Evidence (RWE) still willing to challenge the status quo to improve patient care
- Start your career with an organization that encourages and invests into continuous professional and personal development
- Shape evidence generation strategies to accelerate patient access to innovation
- Work on conducting and disseminating RWE studies which provide new insights on medicines to the life sciences sector
- Shape your professional path by gaining exposure to diverse geographies, range of business offerings and vast therapeutic, information and technology capabilities

**Your Role**

As an Associate you will be working in a non-hierarchical, collaborative environment where you will be collaborating closely with senior and junior team members to support team’s business development and delivery efforts. You will usually be staffed on 1-3 projects in parallel ensuring a broad exposure to the wide range of IQVIA offerings. Your analytical, inter-personal, critical thinking, business management and leadership skills will be called upon from day one.

**Responsibilities**
- Performing qualitative & quantitative analyses to identify key client issues, translating the data into meaningful insights and communicating recommendations to key decision makers
- Supporting the preparation, execution and follow up of client meetings and workshops
- Participating in the development of project approach and methodologies
- Conducting independent desk research to specific briefs using internal and external sources
- Working in a team of like-minded professionals to create reports, presentations, and other client deliverables under the guidance of “the best on the business” team leaders
- Assisting in the development of proposals for clients
- Supporting internal initiatives around IQVIA's broad RWE strategy and own M&A activities
- Developing your knowledge of consulting methodologies and the pharmaceutical market through on-the-job exposure and formal and informal training.
- Provide project support and gain experience across multiple parts of the Real World Consulting organisation including: secondary data offering; medical affairs, payer and access, and integrated evidence strategy

**Qualifications and experience**:

- Minimum BA/BSc with a strong academic track record in life sciences, technology, maths, engineering, economics, business or other related field
- 1-2 years previous experience in the health care industry and/or consulting is a plus
- Good commercial awareness/business judgement and a passion for the healthcare/
life sciences industry
- Proven analytical, interpretative, and problem-solving skills
- Strong ability to build long-lasting relations and credibility with external and internal contacts
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality work within tight deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with others in and across the organization to accomplish team goals
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills including presentations, meeting and workshop facilitation, business and report writing
- Full professional proficiency in oral and written English
- Strong IT literacy e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- A willingness and ability to travel

**Important information**:

- The role is available in hybrid format (working 1 day per week from our office in Madrid)
- Permanent right to work full time in Spain is mandatory (we're not able to sponsor visas)
- The role is available as of late March