Therapeutic Strategy Lead - Internal Medicine/Immunology (Home-Based)

Join Our Team as a Therapeutic Strategy Lead!

Are you passionate about creating innovative delivery strategies that meet customer needs? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where you can make a real impact? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Purpose

As a Therapeutic Strategy Lead, you’ll develop and implement effective delivery strategies tailored to customer needs during the RFP/Bid Defense cycle. You’ll bridge the gap between sales, medical, and operational teams to ensure seamless project execution and support sales teams throughout the Business Development process.

Responsibilities

• Actively collaborate with Sales, Medical, Operations, and other functions and provide guidance to ensure tailor‑made strategies to projects that differentiate IQVIA from the competition, resulting in compelling, feasible proposals and continuously driving business growth.
• Scan the therapeutic and operational landscape and take account of wider impacts to develop long‑term implementation strategies that maximize opportunities to add value.
• Maintain an understanding of current and future market trends that may impact the current and/or future innovative operational delivery strategies.
• Act as champion for project centricity within the organization by enabling the project delivery team assigned to an awarded project to understand and implement the project strategy that was sold.
• Drive the team to leverage and consolidate all available data to build the project strategy, balancing use of external research and data with IQVIA’s internal data sources.
• Guide and mentor the assigned Project Leader so that they can confidently present the project strategy to the client and internal stakeholders.
• Actively support Sales in the preparation and conduct of customer and bid defense meetings, including training and preparation of the assigned project team.
• Attend, present, and lead or participate in bid defense or customer meetings as required.
• Identify any quality issues within the study and provide coaching on resolution of issues, including implementation of corrective and preventative action plans and escalation.
• Ensure project/program budgets meet financial and company goals, including Gross New Business.

Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Deep and current knowledge of the scientific, clinical operations, real‑world, regulatory, operational, commercial, and competitive landscape in the applicable therapeutic area.
• Strong global knowledge and awareness of the biopharma industry, drug development lifecycle, and operational clinical trial delivery.
• In‑depth knowledge of applicable clinical research regulatory requirements, e.g., Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines.
• Strong business acumen, including confidence with financial considerations, excellent negotiation and influencing skills, and comfort working in both sales and operational environments.
• Strong customer management skills and demonstrated ability to understand customer needs, have difficult conversations with internal/external stakeholders and customers, negotiate solutions, and understand impacts on the overall program/portfolio.
• Strong leadership skills, ability to lead a virtual team in a matrix organization.
• Ability to work strategically to realize organizational and project goals, identifying and developing positive and compelling visions for successful delivery of projects and taking account of a wide range of issues across, and related to, the projects and the organization.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Excellent written, verbal communication and interpersonal skills, including good command of English language (both written and spoken).
• Strong software and computer skills, including MS Office applications.
• Prior experience in the Clinical Research Organization (CRO) industry.

Minimum Required Education And Experience

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences and relevant global clinical research experience (director level), including hands‑on operational delivery and/or drug development experience in the applicable therapeutic area (Internal Medicine/Immunology).

The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is €83,100.00 - €141,500.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job‑related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part‑time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.