As Primary Market Research Consultant you will be part of IQVIA’s global 82000 employees strong technology team based in Bangalore/ Gurugram/ Pune which helps life sciences companies to accelerate innovation to make greater impact on human health. Our transformative technologies harness intelligence, integrate industry leading data and analytics.

About the team

The role is within the Research & Intelligence Team (R&I), whose aim is to deliver market research solutions, comprising mainly of PMR (Primary Market Research) along with inputs from SDR (Secondary Desk Research) to generate relevant insights for clients. Our team:

•    Effectively combines different sources of data and using leading edge PMR techniques and capabilities to generate research, which is actionable, going beyond insight generation to show how to understand and influence prescriber and patient behavior

Role Summary

•    Experience in market research: 2-8 years

•    Manage multiple PMR projects under tight timelines interfacing with global clientele and prioritize requests based on the criticality and business need as agreed with the stakeholders

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple PMR (qual and quant) projects under tight timelines interfacing with global clientele and prioritize requests based on the criticality and business need as agreed with the stakeholders
• Write questionnaires and discussion guides for diverse stakeholders like physicians, patients, caregivers, payers etc.
• Creating custom market research solutions for clients by thinking through their business issue, and adding the right context to the request (therapy area, methodology etc.)
• Deliver in depth, comprehensive, regular PMR reports and support ad hoc queries in the areas of indication-based pipeline landscapes, competitor company/ asset profile, competitor launch timelines and key event timelines, newsletters etc.
• Analyze secondary data sources and reports to provide information on overall market landscapes, market sizing and a range of ad hoc business questions. These analyses may include reporting of the competitive and scientific landscape both in terms of the current position and the predicted future state
• Responsible for continuous process improvement in developing content for various PMR deliverables across indications/therapy areas
• Demonstrate excellence as an individual contributor with minimal support from peers/team lead, together with the ability to mentor a team of analysts/ACs, driving high productivity/ efficiency, and creating appropriate performance reviews and capability development plan
• Quality control and overview and to ensure deliverables are client ready
• Project types: Market assessment and sizing, pipeline assessments, patient/consumer journey, brand tracking, go-to-market strategy

What we’re looking for:

• Relevant experience of 2-8 years with master’s degree (M.Pharm/MSc in Pharmacy, Biotechnology, life sciences)
• Exceptional communication skills both at the written and oral level
• Excellent knowledge of English and of the main Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• High skills of interpretation and analysis (quantitative, qualitative and integration of different sources of data assets) - This would include thinking through the client business issue, adding the right context to the request (therapy area, business issue etc.) and developing a tailored, innovative solution to address the clients’ business objectives
• The preferred candidate will be creative, client/objective focused, open minded, autonomous and at the same time have great team spirit
• Should be aware of free to use online resources like – WHO, USFDA, CDC, CMS, PubMed, UNSD, Eurostats, NORD, FDA warning letters, etc.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com