Senior Health Economist

As a leading global contract research organization (CRO) with a passion for scientific rigor and decades of clinical development experience, Fortrea provides pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device customers a wide range of clinical development, patient access, and technology solutions across more than 20 therapeutic areas.
Conducting operations in more than 90 countries, Fortrea is transforming drug and device development for partners and patients across the globe.
Required Skills in Health Economics:

The Senior Health Economist will have the experience and ability to work in a multidisciplinary team environment managing standalone health economic projects as well as health economic components of broader market access engagements for a range of global clients.
Job Overview:

The Senior Health Economist is expert in a key MA-HEOR discipline and works with clients and across the group to manage engagements and deliver effectively for clients.
They establish strong client relationships and oversee multiple client projects, while also overseeing client work.
Responsibilities include developing repeat and new business, consulting with and advising clients regarding project objectives, methods, approach, status, strategy, timelines and budget.
Summary of Responsibilities:


Builds client rapport, trust and ongoing relationship, proactively identifying opportunities for new and repeat work.
Leads initial meetings with client to review work plan, timelines, data sources; leads meetings through project duration.
Leads team effort to define project scope, deliverables, budget and timelines; directs proposal writing to respond to client requirements using standard formats.
Oversees others responsible for executing on projects, ensuring data are collected according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and within agreed upon timelines and budgets; coordinates input from clients, other Fortrea groups and external advisors, and identifies scope changes and whether a change order is required.
Leads efforts to assess data analyses and findings; provides feedback on analysis, programming, interpretation, and data management activities to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency with goals and objectives of the project.
Leads evaluation of findings, inferences, and application of findings to prepare findings and recommendations that meet client requirements; determines key points, patterns, and trends found in data.
Collaborates with senior leadership on proposals, budgets, timelines and deliverables.
Responsible for the quality and timeliness of client deliverables.
Continuously evaluates financial status of engagement to monitor and assess scope creep and budget deviations.
Discusses scope creep with client and keeps senior team members informed.
Executes change orders as appropriate.
Participates in the evaluation of client engagements to review the work plan, budget, consultant contributions, client responses, and the potential for future work.
Continuously evaluates processes/areas for improvement, suggesting new process as appropriate.
Advisor to junior consulting staff, orienting them on firm policies and career development.
Supports senior management in implementing practice policies.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills (Minimum Required):


Graduate degree in health economics, health services research, outcomes research, statistics, public health, health policy or other relevant discipline.
Minimum 5 to 8 years of successful relevant research and/or consulting experience at Fortrea or in a similar environment.
Strong communication, organization, analytical and project management skills.
Works effectively in a team environment; positive attitude.
Creative problem-solving skills and a proactive, solution-oriented approach.
Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage workload and meet project deadlines.

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