Senior Consultant - Health Economist/Statistician

LGBT Great; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent consultancy in health economics is seeking a Senior Consultant to lead diverse projects. This role involves health economic analysis and team management, requiring strong skills in Health Economics and Statistics. The position offers hybrid working options, a collaborative environment, and opportunities for professional development. Ideal candidates will have advanced degrees and relevant experience in consultancy, as well as excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Professional study support

Access to internal wellbeing networks

Life assurance

Enhanced parental leave

26 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Competitive pension scheme

Qualifications

• Considerable experience in Health Economics or Statistics within consultancy.
• Experience in HTA submissions is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills to explain complex issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day project management and coordination.
• Design accessible solutions to complex healthcare problems.
• Manage and develop team members.

Skills

Health Economics expertise

Statistical analysis

Project management

Communication skills

R or Python programming

Business development

Education

2:1 degree in a numerate or science subject

Health-related Masters degree or PhD

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Senior Consultant - Health Economist/Statistician

Location - London or Winchester with hybrid working as per departmental requirements (currently a minimum of 40% (2 days per week) with Tuesday as the team day).

Role and team

LCP’s Health Analytics team works across the healthcare and life sciences markets, combining health expertise with innovative approaches from our work in other sectors to tackle leading health issues. Our team includes health economists, statisticians, market access specialists, epidemiologists, clinicians, and health data scientists alongside our actuarial, analytics and technology teams. The team’s mission is to help move health systems from importers of illness to exporters of health and to support our clients to deliver value to patients and reduce inequalities. Joining our Health Analytics team will provide opportunities to work on a range of projects based on your interests and skillset.

What we do

Examples of the types of projects we undertake for our clients include:

• Estimating the cost effectiveness or budget impact of interventions from patients and health systems perspectives, using traditional HTA methods and broader approaches. Activities include:
• Model conceptualisation and input into evidence generation strategies
• Model programming including supporting input sourcing and statistical analysis
• Model validation and expert elicitation
• Reporting/publications
• Risk prediction and modelling
• Forecasting disease burden, healthcare demand (e.g., analysis of waiting list data) and cost
• Analysis of clinical trial data for health economic modelling
• Evidence synthesis projects including indirect treatment comparisons
• Advanced study designs including external comparator arms and quantitative bias analysis
• Identifying and quantifying unmet need and inequalities
• Market access landscape and strategy
• Data landscaping and evidence generation strategy
• Real world evidence studies using electronic health records, registries, biobanks and databases
• Design and simulation of reimbursement models including outcome-based agreements

Your responsibilities

As Senior Consultant in LCP’s Health Analytics team you will be involved in a diverse range of projects, covering both client and non-client work. Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Lead projects day-to-day including coordination and project management of internal delivery teams alongside client-facing coordination of projects
• Design solutions to the complex problems our clients in the healthcare and life sciences industry face and present these solutions in an accessible manner
• Demonstrate a high level of expertise in health economic approaches and methods
• Embrace people responsibilities including line management and development of less experienced team members, depending on candidate’s experience and interests

At LCP we offer many opportunities to progress quickly and reward our staff for ability, commitment and performance.

Skills, experience and qualities we are looking for

• Considerable, demonstrable, relevant experience in a Health Economics or Statistics role within a consultancy
• A 2:1 degree or better in a numerate or science subject, and a health-related Masters degree or PhD (Health Economics, Statistics, Public Health, Epidemiology, Data Science)
• Excellent grounding in Health Economics and/or Statistics with demonstrated experience in conceptualising and delivering a range of health economic or statistical analyses
• Experience working on HTA submissions is desirable, as is experience undertaking statistical analyses (e.g., survival analysis, utility analysis) to support economic evaluation
• Experience in methods for external comparator arms (e.g. MAIC and similar methods) is desirable
• Comfortable working as part of a growing, dynamic team, leading on day-to-day project activities and managing the workload of less experienced colleagues
• Comfortable engaging in a variety of project types, including across market access and evidence generation
• Experience in business development activities, including proposal writing and pitch presentations, is desirable
• Thrive in a team seeking to advance methods and leverage evolving technology, e.g., AI
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to explain complex issues to a wide ranging audience
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, highly competent in Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Programming experience in R or Python is desirable

What’s in it for you?

Take a look at our Career stories pages to see why our people love being here. We are a multi-award winning, collaborative organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to help you reach your potential. Our core benefits package includes:

• Hybrid working (see top of the advert for details)
• Professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks

For your family:

• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays with flexible options, and holiday buy/sell
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts
• Season ticket loans

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

For the environment:

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)

And much more!

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may include extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility.