Engagement Manager

Join our global team dedicated to innovation and initiative, where physical walls and different time zones don’t limit, but encourage, collaboration. Where all contributions and new ideas are explored with an open mind and work is driven by our shared values: be courageous, be accountable, be honest, be inclusive and elevate others.

Job Description Summary

**Job Description**:
ABOUT THE CONSULTING PRACTICE AND MARKET ACCESS

Alira Health Consulting Practice is an integrated team of approximately two hundred consultants specialized in the healthcare industry who can lead, manage, and execute a broad range of assignments, from Local and Global Market Access and Pricing to Strategy and Commercial Excellence, for Pharma, Diagnostics, MedTech, and Digital Health Solutions (DHS) clients.

Examples of assignments conducted by the Consulting Team at Alira Health are the following:

- Corporate strategy
- Market opportunity assessment
- Commercial/vendor due diligence
- Global Market Access, pricing, and reimbursement strategy
- Evidence generation strategy and plan
- Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) strategy
- Country launch planning & sequencing
- Patient Mobilization & Support Programs

The Market Access team in France supports numerous clients in most key therapeutic areas, with both established and in-development technologies, as well as public payers, and healthcare providers.

THE MA FRANCE ENGAGEMENT MANAGER ROLE

The Engagement Manager will primarily lead the execution teams across multiple projects of local French Market Access Division: pre-launch local market access activities (development of local MA strategy, strategic assessment of early access opportunities, etc), health economics modelling, organizational impact analysis, Dossier development for authorities (HAS, CNEDiMTS, CEPS), patient pathways development, etc. Topics could concern drugs, medical devices or technology or even funding of innovative pathways.

The Engagement Manager will lead client engagements, including Business Development Activities in alignment with Partners, Principal and Managing Partners.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Project execution (~65% of time)
- Independent lead execution teams and deliver projects with mínimal guidance / supervision.
- Guide teams in prioritizing critical client issues to translate them into actionable client focus solutions and strategies.
- Support and lead team in all client interactions.
- Ensures the high quality, time and accuracy of complex deliverables.
- Understands and anticipates potential issues and/or challenges deriving from the initial ‘problem’ and able to communicate this effectively to the project team and senior roles.
- Nurture and encourage teams to consider out-of-the-box solutions to address client issues.
- Develops an in-depth understanding of the life sciences and healthcare industry and a broad knowledge of related consulting methodologies through the delivery of consulting engagement and participation in formal and informal training programs.
- Provide oversight and direction to staff aligned with the organization's policies / procedures, vision, mission statement, and values.

Business Development/ Corporate Initiatives (~30% of time)
- Supports Partners in developing successful proposals and actively supports throughout the business development effort, from lead generation (passive role) to closing (active role).
- Nurtures existing client relationships, including thought leaderships initiatives.
- Build Alira Health presence and reputation as trusted advisor in life sciences consulting.
- Support firm development activities by contributing to recruiting, knowledge management, technology systems, and related functions.

Thought Leadership (~10% of time)
- Attend specialized conferences and business forums to engage and build relationships with clients.
- Actively collaborate to the development and fine-tuning of the relevant Service Line offering, integrated into communication activities and/or marketing plans to customers.
- Proactively mentor, coach, and share expertise with others to grow the collective Alira Health knowledge and ability to deliver differential solutions to clients.

DESIRED QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
- PharmD, Ph.D or Master’s degree in either Business Economics, Finance, Engineering, or Life Sciences related programs. Postgraduate degree such as Masters, or Ph.D. in the area of Market Access and/or Health Outcomes/Health Economics is preferred.
- 6+ years of successful experience within the pharmaceutical industry, health technology assessment (HTA) agencies, or healthcare consultancy companies in market access, pricing, and health economics-related projects.
- In-depth understanding of the payer/health technology assessment (HTA) environment and evolution across France.
- Native or excellent level in French (oral and writing), and advanced level in English.
- Experience in efficiently managing small teams.
- Ability to unders