Global Scientific Lead - Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) Strategy Consulting
This opportunity is available in multiple locations across Europe (within the European Union, Switzerland and the UK). The role can be hybrid or fully home‑based.

IQVIA™ is The Human Data Science Company™, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, technology, analytics, and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.

The Patient Centered Solutions team (PCS)
The PCS team leads the industry in the science of measuring the patient experience. We pair strategic consulting expertise with technical scientific knowledge to design and execute scientifically rigorous research that incorporates the patient voice into the development and commercialization of new medicines. This research includes qualitative (e.g., patient interviews, focus groups), quantitative (e.g., clinical outcome assessments (COAs)/patient-reported outcomes (PROs), preference research) and passive (e.g., digital health technology tools) approaches to understand patient, caregiver and physician experiences and expectations of disease and treatment.

Why join?

• Become part of a recognized global leader in patient-focused research
• Keep growing with an organization that encourages and invests in continuous professional and personal development
• Apply your business and leadership skills in an entrepreneurial and multi-disciplinary team
• Continue challenging yourself by addressing the toughest client issues, working across multiple geographies and solutions in a dynamic and crucial field for the industry
• Make a difference to patients by enabling the successful approval or launch of new treatments with features that are truly patient-centric

Responsibilities
The Global Scientific Lead for Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) Endpoint Strategy serves as the senior scientific authority in the COA Consulting team within Patient Centered Solutions. This role brings deep expertise in COA measurement science and Patient Experience Data (PED) more broadly, to differentiate client solutions through expert-driven, highly insightful endpoint and PED strategies. The role acts as a trusted advisor to pharmaceutical and biotechnology sponsors and represents IQVIA as an external scientific thought leader while ensuring internal scientific quality and best practices. The role provides organisational leadership for COA science through a combination of direct people management and influence by setting the standards and strategy for the scientific work of the consulting team. Key responsibilities include:

• People and organizational leadership
• Client Strategy Leadership & Scientific Differentiation
• Regulatory-Grade Endpoint Strategy & FDA Engagement
• COA Instrument Development Leadership
• Internal SME Oversight & Quality Assurance
• Business Development & Practice Growth
• External Scientific Leadership & Visibility

Essential experience, skills and education required

• Deep expertise across COA types (PRO, ObsRO, ClinRO, PerfO) and their application in clinical research.
• Extensive experience developing COA endpoint strategies across multiple therapeutic areas.
• Hands-on experience developing new COA instruments, including item writing and qualitative validation.
• Strong experience supporting FDA-facing endpoint strategy and regulatory interactions.
• Broad experience across PED methodologies and application of PED by regulators, payers and other stakeholders desirable
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and oversee multidisciplinary scientific teams.
• Excellent scientific writing, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Advanced degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, DrPH, MSc) in a relevant scientific discipline strongly preferred.
• Strong publication record and recognized credibility in outcomes research or COA measurement science.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills including presentations, chairing meetings, external conference presentations, workshop facilitation, business and report writing.
• An entrepreneurial nature and interest in developing new client offerings and solutions and in building the capability to deliver the same.

Please submit your CV in English.

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