Senior Associate, Evidence & Strategy

About the Company

Avalere is a strategic advisory company whose core purpose is to create innovative solutions to complex healthcare problems. Based in Washington, DC, the firm delivers actionable insights, product solutions, and custom analytics for leaders in healthcare business and policy. Avalere's experts span 230 staff drawn from Fortune 500 healthcare companies, the federal government (e.g., CMS, OMB, CBO and the Congress), top consultancies and nonprofits. The firm offers deep substance on the full range of healthcare business issues affecting the Fortune 500 healthcare companies. Avalere’s focus on strategy is supported by a rigorous, in-house analytic research group that uses public and private data to generate quantitative insight. Through events, publications and interactive programs, Avalere insights are accessible to a broad range of customers.

Avalere is part of a parent company Avalere Health, a purposefully built commercialization partner for the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries. Its 1,500+ experts combine their knowledge and expertise across our core disciplines—Consulting; Medical; Policy, Access, Value, and Evidence; Marketing; and Digital Experience and Technology—to create the connections that make better health happen. Visit www.avalerehealth.com and follow Avalere Health on LinkedIn and Instagram.

About the role: 

Avalere Health is seeking a Senior Associate with experience in project management within healthcare research, operations, or consulting to join our Evidence & Strategy practice. The ideal candidate has demonstrated strong analytic and communication skills in client-facing roles, with prior experience conducting qualitative research (e.g. literature reviews, qualitative coding) and synthesizing primary and secondary research. Knowledge of US healthcare policy, epidemiology / population health, and advanced analytics would support the ideal candidate’s success in this role.

• Serve as a key team member (contributor or project manager) across multiple projects 
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research on a diverse array of healthcare issues (e.g., key informant interviews, white and grey literature searches) 
• Work independently and in cross-functional teams to contribute to the development and delivery of projects to clients and to solve complex client problems and engage clients with novel solutions and ideas 
• Draft written summaries, white papers, and PowerPoint presentations to provide strategic recommendations to clients 
• Use content expertise, solid proofreading, and layout skills to build client deliverables 
• Act with oversight to apply knowledge of research tools and analytical approaches to develop content 
• Assist in stewarding of project-based accounts 
• Draft scopes of work and using subject matter expertise to collaborate and bridge work across practices 

• 1-3 years' work experience with prior consulting experience or relevant work experience, which could include employment by a healthcare provider organization, pharmaceutical, or health insurance company, digital health company, healthcare consultancy, public opinion research organization or healthcare-focused research organization
• Ability to analyze research, regulations, health policy, and clinical and other scientific literature; synthesize findings into actionable insights relevant to the client, and convey results to clients and staff in written and verbal formats
• Strong ability to manage projects and teams to consistently deliver high-quality work
• Commitment to working in a team environment with an emphasis on collaboration and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues and clients
• Solid communication skills (written and verbal) including the ability to concisely explain complicated concepts to executives within and outside the firm
• Preferred: Experience in formative research or implementation science, including formulating research questions, designing data collection instruments, and executing studies
• Experience in another type of organization thinking critically about or working on behalf of the healthcare industry is an appropriate substitute for direct experience
• Experience should be focused on healthcare quality, value, patient journey, managed care, or clinical evidence development, ideally involving evaluation of pharmaceuticals or from a pharmaceutical manufacturer's perspective
• An undergraduate or graduate degree in public policy, public health, sciences, business, economics or related fields 

About Avalere Health

Established in 2001, Avalere Health is a purposefully built commercialization partner for the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries.

Our 1,500+ experts combine their knowledge and expertise across our core disciplines — Consulting; Medical; Policy; Value, Evidence, and Access; Marketing; and Digital Experience Technology — to create the connections that make better health happen.

Avalere Health partners with its clients to navigate the complex and rapidly changing healthcare ecosystem. Together, our experts help clients connect patients with life-changing therapies, realizing the potential of strategies and solutions to accelerate innovation that improves lives.

We live and breathe our five values in everything we do: We are authentic. We act with integrity. We value difference. We play for the team. We enjoy the journey. At Avalere Health, we imagine a healthier world and create the connections to make it happen. 

We take pride in being part of the Disability Confident Scheme. This helps make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neurodiverse. If you'd like to apply and need adjustments made, you can let us know in your application.

What we can offer

Avalere Health aims to empower every employee to develop and thrive. We empower our team with the tools, skills, and support needed to think differently and to solve healthcare’s most complex challenges.

At the center of our people-led culture is our Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career. We also pride ourselves on our personalized learning approach to ensure you receive the training you need to help you grow within the company and take advantage of our global scale and scope.

We are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion in every aspect of our organization. We encourage diversity of thought, inclusive behavior, and break down barriers to ensure every individual feels valued and encouraged to contribute their unique abilities and potential. As part of our commitment to building a healthier world, every employee is also encouraged to participate in our community engagement efforts, which support a wide range of healthcare programs and wellbeing causes worldwide.

We have city hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization while maintaining and fully supporting flexible working practices. Our compensation and benefits package is benchmarked across the industry. We offer a generous company pension/retirement plan, private medical insurance, comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives, compelling time-off policy, plus many other excellent employee benefits. 

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