Current Opportunities at IQVIA

Roles And Responsibilities
A lead is expected to contribute to the firm's growth and development in a variety of ways, including:

• Project Delivery: Understand client requirements, project scope and deliverables; Lead project delivery and client meetings under overall guidance of EM/ Senior management; follow Assess-Design-Develop-Deliver-Monitor process in various work modules of the project; project team management and coordination with internal and external stakeholders etc. Also, would manage vendor, Design & Delivery and Data Processing, maintain field schedules, monitoring and communicating deadlines to team; checking programmed questionnaires; monitoring and maintaining progress of fieldwork; specifying deliverable requirements; final review of member deliverables. Contribute to team process improvements
• Operational excellence: Ensuring project profitability, timely delivery of projects, invoicing and collection, quality & risk management, positive feedbacks from the client, etc.
• Business Development: Identification and development of work opportunities, client requirement analysis, development of EoI/proposals, client presentations, etc.
• Practice Development: Support and lead learning and development initiatives for the team/project/organization.
• Thought Leadership: Manage research, analysis and delivery of thought leadership reports (global and domestic) with guidance from senior team professionals

As lead, the primary role would be to manage & lead project work streams/modules and client interactions with support from Sr. consultants/ Consultants in team. Additionally, you would be coaching team on technical and management areas.
Eligibility criteria and requirements:

• Master’s in Public Health / Health Administration / Social Sciences / Business Administration/ Economics/ Public Policy / international development,
• Graduation: Any (MBBS/BHMS is desirable)
• Should have relevant experience of 10+ years working for a governmental, intergovernmental and/or non-governmental organization in health sector
• Should have a flair for business development through proposal / grant writing and proactive outreach to the potential funders. Should be comfortable in making an elevator pitch to external stakeholders. Should be able to own and chase revenue and sales target numbers.
• Prior consulting / advisory experience in public health sector in Africa is a desirable
• Excellent understanding of health sector, public health structure, multi-laterals and health programs in Africa. Experience in one or more areas such as Maternal and Child Health, TB, Malaria, Non-Communicable Diseases, Healthcare Research, etc.
• Prior experience of proposal development and managing projects for government clients and donor agencies
• Excellent project management skills with effective communication and team-management skills
• Government and development partner Stakeholder management, financial planning and management, team coordination and good writing skills.
• Project management and Problem-solving capabilities
• Report writing and PowerPoint development skills
• Willingness to travel and adaptability to change
• Stay informed about research and trends in our program areas and in research and evaluation to inform our strategy accordingly.
• Network with other institutions running similar programs to find areas of collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Experience with Africa CDC, Africa Union, UN agencies, The Global Fund, etc would be an asset

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Job Overview

• Under moderate supervision, executes the feasibility, site identification regulatory, start-up, and maintenance activities in accordance with regulations, SOPs, and project requirements at the regional, or country level.
• Prepares and manages site documentation; reviews and negotiates site documents and contracts with sites and sponsors; maintains, reviews, and reports on site performance metrics; serves as the primary point of contact for investigative sites; tracks completion of appropriate documents for sites; ensures contracts are fully executed; and establishes project timelines. With moderate oversight and supervision, perform tasks at a country/region level associated with site activation activities in accordance with applicable local and/or international, regulations, standard operating procedures (SOPs), project requirements and contractual/budgetary guidelines. May also include maintenance activities.

Essential Functions

• With moderate oversight and supervision, werve a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) to perform feasibility, site activation and some maintenance activities in assigned studies for investigative sites, according to applicable regulations, SOPs and work instructions, working closely with the Site Activation Manager (SAM), Project Management team, and other departments as necessary. Review documents for completeness, consistency and accuracy, under guidance of senior staff.
• Prepare site documents, reviewing for completeness and accuracy.
• Inform team members of completion of regulatory contractual. and other documents for individual sites.
• Distribute completed documents to sites and internal project team members.
• Update and maintain internal systems, databases, tracking tools, timelines and project plans with accurate and complete project specific information.
• Review, track and follow up the progress, the approval and execution of required documents such as questionaires, CDAs, regulatory, ethics, Informed Consent Form (ICF) and Investigator Pack (IP) release documents. Requires advanced knowledge within a specific discipline typically gained through extensive work experience and/or education.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Life sciences or a related field
• 1 - 3 years’ clinical research or other relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.