Associate Consultant

**Join us on our exciting journey** IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. We believe in pushing the boundaries of human and data science to make the biggest impact possible, to drive healthcare forward and to help our customers create a healthier world. As an **Associate Consultant **you will be joining the **Commercial Managed Services (CMS) - US Nearshore team (USNS)**, part of the IQVIA Technology and Commercial Solutions (T&CS) within Analytics Solutions pilar. The USNS team works closely with leading pharmaceutical companies, taking over tasks and end-to-end processes in analytics and technology solutions. You will actively participate in the development and delivery of sales analytics and consulting projects for a wide range of pharmaceutical companies. We expect you to be proactive, curious, engaged, and innovative, capable of providing the best insights and solutions for customers. At IQVIA, you will have the opportunity to build your career, while closely supporting the main global pharmaceutic players driving human health outcomes forward. We dedicate our experience, resources and reputation so that you can drive your career and choose the path that best defines your development and success **Responsibilities** - Conducts primary and secondary research and performs quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify key client issues, translating the data into meaningful insights and communicating recommendations to key decision makers - Validates data deliverables (qualitatively and quantitatively) and ensures that deliverables meet customer specifications including timeliness and quality - Leverages business experience and acumens in identifying strategic alternatives to client questions - Assists with the review and analysis of client requirements or problems and assist in the development of proposals and client solutions. - Gathers requirements, develops custom reports, fulfills report requests, and responds to client questions under mínimal supervision - Assists in data preparation, delivers components of the project and assists in ensuring quality of the final deliverables - Works independently and as part of a team, with responsibility for supervising junior team members - Assists in the design/structure and completion of presentations that are appropriate to the characteristics or needs of the audience - Attends, supports and presents at client meetings - Helps improving how clients build marketing capabilities by identifying and focusing on key opportunities that can drive increased growth - Works willingly and effectively with others in and across organization to accomplish team goal - Prepared to learn and be expert at all IQVIA data sources, specifically US dedicated data assets, including SMART, P360, MIDAS, AnalyticsLink, and associated products - Be able to quickly learn and work with sales and promotional data, market and epidemiology assessment, pipeline analysis and market research - MSc degree in Life Sciences with a minimum of 1/2 years of relevant healthcare, namely understanding processes and key issues within the pharmaceutical marketplace - Proven related experience (business analysis, customer service) - Demonstrated problem solving, analytical and customer service skills - Fluency in English (written and verbal) - Strong experience with MS Office products (Word, PowerPoint and Excel, Excel VBA would be beneficial) - An avid interest in healthcare analytics and data, with a strong willingness to understand the US healthcare market - Experience with business intelligence tools preferred e.g. PowerBI, Qlik or similar - Effective communication skills, presentation development skills, project management, and time management skills. Project management experience would be beneficial - Strong analytical capabilities working on high pressured rapid turnarounds - Strong capability in managing priorities so that deadlines are met while retaining consistent and high-quality outcomes - Ability to think creatively and strategically **Other Considerations**: **Location**: Lisbon, Portugal Nearshore dedicated. Hybrid model (office and home-based per week) **Working hours**:1 pm to 9 pm**, as time shift to be consistent with US CET time zone **Travel**: Ability to travel to US if needed for short periods