Senior Director, Real-World Evidence

Overview

In this role you will lead the European Real-World Evidence (RWE) practice with a strong commercial focus. You’ll own growth, nurture senior client relationships, and shape an integrated EU-wide RWE capability across the Athagoras group. You will work across RWE, regulatory, market access and technology to deliver sophisticated solutions and high-impact outcomes for life science clients. The opportunity offers significant scope to build capabilities, teams and cross-country delivery while operating with autonomy in a developing business.

Responsibilities

• Generate substantial new business and commercial growth by developing, advancing and closing high-value RWE opportunities
• Expand senior relationships with pharmaceutical and life science clients
• Identify client needs and translate them into commercially compelling RWE opportunities
• Lead senior client discussions, sales pitches and proposals from opportunity to contract award
• Act as senior commercial sponsor for strategically important opportunities and client relationships
• Represent and connect the wider Athagoras capabilities in client discussions
• Contribute to thought leadership, market positioning and European RWE offering development
• Support and coach colleagues in sales, client engagement and commercial development
• Architect complex EU-level RWE solutions, coordinating data, methodologies, geographies and capabilities
• Provide senior leadership for delivery of complex European/multi-country RWE engagements
• Act as trusted advisor to clients and internal teams on objectives, scope, timelines and outcomes
• Work across RWE, regulatory, market access and technology/AI to develop integrated evidence solutions
• Build a coordinated European RWE offering by leveraging group capabilities
• Maintain senior involvement from commercial development through delivery to ensure high-quality outcomes
• Drive continuous improvement in design, sale and delivery of RWE solutions
• Lead and coach senior colleagues and teams, including line management where relevant
• Foster an entrepreneurial, collaborative, high-performing culture across boundaries
• Shape future capabilities, teams and ways of working within the RWE business
• Lead, coach and support senior colleagues and teams, including line management where relevant
• Contribute to development of UK and European RWE capabilities
• Contribute to development of capabilities, teams and ways of working across the group

Key requirements

• Significant experience in RWE, HEOR, epidemiology, evidence generation or closely related areas within consulting/CRO or life sciences
• Proven sales and business development success including closing substantial RWE engagements
• Strong understanding of the European RWE landscape and regulatory/market access use of RWE
• Ability to design or architect complex RWE solutions in response to client needs
• Experience leading or overseeing complex European/multi-country RWE projects
• Experience working with senior pharmaceutical and life science stakeholders
• Experience leading, developing or managing teams
• MSc, PhD or equivalent in epidemiology, health economics, statistics, data science or related field
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Experience in multi-country European RWE programs, regulatory-grade evidence, integrated planning or building new services/teams is advantageous

• Entrepreneurial mindset
• Strong stakeholder management
• Collaborative across disciplines and geographies
• RWE design and solution architecture
• Data integration across datasets and geographies
• Regulatory, market access and evidence-generation knowledge

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