Director RWD Strategy

• Proposal Development: hands-on development of high-quality, client-ready RWD Strategy-related materials for client opportunities via PPT and Word documents
• Attend and represent RWD Strategy for Europe opportunities with clients
• Identify opportunities where RWD will be a value-add and positioning RWD Strategies to deliver winning solutions
• Scientific and Real-World Data Asset Access: responsible for the execution of a global RWD acquisition strategy within the region
• Solution for gaps in Parexel's scientific and real-world data coverage
• Identify, assess, and recommend options to expand access to RWD and scientific data to fill gaps in Parexel's coverage within the region
• Perform return-on-investment assessments that inform decision-making on whether to strategically partner with select data providers
• Operate governance frameworks for regional RWD partners and suppliers
• Responsible for specifications being up-to-date in the data catalog (e.g., new functionality), as well as training and use across business partners
• Ensure that data access and use is fully operational
• Evolve regional data acquisition with business partner strategy and needs
• Monitor KPIs used to ensure impactful use of data
• Remediate to deliver return-on-investment as required
• Vendor/Provider management: monitor partner capabilities and services, making recommendations on ways in which the partnership can be strengthened
• Work with Procurement/LRM to establish/manage qualification, due diligence and contracting
• Follow up on how projects are going and what can be improved in terms of the PXL-partner relationship
• Infrastructure & Platform Design: partners with technology teams to ensure region-specific requirements for system architecture are met
• Contribute to descriptive content that can be used in capability presentations, proposals, protocols/SAPs, study reports, etc.
• Identifies and surfaces regional observations and trends that can inform further growth
• Relationship Management: develop and maintain working relationships with SDO core solutions teams and functional teams, Parexel business partners, clients and vendors, providers
• at minimum, Legal and Risk Management, Procurement, Data Privacy, Project team personnel
• Maintaining relationships with regulatory bodies, organizations, and staying up to date on the current RWD landscape in Europe

• 10+ years of industry experience (CRO/Pharma/Data Vendor) with the ability to demonstrate the following: Master's degree in biomedical informatics, public health, data science, life sciences or related field
• In depth understanding of the clinical research process and business, medicines and medical device development, healthcare market and related sectors
• Experience with major patient data models (e.g. CDISC, OMOP, LOINC, FHIR, MEDra, SnoMED etc.)
• Broad cross-functional experience in the healthcare, scientific and real-world data environment
• Demonstrated ability to apply scientific or real-world data solutions to address clinical or commercial questions and needs
• Experience with RWD bid proposal preparation
• Experience in budgets and cost evaluation of RWD based solutions
• Understanding of project management principles
• Effective translation of strategy into executable plans
• Leadership skills in an evolving environment – change management
• Experienced in establishing meaningful external partnerships & collaborations with health systems, vendor companies, and individual contributors within the region
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
• Technical skills preparing and processing RWD for application and analysis
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent customer focus (internal and external)

Advanced degree (or equivalent experience) in biomedical informatics, public health, data science, life sciences or related field