Health Research Manager (ProLibra) (NY, PA or other)

Health Research Manager
Location: CA, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Phil, or NYC

This role requires people who not only have strong research skills but who also have a client-focused mentality and an outgoing and confident personal style. The successful candidate will be expected to rapidly build deep relationships with their peers and senior executives in the practice, at times responding to requests or alternatively anticipating research needs and at times proposing (and selling) research ideas.
Key Responsibilities include:
-       Performing custom Research & Analysis, and develop original insights on the US Healthcare Market
-       Grow capabilities, knowledge and skills in the US Healthcare domain
-       Develop, enhance and maintain our relationships with key stakeholders in the US Health Practice
-       Plan, structure and deliver ad hoc secondary research
-       Contribute to building new assets based on key sources and new and existing research programs
-       Contribute to the Health & Public Service Research team
Your skills
We are looking for someone who has a comprehensive skill set:
“Hard” skills:
·      Wide ranging & deep knowledge & experience of the US Healthcare system
·      Strong analytical skills in secondary research
·      Ideally, quantitative/financial analysis experience &/or knowledge of Healthcare IT
·      Strong knowledge of key sources for research on Healthcare
·      Solid experience in presentation of research deliverables to high level executives
“Soft” skills:
·      Strong ability to meet customer requirements and to assemble project plans given the team’s delivery capabilities and availability
·      Very organized, thorough, with a focus on quality of deliverables and respect of deadlines
·      Strong professional qualities: client focus, decisiveness, integrity, and resilience to stress against stretch goals, deadlines.
·      Strong track record in managing projects in global, multi-cultural, multi-time zone team (South Africa, Europe, India, China)
·      Strong communications skills and good interpersonal skills in one-to-one and team settings
·      Commercial mind set, and experience of acting in a commercial operating environment
Additional Information
Reports to:  Healthcare Research Lead
Supervises: Initially no direct reports, but will have to project other junior team members
Qualifications: Post-graduate or degree/qualification ideally in Medicine/Public Policy/Healthcare related subjects, although other subjects also will be considered alongside solid experience base.

Work Experience:
* 7+ years business research experience,
* Selling of research with senior executive customers, who are the high end users of the research output.
Location: US, flexible   (open to several areas-CA, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, NYC)

For consideration, please email cover letter, resume and references to:                  
Angela Dzikowski, Pro Libra Associates adzikowski@prolibra.com <mailto:adzikowski@prolibra.com>    800-262-0070