Senior Director, Real-World Evidence

Senior Director, Real-World Evidence

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced RWE leader to take ownership of commercial growth, develop senior client relationships and help build an integrated European Real-World Evidence capability across the Athagoras group.

Athagoras brings together specialist companies across RWE, regulatory, market access and technology/AI. Our ambition is to combine deep specialist and local expertise into an increasingly integrated European offering for life science clients.

The role has a strong commercial focus and is suited to a senior RWE leader with a proven ability to generate substantial sales, architect complex EU-level RWE solutions and provide senior leadership through their delivery. You will work across the Athagoras group to bring together the right expertise, data capabilities and services to address complex client needs and turn opportunities into successful RWE engagements.

This is a role for someone who enjoys building. We are growing and evolving our organisation, which means that not every structure, team or responsibility is already defined. You will need to be comfortable operating independently, navigating ambiguity and taking ownership beyond narrowly defined boundaries. In return, you will have significant opportunity to shape our European RWE business, influence how we work across the group and grow your own role as the organisation develops.

The immediate focus is on driving commercial growth and supporting EU-level RWE delivery. The role will also contribute to the continued development of our UK RWE presence and, as the business grows, there will be opportunities to shape future capabilities, teams and areas of responsibility.

Key responsibilities

Sales and business development

• Generate substantial new business and commercial growth by developing, progressing and closing high-value RWE opportunities.
• Leverage and expand senior relationships across pharmaceutical and life science clients.
• Proactively identify client needs and translate them into commercially compelling RWE opportunities.
• Lead senior client discussions, sales pitches and proposals from initial opportunity through to contract award.
• Act as a senior commercial sponsor for strategically important opportunities and client relationships.
• Represent and connect the wider capabilities of the Athagoras group in client discussions.
• Contribute to thought leadership, market positioning and the continued development of our European RWE offering.
• Support and coach colleagues in sales, client engagement and commercial development.

RWE solution architecture and delivery

• Architect complex EU-level RWE solutions, bringing together the appropriate data, methodologies, geographies and capabilities to address client needs.
• Provide senior leadership and oversight for the successful delivery of complex European and multi-country RWE engagements.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients and internal teams, with a strong understanding of client objectives, scope, quality, timelines and expected outcomes.
• Work across RWE, regulatory, market access and technology/AI capabilities to develop integrated evidence solutions.
• Help build a coordinated European RWE offering that brings together relevant expertise and services from across the Athagoras group.
• Maintain senior involvement from commercial development through delivery, helping ensure that what is sold translates into high-quality, valuable outcomes for the client.
• Support continuous improvement in how we design, sell and deliver RWE solutions.

Leadership and capability development

• Work closely with senior leaders across the Athagoras group to drive commercial and strategic priorities.
• Contribute to the continued development of our UK and broader European RWE capabilities.
• Lead, coach and support senior colleagues and teams, including line management responsibilities where relevant.
• Help build an entrepreneurial, collaborative and high-performing culture across organisational and geographic boundaries.
• Contribute actively to how the RWE business evolves, including future capabilities, teams and ways of working.

Key characteristics

We are looking for someone who combines senior RWE expertise, commercial drive and an entrepreneurial mindset:

• Strong track record of generating significant RWE business and building senior client relationships.
• Comfortable personally owning commercial opportunities from initial client discussion through solution development, proposal and award.
• RWE expertise and credibility to architect sophisticated solutions and lead senior discussions with clients and delivery teams.
• Understanding of how to bring together different datasets, methodologies, markets and specialist capabilities into coherent European RWE solutions.
• Highly independent, pragmatic and solutions-driven, with the ability to make progress without extensive infrastructure or predefined processes.
• Enjoys building businesses, capabilities and teams rather than simply operating within established structures.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, changing priorities and taking responsibility beyond narrowly defined boundaries.
• Be collaborative and able to work effectively across different companies, disciplines, geographies and cultures.
• Communicates confidently with senior internal and external stakeholders and represent the business credibly in the market.

Key skills and qualifications

• Significant relevant experience within RWE, HEOR, epidemiology, evidence generation or a closely related area within consulting/CRO or the life sciences industry.
• Demonstrated success in sales and business development, including personally generating and closing substantial RWE engagements.
• Strong understanding of the European RWE landscape and the use of real-world evidence in regulatory, market access and broader evidence-generation contexts.
• Demonstrated ability to design or architect complex RWE solutions in response to client needs.
• Experience leading or providing senior oversight of complex European and/or multi-country RWE projects and programs.
• Experience working with senior pharmaceutical and life science stakeholders.
• Experience leading, developing or managing teams.
• MSc, PhD or equivalent relevant experience in epidemiology, health economics, statistics, data science or another relevant discipline.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Experience of multi-country European RWE programs, regulatory-grade evidence generation, integrated evidence planning and/or building new services, teams or business capabilities would be an advantage.

About Athagoras and Quantify

Quantify is part of the Athagoras group, which brings together specialist companies across real-world evidence, regulatory affairs, market access and technology to support life science companies across the evidence lifecycle.

Quantify has Nordic roots and deep expertise in real-world evidence, health economics, outcomes research and market access. As part of Athagoras, we are building on these capabilities to develop a broader, integrated European RWE offering.

We are on a growth journey, and that means the environment will continue to evolve. For the right person, this creates an unusual opportunity: rather than stepping into a fully established role, you will have meaningful influence over how the business, capabilities and your own role develop.

We offer a fast-paced, international and entrepreneurial environment with significant scope for leadership, personal growth and impact.

Location: Hybrid or remote within the UK or selected European locations.

Start date: By mutual agreement.

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