The Managing Consultant designs and leads projects without supervision, and oversees the delivery and quality of projects led by junior staff and supports them as required. They also take a team leadership role in line managing junior staff, designing and delivering training (formal and informal), seeking opportunities for new work and collaborations, and supporting the growth of Aquarius including taking an active role in recruitment.
Provides technical or strategic support across multiple technical or consultancy domains
Leads multi-functional teams (including internal and external collaborators) on simple and complex projects.
Leads internal best practice development including development of processes and systems
Manages quality control (QC) processes, QCs internal and external documents (i.e. proofreading, critical check for meaning, presentation, etc).
Develops and supports proposals and grant initiatives to win new revenue streams
Engages in full client management across their product portfolio and pipeline
Develops and maintains client partnerships, including new client generation
Develops the team to be more efficient and effective, in line with business strategy, including coaching/mentoring and helping design the supporting processes and procedures with a focus on evidence and integrity in our work delivery
Leads internal best practice development including development of processes and systems
Develops and delivers training (technical and consultancy)
Participates in strategic decisions about team recruitment, and leads on recruitment of junior team members
Actively engages with the wider scientific community, to build links and develop a network of potential collaborators, contractors, employees and clients, deriving value from this network.
Develops key areas of thought leadership and engages in public speaking
Assumes formal line management responsibility within the team with focus on experienced staff (Consultant and Senior Consultant) and takes responsibility for their professional development
Acts as a coach and develops high professional ethics/technical standards in the team, demonstrating Aquarius’ values in their work and behaviours (i.e., critical, curious, creative, collaborative, client focused)
Is part of the senior management team (SMT) and actively participates in strategic discussions and decisions
Requirements
Qualifications
PhD/MSc in Health Economics, Data Science, Business, Mathematics, Biostatistics, Public Health, or related quantitative/qualitative field, or BSc/BA with equivalent experience and skills
Previous and proven post-graduate experience
Fluency in English (written/oral) essential
Experience And Skills
Required:
A strong interest in health, healthcare, and medical decision problems
Designing and developing health economic evaluation studies, economic models (decision analyses, state-transition models, budget impact models, return on investment models, cost-utility and cost-effectiveness models, etc.) and costing health services
Extensive experience with health economic analysis, modelling, writing programs/code, statistical analysis, and interpreting results (preferably using Excel with VBA and/or R)
Experience or knowledge of creating decision tools, e.g. Shiny dashboard, PowerBI, Excel interface, etc
Experience with statistics and/or econometric methods, such as: study design, model selection, interpreting results
Experience leading multiple projects at once, proven experience in project management and delivering results successfully to deadlines; demonstrated ability to prioritise
Demonstrable mature leadership skills: extensive experience leading teams and supervising staff/students, including acting as a role model and mentor
Experience with executive oversight of multiple projects; strategic support, allocating resources and requirements across a range of projects and managing their respective teams, ensuring quality of client management and deliverables
Ability to manage and promote healthy and productive relationships with clients, collaborators and the internal team