Program Lead at ashfieldadvisory

Setup: Remote, Hybrid
Location: London, England
Type: Full-time
Level: not_specified
Posted: Aug 11, 2026

Description

Inizio Ignite, a global advisory partner for health and life sciences, seeks a Program Lead for their Europe Custom Research team. This role involves leading a significant healthcare tracking program, ensuring alignment with client objectives, driving continuous improvement, and fostering collaboration across various teams. The Program Lead acts as a strategic partner to clients, managing program execution, addressing risks, and leveraging advanced analytics and AI to enhance client value.

Required Skills

Quantitative Market Research
Analytical Credibility
Cross-functional Leadership
Program Planning and Governance
Problem-solving
Dashboard Reporting Deliverables
Advanced Analytics, Automation, AI Insights
Commercial Awareness
Communication Skills

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Significant senior-level experience in primary quantitative market research, specialized within healthcare or life sciences.
Strong track record leading large, complex, multi-market quantitative tracking, ATU or syndicated programs across multiple waves and parallel workstreams.
Substantial experience managing senior client relationships throughout the lifecycle of a program, including central and brand or therapy-area stakeholders.
Excellent program planning and governance capability, including risk, issue, dependency, decision, scope and change management.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience leading a large-scale global program for a major pharmaceutical client.
Experience of programs that combine shared global standards with market- or therapy-area-specific requirements.
Exposure to dashboard development, advanced analytics, automation or AI-enabled market research solutions.
Experience contributing to program transformation, renewal or expansion.