Health Economics Manager

About Ghintell India Research Pvt Ltd.

Ghintell is the AI-first healthcare intelligence, research and analytics company within Zealth Group. We work alongside Zealth, our market access and health economics consultancy, and ijovi, our strategy and creative agency. Together, we help pharmaceutical and biotech companies demonstrate and communicate the value of their products in markets worldwide. Our clients include some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Our Bengaluru center of excellence combines medical expertise, analytics and research, and now health economics. Our team brings strong pharmaceutical industry backgrounds, and quality, pragmatism, speed and cost-effectiveness guide how we deliver.

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for an ambitious, performance driven leader and health economist to help us build the Health Economics center of excellence in Bengaluru. This is a chance to build a function from the ground up, with genuine ownership, international exposure and the chance to grow with the capability you create.

You will report directly to the Senior Director in Copenhagen, with a dotted line to the Site Head in Bengaluru. You will work closely with Zealth’s market access experts in Copenhagen and with Ghintell’s medical and analytics teams in Bengaluru to support global pharmaceutical clients.

You will not start alone. We are recruiting the first two members of your team, a Senior Health Economist and a Health Economist, at the same time as this role, and they will join at approximately the same time as you. Going forward, you will take an active part in recruiting as the team grows.

You will stay hands-on with economic modeling and client projects, and you will help define how AI can be applied to modern health economics. We are looking for someone who will together with the team, just as much as leading the team – In short a player coach.

KEY FOCUS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

You will establish and lead the health economics capability at Ghintell Bengaluru, working closely with Zealth on projects for global and regional headquarters clients.

• Onboard and develop your first two team members and take an active part in recruiting as the team grows with demand.
• Build ways of working, quality standards, model templates and review processes.
• Take an active part in day-to-day delivery by building, adapting and reviewing cost-effectiveness, cost-utility and budget impact models yourself.
• Lead projects from scoping to delivery and make sure quality, timelines and budgets are met.
• Work with Zealth on proposals, project scoping and new service offerings, including payer tools, tender and contracting insights, and pricing analyses.
• Make AI the natural way of working in the team by selecting tools, building AI-assisted workflows and sharing what works across Ghintell and Zealth.
• Collaborate with the Ghintell medical team on clinical inputs and with Ghintell Analytics on pricing research.
• Keep the team current on health technology assessment (HTA) requirements and methods across key markets.

HOW YOU WILL WORK WITH AI

You will set the standard for how AI is used in health economics at Ghintell. That means using generative AI to draft model structures and code, extract inputs from literature and HTA guidance, check models and write documentation, while making sure every output is reviewed and owned by a health economist. You will choose the team’s tools and workflows, measure their effect on quality and speed, and share what you learn across Zealth and Ghintell. You bring practical experience of using AI in health economics and the drive to keep pushing it further.

HOW WE WORK

Our management style focuses on performance, execution, teamwork, candor and customer focus. We set clear expectations, give people real ownership, and value open and honest feedback in both directions.

We believe in combining the Scandinavian management philosophy with what works in India. From Scandinavia, we bring flat structures, trust, autonomy and direct communication. You will have close access to senior leadership and we expect you to speak up. In Bengaluru, we pair this with the ways of working that make our Indian team successful.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required qualifications are essential for the role. Preferred qualifications are an advantage and will strengthen your application.

Required qualifications:

• Master’s degree in health economics or a related field, such as economics, public health, pharmacy or statistics
• 5 to 6 years of experience in health economics and market access, from consulting or a pharmaceutical company
• At least 2 years of experience leading a team
• Strong leadership and the ambition to build and grow a team
• Solid understanding of health economics, market access and HTA, with hands-on cost-effectiveness and budget impact modeling
• Practical experience using AI in health economics
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Willingness to spend one week at our Copenhagen office during the first part of your first year of employment

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience supporting HTA submissions in Europe or North America
• Experience with project financials and business development
• A track record of building bridges and collaborating effectively across cross-functional teams
• Skills in Excel, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and R
• Additional European languages

WHAT WE OFFER

• The chance to build a new center of excellence from the start and shape how it develops
• A leadership role with a team in place from day one and a direct say in how it grows
• Work for some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, supporting global and regional headquarters across North America, Europe and international markets
• Close collaboration with market access, medical and commercial experts in Copenhagen and Bengaluru who bring strong pharmaceutical industry backgrounds
• An AI-first environment with modern tools, in a growing company where your contribution is visible