Director of Reviews

Are you a Director of Reviews looking for an exciting opportunity in a dynamic growing business? 

Would you like to take a role that has significant impact on high-profile healthcare decision-making, working as part of a multi-disciplined team that delivers to exceptional standards?

We are looking for an experienced and dedicated Director of Reviews to join our talented team at Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd (KSR). In this role you will be a part of the management team which defines the strategic direction of KSR to ensure the long-term success of the business. Furthermore, you will provide scientific project leadership to support commissioner’s requirements and project management, whilst providing review expertise and guidance to support the successful delivery of projects.

As a Director and part of the Management Team, you will have involvement in the direction and development of the company to ensure sustainable growth and engagement of colleagues. Supporting the Managing Director, you will oversee the scientific work to deliver high-quality systematic reviews (SRs) and health technology assessments (HTAs) to an exemplary standard to support evidence-based healthcare decision-making. In your role, you will prioritise the scientific work and assign relevant resources to ensure that projects run efficiently and are completed according to the relevant requirements and within the agreed timelines and budget.

KSR is going through a phase of substantial growth and development and is therefore actively recruiting new talent in multiple roles (click here to view)

The Role & Responsibilities

Leadership responsibilities include the following:

• Leadership: Supporting the Managing Director providing leadership and direction for scientific colleagues ensuring high standards and performance deliverables are achieved within agreed timelines
• Management of Resources: Managing and monitoring financial and colleague resources on all projects ensuring timelines and requirements are achieved whilst projects are within budget
• Efficiency: Understanding KSR’s strategy, participating in the regular meetings of the Management Team to ensure that all aspects of KSR run efficiently
• Financial Planning: As part of the Management Team, formulating and planning income and expenditure ensuring overall growth and budgetary targets are achieved
• Development of People: Coaching, mentoring and training internal and external people in the conduct of evidence syntheses
• Recruitment: Contributing to the recruitment of colleagues to create a balanced portfolio of expertise and skills
• Decision-making: Deputise for the Managing Director, making informed decisions on behalf of the company.

In addition to providing leadership and direction for scientific colleagues, scientific responsibilities include the following:

• Systematic Review Process: Leading, contributing, and implementing all aspects of evidence syntheses, ensuring performance deliverables are achieved
• Dossiers: Supervising, preparing, and critiquing dossiers used for HTAs and presenting the findings in meetings with commissioners such as NICE to inform evidence-based healthcare decision-making
• Positive Resolution: Effectively managing and guiding the project team ensuring any challenges are resolved in a timely manner
• Collaboration and Engagement: Formulating project teams consisting of internal and external colleagues, and maintaining continuous engagement with colleagues to collaboratively discuss projects
• Business Growth: Contributing to business development:
  • Consideration of potential projects in response to requests from commissioners or tenders
  • Liaising with commissioners to clarify requirements of planned work
  • Leading a team developing proposals for funding potential projects
  • Actively managing and maintaining commissioner relationships to identify future business opportunities
  • Supervision of, and involvement in, dissemination activities
  • Networking and developing new sources of funding; this will involve UK and potentially overseas travel
• Stay Current: Attending seminars, training courses and other external events to keep in touch with particular disciplinary interests.

Ideal Candidate

• Evidence of recent achievements and success in a senior leadership role, operating confidently across several management levels with the ability to manage, motivate, and co-ordinate staff, delegating effectively
• Demonstrable experience in leading and project managing the successful delivery of multiple projects, i.e., ability to work under pressure, prioritise tasks, and meet specific time frames
• Clear understanding and experience of strong governance, financial and performance management
• Adhering to business strategy, engaging with the team, and building trust and confidence
• Adherence to confidentiality requirements associated with the role
• Significant experience in the design, conduct and reporting of SRs and HTAs, and a working knowledge of relevant statistical methods, i.e., meta-analysis, meta-regression analysis, indirect treatment comparisons, matching-adjusted indirect comparisons (MAIC)
• Experience of coaching, mentoring and developing a large team
• Proven experience of health services research. e.g., background in statistics, medicine, public health, clinical epidemiology, economics, biochemistry or psychology.

Why Join KSR?

• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of systematic reviewers, information specialists, health economists, statisticians and administrators
• Employee Trust: As an Employee Trust, KSR offers a unique connection to the company's success, with employees actively benefiting from its growth
• Bright Future: A growing business with ambitious plans
• Modern Offices: Work in a vibrant, modern office with excellent transport links, just minutes from the McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, south of York and east of Leeds.

If you’re passionate about research and making a tangible impact on healthcare, we’d love to hear from you!

Simply email your covering letter, CV and publication list and tell us why you are a great fit for the role. Email your document as one PDF and we’ll be in touch. There is no closing date, as applications will be reviewed and progressed as received. Advertising will remain live until the role is filled, so don’t delay.

To read the full job description and person specification click the attachment at the side of the page.

Here’s a summary of the benefits package for the role:

• Competitive salary and 5% annual salary increment (+ £3.25k on a £65k salary)
• Performance-related bonus
• Employer-contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and an additional day off to celebrate your birthday.

Work-Life Balance & Flexible Working: We are keen to support family-friendly, flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance. The role is offered as full or part-time (60% fte over a minimum of 3 days). This position is a hybrid, office-based role with an expectation to attend the office a minimum of 3 days per week (100% fte)