Akash Kunj
Technical analytics professional with ~8 years of Life Sciences experience, specializing in RWD/RWE, data quality frameworks, and end-to-end data strategy to enable faster, evidence-driven decision-making. Skilled in cohort design, data interoperability, governance, and optimizing RWD licensing through strong negotiation and cost-saving strategies. Experienced in identifying methodological gaps in RWE studies and leading cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, high-quality analytical solutions that support discovery, development, and evaluation of new therapies.
Work Experience:
8 Years
Industry:
Consulting & Strategy, Data Science & Analytics, Healthcare Management, Project & Program Management, R&D
Function:
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare | Consulting
Manager – Real-World Data Evidence & Strategy (04/2024–Present)
Lead 10+ analytics team delivering enterprise RWE through scalable pipelines and protocols.
Owned RWD licensing strategy; led 20+ negotiations delivering $10M+ savings and 15% cost reduction via automation.
Indegene Consulting | Analytics Lead (04/2023–04/2024)
Built ML HCP targeting driving 15% QoQ NBRx growth (Japan, rare disease).
Delivered $7M savings via ML pricing; converted RFPs generating $3M growth.
GSK | Lead Analyst – RWD (08/2022–04/2024)
Led end-to-end RWE for pipeline assets; managed 6-member team.
Automated SQL/SAS frameworks reducing QC by 25%.
IQVIA | Associate Consultant (04/2020–08/2022)
Delivered patient analytics, feasibility, HCRU and cost studies supporting BD.
Mu-Sigma | Decision Scientist (01/2018–04/2020)
Built ML effectiveness models driving 20% YoY adoption.
- IQVIA Impact Awards - Deployed ML Models to compare drug effectiveness and long-term cost burden to boost and socialize drug with KOL. Impacting an increase in adoption/ uptake by 20% YOY
- GSK Gold Awards Led an initiative to create a reusable code repository to optimize coding standards and reduce time by
designing end- to-end automated processes using SQL/SAS macros to increase efficiency and minimize human errors, reducing QC time by approximately 25%. - GSK Silver Awards - Team Building and Onboarding Startegy development - Actively involved in the recruitment process and successfully onboarded 10+ people into the team
- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) — Ahmedabad, India
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategy & Business Analytics
2024 – 2026 - PES University — Bangalore, India
Bachelor of Engineering
2013 – 2017
- Coursera Basic Statistics - University of Amsterdam
- Epidemiology- The Basic Science of Public Health - University of North Carolina
- Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification- Andrew Ng
National Level Chess player in under 16 category from KV Delhi cant- 2007
Marketing Head for college technical fest - Onboarded Sponsors from different sectors