Responsibilities:
- Able to provide tactical, day-to-day project leadership including managing construction of project plan (including Gantt), strategic objectives, deliverable scoping, and delivery to blue chip pharma clients.
- Conducts comprehensive and robust primary and secondary research using a range of sources.
- Analyzes research findings, using a range of tools and techniques, to generate insights against current and future client objective and context.
- Develops specific elements of final client deliverables, with guidance of the director.
- Attends client meetings and presentations, presenting key elements where applicable.
- Identifies opportunities for future project roll-out and flags these with project management.
- Possess objective commercial viewpoint based on an in-depth understanding and analysis of commercial, clinical, and scientific competitive information.
- Supports the development of proposals and other business development materials. Solid business and personal ethics.
Experience
Education:
- Required: Academic and professional experience congruent with Life Sciences and Biopharma.
Preferred:
- PhD, MD, PharmD background with 5-10 years’ experience minimally in consulting.
Graduate-level coursework required.
- PhD candidates having completed research in the fields of genetics, microbiology, pharmacology, biology, and related fields.
- PharmD or MD candidates with direct clinical experience.
Knowledge / Skills / Qualifications
Knowledge/Abilities –Technical Skills:
- Established ability to synthesize primary and secondary research.
- Hands-on experience with regulatory, medical, and commercial functions within the biotech and pharma industry.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically, lead market positioning and differentiation exercises, and craft recommendations that accurately describe market barriers and drivers.
Communications Skills (Verbal/Written):
- A mature ability to understand complex relationship problems pertaining to healthcare and investment.
- Possesses a very high sense of ownership, responsibility over one’s work and interest in teamwork.
- Motivated and disciplined to work under tight timelines with diverse stakeholders.
- Strong ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to diverse audiences.
- Self-driven to progress and capable of working with minimum direction.
- Ability to multi-task and work with evolving time-sensitive deadlines and priorities.
- Excellent attention to detail and demonstration of resourcefulness through work.
- Solid business and personal ethics.
- Experience working in a team environment with ability to assert own viewpoint effectively.
