Associate Director, Value and Evidence Advisory

Red Nucleus; Yardley (Bucks County); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Nucleus seeks an Associate Director to lead high-impact engagements at the intersection of pricing, market access, and commercialization strategy for pharma and biotech clients.

This role combines client leadership, strategic advisory work, and team development in a fast-growing life sciences consulting practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Public Health, Health Economics, Business, or related field.
• MBA/MPH/PhD or MSc preferred.
• 7+ years in management consulting, pharma strategy, market access, pricing, or commercialization.
• Proven experience leading client-facing engagements and managing project teams.
• Deep knowledge of pharmaceutical pricing, reimbursement, and market access dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Serve as day-to-day client lead across multiple engagements, building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Lead client meetings and executive discussions, delivering insights and recommendations with credibility.
• Identify opportunities to expand scope and deepen long-term client partnerships.
• Lead engagements in pricing strategy, market access, reimbursement, payer strategy, and lifecycle management.
• Translate market dynamics into actionable strategic guidance.
• Oversee multiple engagements; planning, staffing, budgeting, risk management, and financial performance.
• Direct workplans, analytical frameworks, and client deliverables.
• Synthesize complex data into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Mentor and develop Consultants, Associate Consultants, Senior Analysts, and Analysts.
• Support performance management, career development, and recruiting.
• Contribute to proposals, pitches, and account growth opportunities.

Skills

Executive presence

Communication skills

Project budgeting

Coaching

Team leadership

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Teams

Global/cross-cultural

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences

Advanced degree (MBA/MPH/PhD/etc)

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Teams

Job description

The Associate Director leads high-impact consulting engagements at the intersection of pricing, market access, and commercialization strategy for leading pharmaceutical and biotech clients. This role combines client leadership, strategic advisory work, and team development in a fast-growing life sciences consulting practice.

What You'll Do

Client & Engagement Leadership

• Serve as day-to-day client lead across multiple engagements, building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders
• Lead client meetings and executive discussions, delivering insights and recommendations with credibility
• Identify opportunities to expand scope and deepen long-term client partnerships

Strategic Advisory

• Lead engagements in pricing strategy, market access, reimbursement, payer strategy, evidence generation, launch planning, and portfolio optimization
• Advise clients across the product lifecycle from pre-launch through lifecycle management and competitive differentiation
• Translate market dynamics, payer requirements, and policy trends into actionable strategic guidance

Project Delivery

• Oversee multiple concurrent engagements; planning, staffing, budgeting, risk management, and financial performance
• Direct workplans, analytical frameworks, and client deliverables
• Synthesize complex qualitative/quantitative data into clear, actionable recommendations

Team Leadership

• Mentor and develop Consultants, Associate Consultants, Senior Analysts, and Analysts
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative team culture
• Support performance management, career development, and recruiting

Business Development

• Contribute to proposals, pitches, and account growth opportunities
• Support thought leadership through publications, conferences, and internal capability building

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Public Health, Health Economics, Business, or related field (advanced degree — MBA, MPH, PharmD, PhD, MSc — preferred)
• 7+ years in management consulting, pharma strategy, market access, pricing, or commercialization
• Proven experience leading client-facing consulting engagements and managing project teams
• Deep knowledge of pharmaceutical pricing, reimbursement, and market access dynamics (US and/or global)
• Strong executive presence, communication skills, and project budgeting experience
• Demonstrated coaching and people-leadership capabilities
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Teams
• Comfort operating in a global, cross-cultural environment

Diversity and inclusion are valued at Red Nucleus and we believe we have a shared responsibility to provide equal opportunity and foster an inclusive spirit. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, caste, sexual orientation, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

To learn more about working at Red Nucleus, please visit Careers | Red Nucleus.