Managing Consultant - Life Sciences Advisory - Market Access (US)

Guidehouse; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse’s Life Sciences practice is a hub of innovation helping pharma, biotech, medical devices, and diagnostics companies develop pricing, reimbursement, and market access strategies.

As a Managing Consultant in Chicago, you will lead cross-functional teams, design go-to-market plans, and deliver evidence-based recommendations to clients and executives, shaping policy impact and outcomes across the lifecycle of therapies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; preferred fields in science/biomedical engineering/business/healthcare policy.
• 4+ years of consulting or related business experience in market access, reimbursement, pricing, health economics, forecasting, or pipeline strategy.
• Experience with pricing methodologies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage project teams to deliver market access and pricing strategy projects.
• Conduct market analysis and analytics to inform recommendations.
• Lead primary interviews with payers, providers, and KOLs.
• Build Excel-based financial models to evaluate price-access scenarios.
• Present actionable insights to executive audiences.

Skills

Project management

Market analysis

Pricing strategy

Stakeholder interviewing

Financial modeling

Health economics

Executive communication

Mentoring juniors

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science/biomedical engineering/business/healthcare policy

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Family

Strategy & Transformation Consulting

Travel Required

Up to 25%

Clearance Required

None

Is life sciences in your DNA? Breakthroughs in pharma are helping people live healthier lives, while medical devices enable patients to proactively maintain health – this is undoubtedly a transformative time for health care companies. Guidehouse’s Life Sciences practice is an engine of innovation, helping pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and diagnostic companies develop custom solutions that tackle today’s challenges, while anticipating tomorrows. You will have an immediate impact by partnering with our clients, across all levels, to deliver product planning, pricing, reimbursement, product commercialization, and regulatory and compliance solutions. Do you think you are up for the challenge?

We continuously strive to foster an inclusive and diverse work culture and thoughtfully develop our people through challenging work, valuable learning and educational programs. We cultivate a culture of mentorship and feedback for professional and personal growth. We help our clients take control of their future. This mission extends to our employee's careers, health and well-being and by the many ways we give back to our communities.

What You Will Do

The Value & Access team provides commercialization strategy and market access services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Our client services range from pre-commercialization go-to-market planning to launch value story, pricing, and reimbursement strategies, impacting policies affecting the use and payment of our clients’ novel therapies.

Common Responsibilities And Expertise Include

• Designing and managing project teams to execute various pharmaceutical market access and pricing strategy projects, both qualitative and quantitative
• Strong market analysis, market research, and analytics skills required
• Preferred candidates will have experience with various pricing methodologies (analog assessment, Van Westendorp, Gabor Granger, Conjoint, etc.)
• Designing and leading primary interviews with key stakeholders such as payers and KOLs
• Deep experience with:
  • Part A / hospital inpatient pricing and reimbursement
  • Part B / medical benefit pricing
  • Part D / contracting
  • Calculating gross-to-net
  • Building Excel-based financial models to evaluate price-access scenarios and gross-to-net
  • Strong understanding of health economic methodologies and value pricing constructs
  • Ability to construct practice economic analyses under a variety of settings of care and financial ecosystems
  • Familiarity with U.S. government and pricing policy reform
  • Track record of thought leadership (written or podium)
  • Comfortable engaging with and presenting to executive-level audiences to deliver actionable insights and recommendations
  • Track record of training and developing junior consulting staff

Guidehouse encourages career development and hiring for the long term. Managing Consultants follow a clearly defined career path. As Managing Consultants hone their project management skills, ability to manage multiple work streams, professional expertise, and client and business development skills, they progress to the position of Associate Director.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s degree; a major course of study in science, biomedical engineering, business, or healthcare policy preferred.
• 4+ years of consulting or related business experience in market access, reimbursement, pricing, health economics, forecasting, and/or pipeline strategy.