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

Guidehouse Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse's Life Sciences practice helps pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and diagnostic companies develop pricing, reimbursement and regulatory strategies to bring therapies to patients. As part of the Value & Access team, you will design and lead pricing and access projects, build financial models, manage consulting teams, and present insights to senior executives while mentoring junior staff.

This role requires 4+ years of consulting and a strong background in health economics and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree 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.
• 1-2 years of direct experience in client management and content delivery roles.
• Demonstrates excellent project management skills, initiative and resourcefulness, leadership, and ability to think strategically and creatively.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in pricing methodologies and market access concepts.

Responsibilities

• Designing and managing project teams to execute pharmaceutical market access and pricing strategy projects.
• Strong market analysis, market research, and analytics skills.
• Designing and leading primary interviews with payers and key stakeholders.
• Building Excel-based financial models to evaluate price-access scenarios and gross-to-net.
• Presenting actionable insights to executive-level audiences.

Skills

Market analysis

Market research

Analytics

Excel proficiency

Client management

Project management

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

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.

You will be responsible for creating and implementing pricing and access strategies for a variety of pharmaceutical assets. This will involve working with senior staff to develop project proposals, managing consulting teams in the development and communication of client deliverables, and maintaining client relationships. Managing Consultants oversee multiple projects simultaneously.

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

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.
• 1-2 years of direct experience in client management and content delivery roles.
• Demonstrates excellent project management skills, initiative and resourcefulness, leadership, and ability to think strategically and creatively.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, including drug development and launch.
• Experience developing, designing, and executing qualitative and quantitative market research.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

What Would Be Nice To Have :

• Graduate-level degree in business or other health-related field (e.g., MBA, MPH, MS, PhD)
• A track record in mentoring and developing junior staff members.
• Track record of promotion within a firm or achievement that shows ability to take on progressively more responsibility.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills.
• Preference will be given to candidates located within 50 miles of a Guidehouse office.

The annual salary range for this position is