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

Guidehouse; New York (NY); On-site; USD 122,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Student Loan PayDown

Job summary

Guidehouse’s Life Sciences practice seeks a seasoned professional to lead pricing and access strategies for pharmaceutical assets. You will partner with senior staff to shape proposals, manage consulting teams, and maintain client relationships across multiple projects.

Ideal candidates bring expertise in market access, reimbursement, and health economics, with a track record of delivering actionable insights to executive stakeholders and mentoring junior staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, biomedical engineering, business or health policy.
• 4+ years in market access, reimbursement, pricing, health economics or pipeline strategy.
• 1–2 years of client management and content delivery experience.
• Strong project management, communication, and strategic thinking.
• Experience developing qualitative and quantitative market research.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement pricing and access strategies for pharmaceutical assets.
• Lead project teams and manage client relationships across engagements.
• Develop proposals, communicate deliverables, and guide junior staff.
• Present findings to executive audiences and inform strategic decisions.

Skills

Pricing strategy

Market access

Health economics

Client management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/biomedical engineering/business/health policy

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

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
• Deep experience with: Part B / medical benefit pricing
• Deep experience with: Part D / contracting
• Deep experience with: Calculating gross-to-net
• Deep experience with: Building Excel-based financial models to evaluate price-access scenarios and gross-to-net
• Deep experience with: Strong understanding of health economic methodologies and value pricing constructs
• Deep experience with: Ability to construct practice economic analyses under a variety of settings of care and financial ecosystems
• Deep experience with: Familiarity with U.S. government and pricing policy reform
• Deep experience with: Track record of thought leadership (written or podium)
• Deep experience with: Comfortable engaging with and presenting to executive-level audiences to deliver actionable insights and recommendations
• Deep experience with: 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.
• 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 $122,000.00-$204,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits Include

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown