Managing Consultant - Life Sciences Data & Analytics

Guidehouse; New York (NY); On-site; USD 113,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse seeks a Managing Consultant for its Life Sciences team to support pharmaceutical and biotech clients with commercial insights, strategy, and data analytics. You will collaborate with Data, Advanced Analytics, and Tech Transformation teams to grow Life Science data services offerings.

We value market-facing self-starters who own their work, coordinate across projects, and provide insight across strategy, analytics, and data-driven solution design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required; four years of additional professional experience can replace it.
• Four or more years in Life Sciences, management consulting, and/or data/vendor experience, plus MBA/PhD/PharmD/MD preferred.
• Experience in commercial management consulting functions such as portfolio/asset strategy, data/analytics, launch planning, and market access is a plus.
• Must possess strong analytical skills (Excel, Access, etc.) and leverage analytics to guide decisions.
• 3+ years of experience in business & data analytics.
• Willingness to travel to client sites across the US up to 20%.
• Authorized to work for any US employer without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Translate client business questions into comprehensive analytics plans to provide insights.
• Convey and summarize data insights through a strategic, actionable lens for stakeholders.
• Leverage diverse datasets (claims, formulary, EMR) to drive client insights.
• Lead discussions to define project requirements, scope, and tailored analytics solutions.
• Bridge data science teams and clients to shape data-driven engagements.
• Match client challenges with firm data and analytic capabilities.
• Collaborate with strategy and data science teams on projects like market sizing, patient journey, and KPI tracking.
• Assist in designing new solutions/services and translate business requirements into technology solutions.
• Support multiple client engagements with presentations, memos, and reports.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Experience in business & dataAnalytics

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced degree (MBA/PhD/PharmD/MD)

Tools

SQL

R

Python

Snowflake

PowerBI

Tableau

Job description

What You Will Do

We are looking for a Managing Consultant to join our Life Sciences team, which supports pharmaceutical and biotech companies with commercial insights and strategy as well as data and business analytics. This role will be a primary member of our Life Science advisory team, and collaborate closely with our firmwide Data, Advanced Analytics, and Technology Transformation teams to shape the growth of our Life Science data services offerings.

Job Family

Strategy & Transformation Consulting

Travel Required

Up to 10%

Clearance Required

None

What You Will Do

We are looking for a Managing Consultant to join our Life Sciences team, which supports pharmaceutical and biotech companies with commercial insights and strategy as well as data and business analytics. This role will be a primary member of our Life Science advisory team, and collaborate closely with our firmwide Data, Advanced Analytics, and Technology Transformation teams to shape the growth of our Life Science data services offerings.

Candidates should be market-facing self-starters who take ownership of their work, are enthusiastic, and have a collaborative mindset to support our efforts to sell and provide consulting solutions. You will coordinate activities across multiple projects and provide experience-based insight across strategy, commercial analytics, and data-driven solution design.

As a Life Science Managing Consultant, You Will

• Translate client's key business questions and structuring/executing comprehensive analytics plans to provide necessary insights (e.g., cross-sectional analyses, longitudinal studies, inferential statistics, and structured decision support).
• Convey and summarize detailed data insights through a strategic lens that is understandable and actionable by cross-functional internal/external stakeholders.
• Leverage various commercial and real-world evidence datasets to drive insights that address client business problems, which include but are not limited to medical and pharmacy claims (open and closed), formulary and managed care data, and EMR data.
• Utilize datasets across multiple third-party data vendors, which include but are not limited to IQVIA, Komodo, Compile, MMIT/Norstella, Symphony Health, Truven/Merative, and Definitive Healthcare.
• Lead internal and external discussions to understand and generate project requirements, scope, and develop client-tailored analytical solutions.
• Shape data-driven engagements by serving as an intermediary between data scientists and clients.
• Understand and analyze client business challenges and match them to firm and/or third-party data and analytic capabilities.
• Work with strategy consulting teams and data science teams to design and execute data-driven projects, such as market sizing/segmentation, patient journey, provider profiling/targeting, provider affiliation mapping, epidemiology studies, managed care analytics, pull-through modeling/program design, forecasting, field force design, KPI/performance tracking, and incentive comp.
• Help design and lead the development of new solutions/services firmwide.
• Apply strong analytical and problem-solving skills to translate business requirements into technology solutions.
• Provide support across multiple client engagements; develop presentations, briefings, memos, and reports. Should be able to work independently but with oversight from management.
• Prioritize and handle multiple tasks, research, and analyze pertinent client, industry and technical matters, utilize problem-solving skills, and communicate effectively in written and verbal formats to various audiences (including multiple levels of management and external clients) in a professional business environment.
• Experience in managing independent as well as integrated project modules including ownership of workstreams and coaching/mentoring others.
• Present proposals and deliverables during meetings, summits, and working sessions with senior client executives.
• Support managing contract budgets, developing and sharing best practices, and evolving Guidehouse’s data and analytics capabilities.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor's Degree; FOUR (4) years of additional professional experience in lieu of Bachelor's
• FOUR (4+) years of Life Sciences industry, management consulting, and/or data vendor experience is required, plus advanced degree MBA, PhD, PharmD or MD.
• Experience in commercial management consulting functions such as portfolio and asset strategy, data/commercial analytics, launch excellence & brand planning, patient services and market access is a plus.
• Must possess strong analytical skills (Excel, Access, etc.) and leverage analytic techniques to use data to guide client and team decision-making.
• Must have advanced data collection, research, and information-finding experience and explore solutions that challenge critical thinking.
• 3+ years of experience in business & data analytics.
• Experience with sophisticated drug forecasting techniques.
• Must be willing to travel to client sites across the US up to 20% of the time.
• Authorized to work for any US employer without sponsorship.

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Advanced degree, MBA, Information Systems, Healthcare Management, Innovation and entrepreneurship, or similar quantitative discipline.
• In-line and pipeline forecasting and NPV modeling.
• Technical/product management and software experience.
• Experience with common analytic toolsets such as SQL, R, Python, Snowflake.
• Proficiency in data visualization services such as PowerBI, Tableau.
• Ability to build client-ready forecast models/ financial models.
• Ability to work with large data sets such as claims data.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to review work products of self and others and produce work products and deliverables that require minimal re-work or editing.

The annual salary range for this position is $113,000.00-$188,000.00. 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
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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