Principal, Biopharma Competitive Strategy

Prescient Healthcare Group; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Prescient Healthcare Group is seeking a Principal for the Competitive Strategy practice to drive client engagements and lead teams across the full product lifecycle in healthcare and pharma. You will help shape strategic questions, oversee multiple projects, and guide analysts and managers to deliver actionable insights.

In this PE-backed role, you will balance project delivery with business development, partnering with senior client stakeholders to grow accounts and expand brand portfolios

Qualifications

• Track record of leading client engagements and developing teams.
• Experience guiding projects end to end across strategy engagements.
• Familiarity with regulator-driven insights in healthcare/pharma is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Report to a Director or Vice President within the Competitive Strategy practice, ensuring clear communication on portfolio progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead multiple concurrent competitive strategy and competitive intelligence engagements end to end, managing design, planning, client and people activities.
• Work with clients to ensure projects answer the right strategic questions and meet quality, timelines and budgets.
• Serve as the lead day-to-day relationship holder for client stakeholders, delivering credible strategic advice.
• Lead challenging client conversations on scope, expectations and course corrections while balancing commercial considerations.
• Identify, scope and convert new opportunities within existing accounts and contribute to pricing and proposals.
• Contribute to strategic account plans with Directors and Vice Presidents, pursuing opportunities with new brands.
• Act as a subject matter expert on therapeutic areas and regulatory aspects; share knowledge with internal teams.
• Apply working knowledge of FDA, EMA and other guidelines to sharpen competitive insights.
• Line manage and develop Engagement Managers, Consultants and Analysts; support recruitment with talent teams.
• Participate in internal initiatives to advance capabilities, including training, new methodologies and tools.

Skills

Project leadership

Client engagement

Team leadership

Business development

Regulatory knowledge

Job description

Prescient Healthcare Group is seeking a Principal for the Competitive Strategy practice to drive client engagements and lead teams across the full product lifecycle in healthcare and pharma. You will help shape strategic questions, oversee multiple projects, and guide analysts and managers to deliver actionable insights.

In this PE-backed role, you will balance project delivery with business development, partnering with senior client stakeholders to grow accounts and expand brand portfolios