Senior Consultant – Life Sciences Advisory

Guidehouse; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

Paid Holidays and Sick Time

Discretionary variable incentive bonus

Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Job summary

Guidehouse in Boston is seeking a Strategy & Transformation Consulting professional focused on life sciences pricing, access, and market access strategy. You will lead teams, conduct primary and secondary research, and deliver strategic recommendations across US and Europe to improve payer engagement and value communication.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years in consulting within life sciences, strong communication skills, and proficiency with MS Office.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in science, biomedical engineering, or healthcare policy and planning.
• 3–5 years of transferrable consulting or work experience in value, access, pricing and commercialization strategy for life sciences.
• Experience designing and executing value, pricing, and access strategy projects for pharma, biotech, and medical devices.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams to design, execute, and deliver projects on pricing, reimbursement, and access across US and EU markets.
• Demonstrate market research skills including qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys.
• Understand access tenets and landscapes across geographic markets (US, EU).
• Develop strategic recommendations addressing client business questions on value and pricing.
• Manage time across multiple complex projects and liaise with senior staff for actionable insights.
• Serve as primary contact and engage executives to deliver recommendations.
• Build and manage client relationships and identify follow-on opportunities.
• Support development of new methodologies and intellectual property for future engagements.
• Contribute to thought leadership and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint,Out

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

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?

What You Will Do

• Lead teams to design, execute, and deliver projects across key value and access topics such as pricing and reimbursement studies (inclusive of qualitative & quantitative methodologies), early access opportunity assessments, value communication strategy and payer engagement strategy

• Demonstrates strong market research skills, inclusive of primary research qualitative interview as well as quantitative survey experiences and familiarity with various pricing methodologies (i.e., analogue assessment, Van Westerndorp, Gabor Granger, Conjoint, etc)

• Understand key access tenets and landscapes across key geographic markets (US, EU)

• Leverage work experience, business acumen, and subject matter expertise on global market access topics to determine key approach and develop strategic recommendations that efficiently and effectively address client business questions

• Proactively manages own and team members’ time effectively and efficiently across multiple complex projects

• Effectively liaise with senior staff to ensure strategically sound and actionable insights are developed as outputs to answer key client business questions on value, access, and pricing

• Serves as primary point of contact and engages executive level audience to deliver actionable insights and recommendations

• Builds and manages ongoing relationships as client thought partners as well as elevate new business opportunities to senior staff through identification of follow-on projects or new opportunities to further support client needs

• Supports the development of new analytical methodologies, capabilities, and intellectual property for use on future client engagements

• Develops thought leadership (written or podium) and provides subject matter expertise to clients

• Trains and mentors junior team members to enable team development and professional growth

What You Will Need

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree. A major course of study in science, biomedical engineering, or healthcare policy and planning

• 3-5 years of transferrable consulting or work experience, with demonstrated experience in value, access, pricing and commercialization strategy projects for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics companies in global markets

• Experience developing designing and executing value, pricing, and access strategy projects for pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies

• Must demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills (in English)

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook

• Willingness and ability to travel for client work as needed in the 25% range

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Graduate level degree in business or other health-related fields (e.g., MBA, MPH, MS, PhD)

• Extensive experience as project managers, strong team players, take initiative, and think strategically and creatively

• Keen attention to detail

• Superior written and verbal communication skills

The annual salary range for this position is $89,000.00-$148,000.00. 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

• 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.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.