Senior Market Access Consultant – Life Sciences

Guidehouse; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 102,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Mobility Stipend

Job summary

Guidehouse’s Life Sciences practice in Chicago seeks a seasoned consultant to lead value, pricing and access initiatives for pharma, biotech and medical devices. You will collaborate with senior staff to develop proposals, manage teams across large-scale projects, and maintain client relationships while delivering actionable insights.

You will bring 5–7 years of consulting or related experience, strong pharma knowledge, leadership skills, and effective communication in English.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree. A major course of study in science, biomedical engineering, or healthcare policy and planning.
• 5-7 years of transferrable consulting or work experience, with demonstrated experience in value, access, pricing and commercialization strategy projects for large global pharma, mid-sized pharma and/or biotech clients.
• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, including drug development and launch.
• The ability to analyze complex information, identify key issues, and develop effective strategies.
• Excellent communication skills to convey strategic recommendations to various stakeholders, including senior management.
• 2-3 years of direct experience in client management and content delivery roles
• Experience developing designing and executing value, pricing, and access strategy projects for pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies
• Experience in leadership roles and people development/performance management
• 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

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing pricing, value, and access strategies for pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device clients.
• Working with senior staff to build project proposals, managing consulting teams across multiple large-scale, complex projects to develop and communicate client deliverables, and maintaining client relationships.
• Liaising 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.
• Serving as primary point of contact and engaging executive level audience to deliver actionable insights and recommendations.
• Developing thought leadership and providing subject matter expertise to clients.
• Trains and mentors junior team members to enable team development and professional growth.

Skills

Communication

Pharma knowledge

Pricing strategy

Leadership

Client management

Analytical thinking

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science/biomedical engineering/healthcare policy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Guidehouse’s Life Sciences practice in Chicago seeks a seasoned consultant to lead value, pricing and access initiatives for pharma, biotech and medical devices. You will collaborate with senior staff to develop proposals, manage teams across large-scale projects, and maintain client relationships while delivering actionable insights.

You will bring 5–7 years of consulting or related experience, strong pharma knowledge, leadership skills, and effective communication in English.