Associate Consultant, Prescient Intelligence & Insight

India – Gurugram 

About You

Have you decided biopharma consulting is for you? Are you looking to become the catalyst between clinical and commercial success? Prescient is looking for early-career consultants to join us as Associate Consultants for our growing Intelligence & Insight business in India. Do you have:

• Thorough knowledge of development and commercialisation aspects of the biopharmaceutical industry, especially in the US and EU?
• Experience supporting highly complex biosimilars, oncology or immunology projects?
• An excellent understanding of treatment paradigms, associated unmet needs and market trends?
• A creative and analytical mind with the ability and desire to source relevant insight through secondary data analytics and primary research?
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and the ability to operate effectively as part of a global team? 

If so, consider turning your expertise into a valuable career at Prescient. 

About Prescient Intelligence & Insight

Prescient Intelligence & Insight, a Prescient Healthcare Group business, offers best-in-class biopharmaceutical intelligence by providing impactful insight and decision support to product and portfolio teams from early clinical development through to loss of exclusivity. 

About the Opportunity

As an Associate Consultant, your time will be divided as follows: 

• 70% conducting secondary research
• 30% conducting primary research 

You will be part of a fast-growing PE-backed business that allows high-performing employees to make an impact and contribute to growing the business. You will have the chance to channel your advanced degree into supporting the development and commercialisation of portfolios, assets and brands by integrating therapeutic, clinical and commercial expertise to ensure that clients are able to make confident decisions.

You will be responsible for supporting intelligence and insight engagements across our clients’ product and company life cycles, and for growing revenue within existing accounts. As your clients will be global, the Associate Consultant position requires a thorough understanding of the evolving biopharmaceutical market and trends. Knowledge of drug development and commercialisation is also desirable.

• Reporting: You will report to a senior executive within Prescient’s India office
• Time Allocation: 80% of your time will be spent in office, with 20% spent on domestic or international travel (for client meetings, conferences and inter-office visits)

Key Responsibilities

• Evidence Generation:
• Secondary Data Analytics: Source, analyse and report published information, be it scientific, clinical, commercial, corporate or regulatory
• Primary Research: Collect market, competitor and stakeholder evidence through desk-based interviewing and elicitation
• Market Analytics: Evaluate business models, clinical development strategies, market dynamics and competitor threats through qualitative KOL interviewing and other methodologies
• Analysis and Reporting: Collaborate with other members of the project team to analyse findings, develop insights and implications and create client presentations that deliver a linear, evidence-based story on the topics in focus
• Conference Attendance: Cover key conferences with the objectives of interacting with a wide range of experts and delegates and attending key symposia, presentations, posters and booths
• Project Management: Plan and execute projects under the guidance of other members of the project team
• Client Management: Collaborate with other members of the project and account teams to ensure that clients experience best-in-class customer service and that projects are run in a proactive, communicative and efficient manner
• Subject Matter Expertise: Act as a valued subject matter expert externally, and mentor junior staff internally

Required Experience and Skills

• One or more of the following advanced degrees in the life sciences: PhD; MTech (biotechnology or related areas); MPharm; MSc/MBA combination; MBBS
• More than 4 years of relevant professional experience from within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, academia or consultancy organisations, of which at least 2 were focused in oncology and/or immunology and/or biosimilars consulting
• Confident communication skills to communicate messages clearly both within the project team and with clients on a peer-to-peer basis and to provide subject matter expertise
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications, especially PowerPoint and Excel
• Fluency in English

What We Offer

• Competitive package and remuneration linked to performance
• Opportunity to support pharmaceutical and biotech client accounts through tough business problems related to their portfolios, assets and brand strategies
• High-growth, entrepreneurial environment where you can create significant client and business value and forge your own path
• Platform for accelerated professional development and career growth with significant levels of responsibility and accountability
• Opportunity to be mentored by seasoned industry professionals, become expert in cutting-edge therapies and be exposed to senior-level client decision making 

About Prescient Healthcare Group

Prescient^® is a pharmaceutical services firm specialising in dynamic decision support and the development of product and portfolio strategies. We partner with our clients to turn science into value by helping them understand the potential of their molecules, shaping their strategic plans and allowing their decision making to be the biggest differentiating factor in the success of their products. When companies partner with Prescient, the molecules in their hands have a greater potential for success than the same science in the hands of their competitors.

Founded in 2007, Prescient is a global firm with a footprint in 10 cities across three continents. Our team of nearly 475 experts partners with 27 of the top 30 biopharmaceutical companies, the fastest-growing mid-caps and cutting-edge emerging biotechnology companies, including some of the biggest and most innovative brands. More than 70% of our employees hold advanced life sciences degrees, and our teams deliver an impressive depth of therapeutic, clinical and commercial expertise.

Prescient has been a portfolio company of Bridgepoint Development Capital since 2021 and Baird Capital since 2017. For more information, please visit www.prescienthg.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and fully comply with applicable legislation in all the geographies in which we operate. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other category protected by applicable national, federal, state or local laws.