Senior Analyst, Competitive Strategy

Position Title: Senior Analyst

Function: Competitive Strategy (CS)

Location: Gurugram

Position Overview

As a Senior Analyst 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.

Through effective collection and analysis of market, competitor, and stakeholder information, you will be responsible for supporting intelligence and insight engagements across our clients’ product and company life cycles.

As your clients will be global, the Senior Analyst position requires an 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)

To learn more, please visit us at: www.prescienthg.com.

Example Responsibilities

The following are example responsibilities of this position and are, as such, not meant to be exhaustive, nor convey every responsibility that may vary over time, without changing the essence of this position:

• 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.
• 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.
• Maintenance of Knowledge Assets: Build data repositories linked to specific therapeutic areas, market dynamics and regulatory dynamics

Education, Experience, Knowledge & Other Skills

The following criteria outline the minimum hiring criteria for this position, unless otherwise stipulated below as “preferred,” or “a plus.”

• Undergraduate or advanced degree in life sciences, data sciences, business, or a related discipline, with 2 or more years’ relevant professional experience in a corporate / business or consulting environment. Experience working in oncology, immunology, or biosimilars is preferred. An advanced degree may be required
• Sound knowledge of life sciences industry and the fundamental practices, principles, and tools used in management consulting, as evidenced by increasing independence in completing assigned work
• Where applicable, demonstrates strong knowledge of relevant therapeutic / disease areas, functional areas such as pricing /access, manufacturing, etc., markets / regions, and/or industry trends such as personalized healthcare, biosimilars, etc.
• Understands how to perform primary market research and access and appropriately use secondary market research
• Customer & Quality Centricity: demonstrable client-centric and quality-oriented mindset and approach with a high level of attention-to-detail

• Communication: strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Track record of proactive communication in the work environment, including proactively seeking feedback to improve capabilities.

• Collaboration: strong collaboration skills and proven ability to work well within teams

• Project Management, Time Management & Organisation: demonstrated abilities to effectively support projects to ensure on-time, within-budget, and high-quality deliverables. Demonstrates high attention-to-detail and quality. Influencing & Stakeholder Management: demonstrated ability to effectively manage routine interactions and communications with stakeholders

• Achieving Results: consistent track record of meeting or exceeding assigned goals and objectives