Consultant - Life Sciences Advisory - Market Access

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? We continuously strive to foster an inclusive and diverse work culture and thoughtfully develop our people through challenging work, valuable learning and educational programs. We cultivate a culture of mentorship and feedback for professional and personal growth. We help our clients take control of their future. This mission extends to our employee's careers, health and well-being and by the many ways we give back to our communities. If you’re passionately motivated to make a difference and deliver exceptional work, we invite you to learn more about your career opportunities at https://guidehouse.com/careers. What You Will Do: The Market Access & Pricing team provides commercialization strategy and reimbursement services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics companies. Our client services range from pre-commercialization marketing strategies to working with managed care organizations to develop policies affecting the use and payment of our clients’ novel therapies or diagnostics. Consultants work with Guidehouse Life Sciences teams providing support through all aspects of project work. Specific tasks include the following: scheduling and conducting interviews with physicians, payers, and other thought leaders in healthcare; gathering and analyzing medical literature, healthcare market reports and databases; and participating in document writing, production, and client presentations. Travel is project dependent but averages 20 percent. The Life Sciences practice encourages career development and hiring for the long term. Consultants follow a clearly defined career path and continue to deepen their knowledge in the field of healthcare and the practice of consulting. As Consultants develop project management skills they progress to the position of Senior Consultant. What You Will Need: Bachelor’s degree, major course of study in science, biomedical engineering, or healthcare policy and planning. Minimum 1 - 3 years of consulting or related work experience in market access, reimbursement, pricing, and/or health economics. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and a deep interest in healthcare with an eye towards market access and reimbursement. We seek candidates with strong verbal and written communication skills. What Would Be Nice To Have: Advanced degree preferred, MS/MPH with prior work experience in the healthcare industry. Knowledge of US and/or Global pricing & market access, developed via experience in healthcare consulting or within the pharmaceutical industry. Candidates must exhibit an outstanding ability to grasp and communicate the clinical and business implications of technically complex products and services. Qualified candidates for the Consultant position must be strong team players and demonstrate superior data collection, organization, and analytical skills, excellent written and oral communication skills, initiative, and creativity.