Associate Engagement Manager (CVRM / Immunology / Neurology) , EST

About You

Have you decided that biopharma consulting is for you? Do you bring deep expertise in cardiovascular, renal and metabolic (CVRM) diseases, immunology or neurology, and want to become the catalyst between clinical and commercial success? Prescient is looking for experienced consultants to join us as an Associate Engagement Manager for our growing Competitive Strategy practice in Gurugram, India, with a particular focus on CVRM, immunology and neurology.

Do you have experience in and a passion for:

• Thorough knowledge of the development and commercialisation aspects of the biopharmaceutical industry, especially in the US and EU?
• Experience supporting highly complex projects in CVRM (e.g., heart failure, chronic kidney disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity), immunology (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease) or neurology (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, migraine)?
• An excellent understanding of CVRM, immunology and neurology treatment paradigms, associated unmet needs, clinical development pathways 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 Our Competitive Strategy Practice

Prescient has three core practices: Commercial, Medical and Competitive Strategy. We deliver best-in-class biopharmaceutical intelligence, acting as a thought partner to top biopharma organisations across the world. Our offerings are designed to anticipate and respond to competitive risk across the product life cycle, from early pipeline through post-launch.

We deliver timely insights and strategic implications that enable integrated decision making across competitive intelligence, marketing, medical and commercial functions. CVRM, immunology and neurology are among the fastest-moving areas we support, and you will help our clients understand and stay ahead of their competitive landscapes.

About the Opportunity

As an Associate Engagement Manager, 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 bring therapeutic area expertise in CVRM, immunology or neurology and apply it to support the development and commercialisation of portfolios, assets and brands, integrating therapeutic, clinical and commercial expertise so that clients can make confident decisions.

You will be responsible for supporting Competitive Strategy engagements across our clients' product and company life cycles, from discovery to loss of exclusivity, and for growing revenue within existing accounts. As your clients will be global, and largely US-based, the role requires a thorough understanding of the evolving CVRM, immunology, neurology and wider biopharmaceutical markets 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).

Example Responsibilities

Evidence Generation:

• Secondary Data Analytics: Source, analyse and report published information across CVRM, immunology and neurology, be it scientific, clinical, commercial, corporate or regulatory.
• Primary Research: Collect market, competitor and stakeholder evidence through desk-based interviewing and elicitation, including with cardiologists, nephrologists, endocrinologists, rheumatologists, dermatologists, gastroenterologists, neurologists and other therapeutic area experts.

Market Analytics: Evaluate business models, clinical development strategies, market dynamics and competitor threats in CVRM, immunology and neurology 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.

Therapeutic Area Expertise: Develop and apply a strong understanding of CVRM, immunology and neurology disease areas, clinical development pathways, regulatory considerations and competitive environments. Serve as a knowledge resource to internal teams and as a valued subject matter expert externally.

Conference Attendance: Cover key CVRM, immunology and neurology 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, structuring workstreams and maintaining project momentum.

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.

Account Development: Support senior leaders in identifying new business opportunities within existing CVRM, immunology and neurology accounts and contribute to proposal development.

Mentoring: Mentor junior staff internally, providing day-to-day guidance and feedback.

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.

• Education and experience: 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 5 years of relevant professional experience from within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, academia or consultancy organisations, of which at least 4 years were focused on CVRM (cardiovascular, renal and/or metabolic diseases), immunology and/or neurology.
• Therapeutic area expertise: CVRM, immunology or neurology experience gained through consulting, competitive intelligence, industry or academic work, with a strong grounding in the clinical development, product strategy and competitive landscape of at least one of these areas. Competitive intelligence (CI) experience is preferred.
• Learning agility: Ability to quickly learn new disease areas and modalities, and to navigate ambiguity in a fast-moving therapeutic area.
• Consulting knowledge: Sound knowledge of the life sciences industry and the fundamental practices, principles and tools used in management consulting, as evidenced by increasing independence in completing assigned work.
• Functional and market knowledge: Where applicable, strong knowledge of functional areas such as pricing/access, markets/regions, and industry trends relevant to CVRM, immunology and neurology.
• Research skills: 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: Fluency in English and 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. Ability to connect details to strategic implications and synthesise complex information.
• Collaboration: Strong collaboration skills and proven ability to work well within teams, and to give and receive feedback constructively.
• Project Management, Time Management & Organisation: Demonstrated ability to effectively support projects to ensure on-time, within-budget and high-quality deliverables.
• 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.
• Tools: Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially PowerPoint and Excel.

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 committed to doing our part in the broader communities in which we work and live. As such, all employees will play their part in supporting our broader business mission, vision, purpose and the Prescient brand, as well as our commitment toward optimising the social and environmental elements of our communities. We will support these efforts by ensuring regular communications, periodic trainings, volunteering and other relevant activities. People managers will play a particularly active role in this by assuming responsibilities for certain social and environmental activities that we support as an overall organisation.

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.