Business Development Associate, Data Science

EVERSANA•Yardley, PA

5h•Remote

About The Position

THE POSITION: The Business Development (BD) Associate, reporting to the Engagement Manager (EM), will join a team that uses cutting-edge technology to solve challenges for both the front-end and back-end architecture and deliver exceptional experiences for clients and users. We’re seeking a highly motivated BD Associate ready to support the efficient management of business development workflow, finances, and resources to address incoming opportunities, and align with the BD lead and CEM/AP on the overall scope and timeline to support proposal development. The ideal candidate is a goal-oriented and organized management expert who has experience in supporting sales, developing proposal responses (RFPs) in healthcare or pharmaceutical industry, managing projects, tracks, documents, and monitors tasks. This remote role prefers candidates based in the Eastern Time Zone, particularly the Philadelphia or New York metro areas.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (Master's degree preferred)
1+ years of experience in sales and marketing within the healthcare domain
2+ years of progressive project and program management experience in a global organization
Experience of working with a data analytics and modeling team, preferably around healthcare claims data and commercial analytics in the life science industry
Attention to detail and ability to work simultaneously on multiple priorities.
Ability to work independently and as a team player.
Ability to comprehend the views of internal and external stakeholders, and clearly articulate thoughts.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, or activities.
Ability to work in shifts to support global client-base.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to productively interact and negotiate with all levels of customers and company personnel.
Continuous (over 75%) Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and embodies a collaborative work style.
Frequent (50-75%) Excellent organizational skills with the ability to: perform detail-oriented work accurately, handle several assignments simultaneously, maintain confidential information, and produce reports in a timely manner.
Continuous (over 75%) Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Frequent (50-75%) The ability to work independently as well as working collaboratively with team members and leadership on project delivery.
Frequent (50-75%)

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in life sciences, healthcare management or similar
Health sciences industry experience a plus
Experience working with Big Data and Analytics projects, familiar with Enterprise Data Warehouse and Data Integration platforms
Proficiency using the following software/hardware: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Visio, SQL queries
The ability to learn and become proficient in company software packages

Responsibilities

Align with business, clinical, and technology stakeholders on analytics strategies and partner with strategic leaders to identify initiatives which can drive significant business value.
Assist the CEM/AP to develop contracts, statement of work (SOW), targeted proposals, solutions to complex analytical problems, and detailed responses to RFPs (request for proposals) in accordance with the applicable program and project governance guidelines, policies, and practices.
Manage the intake of such initiatives & client requests and assist the CEM/AP to develop proposals with detailed timeline and budget for internal and external clients.
Facilitate the subsequent scoring, prioritizing and conversion of such proposals to projects.
Provide information and data analytics for and report to the CEM or research leader, following their directions for project tasks and goals.
Work with SVP, Business Development to assist with sales calls, reaching out to prospective clients, and preparing for BD outreach at medical and industry conferences
Prepare and coordinate the necessary materials for each client meeting, including presentation slides, reports, handouts, worksheets,
Conduct research on each new opportunity and develop material to help prepare the business leaders for initial meetings with new clients.
Assist the business development leadership and the CEM/AP in translating strategic goals and priorities into tactical plans and objectives for the department.
Develop, coordinate, and organize business and meeting schedules for BD team members, executives, clients and other stakeholders.
Schedule and plan for video conferences, speaking engagements, programs, meetings, conferences, professional development workshops and other important project events.
Provide draft inputs to written products like literature reviews, progress reports, research reports, briefings, and other key documents.
Develop and manage project documents, such as the project business case, charter, RACI matrix, work breakdown structure, and risks and issues log.
Drive adoption of agile principles to enable teams to deliver exceptional analytic solutions to meet client’s business and research needs.
Perform all other duties as assigned.
Required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs.