Consulting Associate/Management Consulting

Charles River Associates - Private • New York, NY

1d • $110,000 - $115,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

CRA’s Life Sciences practice helps pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics, and medical device companies achieve optimum performance across key aspects of their business, including innovation, commercial success, organization, and reputation, all for the long-term benefit of patients, clinicians, employees, and shareholders. We work with life sciences businesses directly as well as with their legal counsel, industry associations, government organizations, and advocacy groups from the earliest stages of research into new therapy areas, through product development, to the delivery of products that will achieve commercial success and fulfill the expectations of our clients and their key stakeholders.
Joining the Life Sciences practice at CRA will provide you with a unique opportunity to develop your knowledge of healthcare globally. As an integral member of the team, you will help us deliver to our clients high-impact solutions that are implementable and make a difference. We provide professional development and mentoring that will give you access to our global practice where you can get exposure to colleagues from across our offices and gain experience across a wide range of geographies, therapy areas, aspects of the industry and projects.
Consulting Associates are important members of CRA project teams and work together with experienced Senior Associates and Principals to deliver consulting, strategic marketing, and market research projects to clients. In this role you will own and personally deliver components of the client engagement, contributing to the overall success of each engagement. As you demonstrate strong advisory and project management skills, your responsibilities will grow rapidly.
Consulting Associates are a part of an integrated team that executes and delivers across a wide variety of consulting projects through:
Work closely with senior colleagues to deliver policy consulting projects that address specific client needs;
Conduct independent research to identify, collect, manage and analyze data;
Contribute to internal discussions that build insights from the analytical process and you will help integrate findings into the broader project work;
Conduct telephone or face-to-face interviews with clients or external stakeholders;
Assume responsibility to generating sections of client reports, presentations and other client deliverables (e.g. excel Workbooks) whilst under close supervision;
Proactively developing your knowledge of the life sciences industry as well as consulting methodologies;
Work on multiple projects at the same time.

Requirements

• Graduates of PhD programs with demonstrated consulting or business strategy experience or those holding a Master's degree
• 3-5 years of relevant experience
• A strong analytic focus and a background in one of the following disciplines (or related disciplines): the Life Sciences, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Psychology, Sociology, Bio-engineering, Public Health or Business
• Experience or keen interest in the life sciences and healthcare
• Experience with business analytics or computational data analytics (“big data”) is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Eye for detail and self-motivated to deliver high quality work on time
• Some knowledge of fundamental consulting methodologies tools and techniques
• Willingness and ready to travel to client locations when required

Nice To Haves

• Experience with business analytics or computational data analytics (“big data”)

Responsibilities

• Work closely with senior colleagues to deliver policy consulting projects that address specific client needs
• Conduct independent research to identify, collect, manage and analyze data
• Contribute to internal discussions that build insights from the analytical process and you will help integrate findings into the broader project work
• Conduct telephone or face-to-face interviews with clients or external stakeholders
• Assume responsibility to generating sections of client reports, presentations and other client deliverables (e.g. excel Workbooks) whilst under close supervision
• Proactively developing your knowledge of the life sciences industry as well as consulting methodologies
• Work on multiple projects at the same time

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards program
• Superior benefits package
• Wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being
• In-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers
• 100 hours of training annually through formal and informal programs
• Career mentoring and performance coaching
• Leadership and collaboration opportunities through internal firm development activities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level