Engagement Manager - Commercial Strategy

Prescient • Jersey City, NJ

20h

About The Position

About You Do you want to help shape the commercial success of future pharma brands? Are you energized by leading project teams, mentoring others, and acting as a trusted thought partner to clients? Do you enjoy turning complex qualitative and quantitative data into clear, actionable insights that drive strategic decisions? Are you a motivated consultant who thrives in a collaborative, fast‑paced environment working with global healthcare and pharmaceutical clients? Prescient is looking for an Engagement Manager to join our growing Commercial Practice. Do you have: Exceptional thinking skills that you can apply to building successful brand strategies? A passion for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry? A strong working knowledge of the US healthcare structure? Enthusiasm for working and achieving as part of a team? Great interpersonal skills? A strong focus on quality work, and a commitment to delivering to a deadline? If so, consider turning your expertise into a valuable career at Prescient. About Our Commercial Practice Prescient has three core practices: Commercial, Competitor Intelligence, and Medical. We partner with biopharma clients to support high‑impact strategic decision‑making across products and portfolios. Our teams combine deep life sciences expertise with strong strategic and analytical capabilities to deliver winning strategies. The Commercial Practice supports clients across the full product life cycle, helping them unlock the full potential of their brands through customer‑centric insight and rigorous strategic thinking. Our work spans brand strategy; brand positioning, value proposition, and brand story development; disease area and portfolio strategy; life-cycle management; new product planning; competitor strategy; workshop facilitation; and strategic primary and secondary market research. About the Opportunity As an Engagement Manager, you will routinely act as the project lead on multiple smaller engagements or as a workstream lead within larger, more complex projects. You will increasingly deliver work through others, coaching and mentoring less experienced team members while maintaining hands-on involvement in critical aspects of project delivery. You will play a key role in building and maintaining strong client relationships, establishing yourself as a credible thought partner who understands client challenges and proactively identifies opportunities to add value. Engagement Managers often develop a clear area of specialization aligned with their experience and strengths. You will work across a mix of primary market research and strategy consulting projects, contributing to research design, analysis, insight generation, and the development of compelling client-ready deliverables. Many projects include interactive client workshops, where you will play a core facilitation role. In addition to project delivery, you will contribute to proposal development, budgeting, and account growth initiatives, as well as take on line management responsibilities.

Requirements

• Undergraduate or advanced degree in life sciences, business, marketing, psychology, or a related discipline
• Typically 4+ years of relevant professional experience in consulting, primary market research, or a related corporate environment
• Experience in brand strategy, primary and/or secondary market research, or a relevant therapeutic or specialist area
• Strong project and time management skills, with the ability to manage shifting priorities
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high‑quality, client‑ready outputs with strong attention to detail
• Confident communication skills, with the ability to adapt style to different audiences and engage clients professionally
• Experience coaching and mentoring junior team members; people management experience preferred
• Strong growth mindset, curiosity, and commitment to personal and professional development

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Ensure effective management of client engagements and workstreams, including project design, planning, day-to-day delivery, facilitation/moderation, analysis, reporting, and budget awareness, while working through and coaching junior team members.
• Business Development: Support growth within existing accounts by contributing to proposal development and identifying follow-on opportunities through high-quality delivery; assist with pursuit of new brands and opportunities.
• Client Management: Collaborate closely with project and account teams to deliver best-in-class client service, build trusted relationships, and act as a credible thought partner to client stakeholders.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Develop and apply strong expertise in relevant therapeutic areas, research approaches, and commercial strategy topics; translate data into clear insights and mentor junior team members through hands-on guidance.
• Line Management: Line manage one or more direct reports by identifying strengths and development opportunities, providing ongoing coaching and feedback, and supporting the delivery of concise, high-impact insights for clients.

Benefits

• Highly competitive base salary plus Performance Related Bonus, 401K matching and Health & Dental benefits
• A strong values-based culture which is actively lived and promoted
• A team made up of smart and supportive people
• Leaders who are accessible and listen, ambitious for our teams, committed to coaching and sharing their expertise
• An environment where our thinking and our work are all innovative, imaginative and bright
• On-going and tailored career development that stretches you and is based on your ambition, abilities and interests – not boxes
• A culture where everyone is actively encouraged to contribute and influence the business
• Flexible working, recognition for going the extra mile, and a flat hierarchy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees