Managing Consultant - Life Sciences Advisory - Market Access (US)
About The Position
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. The Value & Access team provides commercialization strategy and market access services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Our client services range from pre-commercialization go-to-market planning to launch value story, pricing, and reimbursement strategies, impacting policies affecting the use and payment of our clients’ novel therapies. You will be responsible for creating and implementing pricing and access strategies for a variety of pharmaceutical assets. This will involve working with senior staff to develop project proposals, managing consulting teams in the development and communication of client deliverables, and maintaining client relationships. Managing Consultants oversee multiple projects simultaneously. Guidehouse encourages career development and hiring for the long term. Managing Consultants follow a clearly defined career path. As Managing Consultants hone their project management skills, ability to manage multiple work streams, professional expertise, and client and business development skills, they progress to the position of Associate Director.
Requirements
- Strong market analysis, market research, and analytics skills required
- Experience with various pricing methodologies (analog assessment, Van Westendorp, Gabor Granger, Conjoint, etc.)
- Deep experience with Part A / hospital inpatient pricing and reimbursement
- Deep experience with Part B / medical benefit pricing
- Deep experience with Part D / contracting
- Deep experience calculating gross-to-net
- Strong understanding of health economic methodologies and value pricing constructs
- Ability to construct practice economic analyses under a variety of settings of care and financial ecosystems
- Familiarity with U.S. government and pricing policy reform
- Track record of thought leadership (written or podium)
- Comfortable engaging with and presenting to executive-level audiences to deliver actionable insights and recommendations
- Bachelor’s degree; a major course of study in science, biomedical engineering, business, or healthcare policy preferred.
- 4+ years of consulting or related business experience in market access, reimbursement, pricing, health economics, forecasting, and/or pipeline strategy.
- 1–2 years of direct experience in client management and content delivery roles.
- Demonstrates excellent project management skills, initiative and resourcefulness, leadership, and ability to think strategically and creatively.
- Keen attention to detail.
- Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, including drug development and launch.
- Experience developing, designing, and executing qualitative and quantitative market research.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Nice To Haves
- Graduate-level degree in business or other health-related field (e.g., MBA, MPH, MS, PhD)
- A track record in mentoring and developing junior staff members.
- Track record of promotion within a firm or achievement that shows ability to take on progressively more responsibility.
- Superior written and verbal communication skills.
- Preference will be given to candidates located within 50 miles of a Guidehouse office.
Responsibilities
- Designing and managing project teams to execute various pharmaceutical market access and pricing strategy projects, both qualitative and quantitative
- Designing and leading primary interviews with key stakeholders such as payers and KOLs
- Building Excel-based financial models to evaluate price-access scenarios and gross-to-net
- Track record of training and developing junior consulting staff
Benefits
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
- Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Basic Life & Supplemental Life
- Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Student Loan PayDown
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
- Skills Development & Certifications
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
- Mobility Stipend
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
