Principal (Cell Therapy, Competitive Strategy)
About The Position
Prescient is seeking a Principal for its growing Competitive Strategy practice. This role involves working across a mix of strategy consulting projects that draw from competitor, customer, medical, and commercial insights. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated professional interested in being part of a dynamic team of self-starters, working with global healthcare and pharmaceutical clients across the full product life cycle. Prescient delivers best-in-class biopharmaceutical intelligence, acting as a thought partner to top biopharma organizations. The Competitive Strategy practice focuses on anticipating and responding to competitive risk across the product life cycle, from early pipeline through post-launch, delivering timely insights and strategic implications. As a Principal, you will act as the day-to-day lead on small and mid-size projects or key workstreams within larger engagements, working through others, coaching junior team members, and providing effective support to senior team members. You will be a core point of contact for clients, developing productive relationships and establishing yourself as a credible strategic advisor. The position requires a good understanding of the evolving US biopharmaceutical market and trends, as most clients are based in the US.
Requirements
- Experience in biopharma client services and consulting is required
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in cell therapy is required, with a strong understanding of the therapeutic landscape and key industry dynamics and trends
- Managing day-to-day project execution, ensuring high-quality outputs and timely delivery
- Structuring workstreams, managing junior team members and maintaining project momentum
- Awareness of business development opportunities, with the ability to recognise potential areas for account growth, contribute to proposal development and support senior leaders in strengthening client relationships
- A strong grounding in therapeutic areas, clinical development, product strategy and the competitive landscape; ability to quickly learn new disease areas and modalities
- Confidence in interacting directly with clients to clarify needs, present findings and support ongoing engagement
- Ability to build trust through credibility, preparedness and thoughtful communication
- Growing capability to act as a strategic partner, including recognising business development opportunities to add value or expand support within an account
- Clear and confident communication skills, enabling effective interaction with clients and internal teams, and the ability to contribute meaningfully to strategic discussions with guidance from senior colleagues
- Ability to connect details to strategic implications, synthesise complex information and communicate insights in a clear, structured manner
- Willingness to “roll up your sleeves” to support analyses while helping elevate the team’s work
- Ability to give and receive feedback constructively
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, adapt to new situations, and rapidly acquire new therapeutic or methodological expertise
- BA/BS required
Nice To Haves
- CI experience is preferred
- expertise in autoimmune/AID is preferred
- an advanced degree in a life science discipline is preferred
Responsibilities
- Report to a Director, Associate Vice President or Vice President within the Competitive Strategy practice, ensuring clear communication on project progress, risks and resource needs
- Lead the day-to-day management of competitive strategy and competitive intelligence engagements, ensuring high-quality deliverables and adherence to timelines and budgets
- Structure and manage workstreams, guide junior team members and ensure that analytical approaches align with client objectives
- Build credibility by understanding client contexts, anticipating needs and delivering thoughtful, actionable insights
- Support senior leaders in ensuring clients experience best-in-class service throughout the engagement life cycle
- Proactively identify and qualify new business opportunities across existing accounts, shaping proposals and recommending strategic growth pathways to account leads
- Take a leading role in deepening client relationships, regularly engaging senior stakeholders, articulating value and driving account expansion through consistent, high-impact delivery
- Develop and apply a strong understanding of relevant therapeutic areas, clinical development pathways, regulatory considerations and competitive environments
- Serve as a knowledge resource to internal teams
- Provide day-to-day coaching, feedback and oversight to junior team members to support their development and ensure high-quality contributions
- Attend industry conferences or virtual events to gather competitive insights, deepen therapeutic knowledge, and build familiarity with key stakeholders and trends
Benefits
- A competitive package and remuneration linked to performance
- A strong values-based culture grounded in collaboration, curiosity and excellence
- Tailored career development based on your interests and aspirations
- A team of smart, supportive colleagues who invest in each other’s success
- Leaders who are accessible, ambitious for the team and committed to mentorship
- Opportunities to influence the business and help shape our growing Competitive Strategy practice
- A flexible working schedule and recognition for outstanding contributions
- A flat hierarchy that empowers you to take ownership and make an impact
- PTO and paid holidays
- medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance and 401K
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
