Director, Competitive Strategy (SME in Oncology)

About You

Do you want to specialize in drug development or commercialization strategyAre you a highly motivated professional looking to leverage your experience into a valuable careerPrescient is looking for a seasoned principal or director to join us as Director within our Competitive Strategy business to be based in our Jersey City NJ office.

Do you have experience in and a passion for:

• Leading and growing client accounts
• Supporting highly complex projects
• Delivering solutions based on your knowledge of the evolving US biopharmaceutical market and trends
• Mentoring and developing account teams by using your core consultancy skills through on-the-job coaching

If so consider turning your expertise into a valuable career at Prescient.

About Prescient Competitive Strategy

Prescient Competitive Strategy a Prescient Healthcare Group business offers best-in-class biopharmaceutical intelligence by providing impactful insight and decision support to product and portfolio teams from early clinical development through to loss of exclusivity.

About the Opportunity

You will be part of a fast-growing PE-backed business that allows high-performing employees to make an impact and contribute to growing the business. You will have the chance to channel your advanced degree into supporting the development and commercialization of portfolios assets and brands by integrating therapeutic clinical and commercial expertise to ensure that clients are able to make confident decisions.

You will be responsible for leading successful Competitive Strategy engagements across our clients product and company life cycles and for growing revenue within existing accounts. As your clients will mainly be in the US the Director position requires an expert understanding of the evolving US biopharmaceutical market and trends. Many projects will also involve global client stakeholders; therefore knowledge of drug development and commercialization in other markets is also desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Directing:Collaborate with clients to ensure that projects are designed to answer strategic business questions and executed with a high degree of client satisfaction
• Subject Matter Expertise:Act as a strong and valued subject matter expert in Oncology externally and internally. Preferable focus on high prevalence tumours in solid and haematological malignancies. Should have knowledge of trends in key oncology indications key players evolving landscape white space/opportunities and regulatory know-how. Also should be able to mentor junior staff internally on clinical regulatory and commercial aspects in this space
• Account Management:Actively participate in devising overall strategic client account plans developing the account team strengthening existing relationships and expanding Prescients reach within the client organization while building the Prescient brand
• Business Development:Grow accounts through existing engagements actively seek out new business based on client needs and pursue new opportunities with new brands within existing accounts
• Project Management:Ensure three-dimensional management of client engagements including design planning client and people management evidence collection analysis and reporting
• Client Management:Collaborate with other members of the project and account teams to ensure clients experience best-in-class customer service
• Subject Matter Expertise:Act as a valued subject matter expert externally and mentor junior staff internally on clinical regulatory and commercial aspects of the pharmaceutical industry
• Analysis and Reporting:Lead project teams to analyze findings develop conclusions and recommendations and create client presentations that deliver an evidence-based story on the topics in focus
• Evidence Generation:Ensure that the project teams are collecting market competitor and stakeholder evidence in an efficient manner
• Conference Attendance:Attend key conferences with the objectives of interacting with a wide range of experts and delegates and attending key symposia presentations posters and booths
• Thought Leadership:Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and publish thought leadership content that has a meaningful impact on Prescients brand and business development activities
• Line Management:Mentor the members of the Competitor Strategy team by identifying their strengths and opportunities and supporting their development; ensure sustained focus on delivering concise insights that can create impact and be of value to our clients

Required Experience and Skills

• Graduate or Higher degree (MSc MD PhD) in related disciplines
• 5-6 years of project management experience and 8-9 years of commercial experience
• Regarded as a subject matter expert in Oncology and a complementary commercial skill includingthe clinical regulatory and commercial aspects of markets globally especially in the EU and US understanding of new drug commercialisation competitive dynamics and key success factors and business practices networking with investigators (KOLs and key trialists)
• Strong Competitive Intelligence (CI) or consulting experience and proven account leadership
• Excellent business development skills to cultivate and grow existing client relationships; strong account management skills; exceptional framing and solution-forming skills
• Confident communication skills to interact with clients on a peer-to-peer basis and provide subject matter expertise

What We Offer

• Competitive package and remuneration linked to performance
• Opportunity to lead pharmaceutical and biotech client accounts to help them develop their portfolios assets and brand strategies
• High-growth entrepreneurial environment where you can create significant client and business value and forge your own path
• Platform for accelerated professional development and career growth with significant levels of responsibility and accountability and the opportunity to be part of the U management team
• Opportunity to lead extraordinary teams that are driven by personal learning and client impact

About Prescient Healthcare Group

Prescient is a pharma services firm specializing in dynamic decision support and product and portfolio strategy. We partner with our clients to turn science into value by helping them understand the potential of their molecules shaping their strategic plans and allowing their decision making to be the biggest differentiating factor in the success of their products. When companies partner with Prescient the molecules in their hands have a greater potential for success than the same science in the hands of their competitors.

Founded in 2007 Prescient is a global firm with six offices across three continents. Our team of more than 475 experts partners with 23 of the top 25 biopharmaceutical companies the fastest-growing mid-caps and cutting-edge emerging biotechs including some of the biggest and most innovative brands. More than 80% of our employees hold advanced life sciences degrees and our teams deliver an impressive depth of therapeutic clinical and commercial expertise.

The annual full time base salary range for this role is ($180000 - $195000). Specific compensation is determined through interviews and a review of relevant education experience training skills geographic location and alignment with market data. Additionally positions may be eligible to receive a discretionary bonus as determined by bonus program guidelines. Prescient offers PTO and paid holidays the terms of which are set forth in the program policies. All full time employees also are eligible to participate in various benefit plans including medical dental vision life disability insurance and 401K; in each case in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

Prescient has been a portfolio company of Bridgepoint Development Capital since 2021 and Baird Capital since 2017. For more information please visit: .

We are an equal opportunity employer and fully comply with applicable legislation in all of the geographies in which we operate. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to veteran status uniformed service member status race color religion sex national origin age physical or mental disability genetic information or any other category protected by applicable national federal state or local laws.