Engagement Manager (Medical Strategy & RWE)

Who are Prescient

Prescient is a specialist global consultancy focused exclusively on the biopharmaceutical industry. Following the recent acquisitions of Uptake and Dolon Prescient now operates across four core practices: Commercial Medical Competitive Strategy and Value Pricing & Access. Together we deliver best-in-class intelligenceevidenceand strategic consulting to leading biopharma organizations worldwide.

Our work supports clients across the full product lifecyclefrom early pipeline through post-launchdeliveringtimely insights and strategic recommendations that enable informed decision-making across commercial medical competitive intelligence evidence generation and market access function.

Within our Medical practice we deliver integrated solutions across three core pillars - Medical Strategy & Planning Evidence Generation Strategy and Organizational Excellence - enabling clients to strengthen medical impact accelerate decision-making and build future-ready medical organizations. Increasingly our differentiation comes from pairing genuine scientific and technical depth with strategic medical affairs judgement.

About the role

As an Engagement Manager you will lead the delivery of strategic medical affairs engagements while driving business growth and developing the teams around you. This role spans our three core pillars medical strategy and planning evidence generation and organizational excellence and calls for a consultant who pairs strong technical grounding in real-world evidence (RWE) health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) and epidemiology modelling with the medical affairs understanding to put that evidence to strategic use.

Our clients medical affairs leaders at leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies increasingly expect partners who can do more than synthesise their thinking. They want technical depth they can trust fluency in how medical affairs operates challenge to their assumptions and clear answers to so what and now what. You will be central to meeting that expectation with a primary client base in the U.S. and a global perspective on medical strategy evidence generation and drug development.

What role will I play on projects

You will lead engagements end-to-end; scoping the approach directing the work and owning the quality and strategic relevance of what we deliver. You will help clients address challenges across medical planning and strategy integrated evidence generation launch readiness field medical optimization and operating-model design.

• Lead client engagements end to endacross medical strategy evidence generation and organizational excellence. You will oversee research analysis and the design of deliverables such as strategic and medical plans evidence roadmaps operating models and client workshops.
• Bring technical depth where it matters.Direct or guide RWE study design literature reviews and epidemiology work applying the right level of methodological scrutiny so findings withstand expert review.
• Ground the work in medical affairs strategy.Connect evidence and analysis to clients medical objectives evidence-generation planning scientific communication field medical and launch demonstrating a clear understanding of how medical affairs creates value.
• Own the so what and now what.Translate complex evidence and analysis into clear strategic implications and recommended actions; pressure-test interpretations and bring perspectives on what clients should do differently.
• Identify and pursue new businesswithin existing and new clients; develop proposals scope and cost engagements accurately and position the practice competitively at the executive level.
• Manage mentor and develop direct reports and project teamssetting clear expectations building both technical and strategic capability and reducing variability in how the team delivers.
• Manage workstreams and stakeholdersensuring coordination efficient communication and timely delivery against a high standard of quality.
• Contribute to the evolution of the practiceby helping shape new capabilities and offerings across medical strategy evidence generation and organizational excellence.

What skills and experience do I need for this role

• Advanced degree strongly preferred - PhD MD MS/MBA combination or Masters (MS MPH or equivalent) in a life-sciences epidemiology health economics biostatistics or related discipline.
• 57 years of relevant professional experiencewith a strong foundation in medical affairs evidence generation or life-sciences strategy.
• Prior consulting experience is required - a proven ability to deliver impactful client work and manage engagements in a consulting environment.
• Strong understanding of medical affairsand how evidence scientific strategy and field medical connect to broader business priorities and patient impact across the product lifecycle.
• Ability to interrogate evidence and translate it into strategy -connecting technical findings to clinical and commercial implications without losing rigour.
• Demonstrated business development ability- building and sustaining senior client relationships and converting opportunities into growth.
• Strong leadership and people-management skillswith a track record of managing and developing teams and direct reports.
• Superior written and verbal communicationable to distil complex science and evidence into clear credible executive-ready narratives for cross-functional audiences.

What we offer

• A competitive package and remuneration linked to performance
  
• A high-growth entrepreneurial environment where you can create significant client and business value and forge your own path
• A platform for accelerated professional development and career growth with significant levels of responsibility and accountability and the opportunity to be part of the UK management team
• An opportunity to lead extraordinary teams that are driven by personal learning and client impact

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 colour religion sex national origin age physical or mental disability genetic information or any other category protected by applicable national federal state or local laws.

Dont meet every job requirement Thats okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace. If youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt perfectly fit every qualification we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.

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