Managing Consultant – Life Sciences Advisory – Market Access

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute pricing and access strategies for pharmaceutical products.

• Organize and oversee project teams carrying out qualitative and quantitative pharmaceutical market access and pricing strategy initiatives.

• Collaborate with senior staff to create project proposals.

• Supervise consulting teams in formulating and presenting deliverables to clients.

• Foster and maintain strong client relationships.

• Manage multiple projects concurrently.

• Conduct comprehensive market analysis, research, and analytics.

• Design and facilitate primary interviews with payers and key opinion leaders.

• Develop Excel-based financial models to assess price-access scenarios and gross-to-net calculations.

• Create economic analyses relevant to various care settings and financial ecosystems.

• Deliver actionable insights and recommendations to executive-level stakeholders.

• Mentor and train junior consulting team members.

• Advance toward the role of Associate Director through effective project management, workstream oversight, professional growth, client engagement, and business development.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree; preferred fields of study include science, biomedical engineering, business, or healthcare policy.

• Over 4 years of consulting or relevant 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.

• Strong project management capabilities, initiative, resourcefulness, leadership skills, and a strategic, creative mindset.

• Exceptional attention to detail.

• In-depth understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, encompassing drug development and market launch processes.

• Experience in developing, designing, and implementing both qualitative and quantitative market research.

• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

• Preferred: familiarity with pricing methodologies such as analog assessment, Van Westendorp, Gabor Granger, and Conjoint analysis.

• Preferred: advanced degree in business or a health-related field (MBA, MPH, MS, or PhD).

• Proven track record of thought leadership (written or speaking engagements).

• Comfort in engaging with and presenting to executive-level audiences.

• Demonstrated experience in training and developing junior consulting staff.

• Knowledge of U.S. government policies and pricing reforms.

• Extensive experience with Part A/hospital inpatient pricing and reimbursement, Part B/medical benefit pricing, Part D/contracting, and gross-to-net calculations.

🏝️ 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 Insurance

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance

• 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

• Flexible benefits package

• Preference for candidates located within 50 miles of a Guidehouse office