Associate Director - Life Science Advisory - US Market Access
Guidehouse · New York, United States · 1 mo ago
On-siteBusiness Development$162k–$270k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, no invented details. Remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Also remove duplicated lines, navigation, cookie, etc. Must not include sections with placeholder like "commensurate with experience". Pay: we have salary range $162,000-$270,000. So include Pay section. Schedule: not mentioned (travel up to 25% maybe schedule? Travel required up to 25% is not schedule; schedule maybe not given. So we should not include Schedule unless present. Benefits: we have list of benefits. Include Benefits. About the role: we have description of what you will do. Could be About the role. Responsibilities: list of duties. Requirements: maybe "What You Will Need". Qualifications: maybe overlapping. But we need to follow headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to map content accordingly.
We have sections in posting:
- "What You Will Do": description of role. Could be About the role.
- "Common Responsibilities And Expertise Include": list of responsibilities.
- "What You Will Need": qualifications/requirements.
- "What Would Be Nice To Have": nice-to-have (maybe qualifications/skills). Could be Qualifications.
- Skills: we have list of skills: strong market research, pricing methodologies, etc. Also "Proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook." Also "Strong verbal and written communication skills." etc.
- Benefits: list.
- Pay: salary range.
- Schedule: not present.
We must not create empty sections.
Thus output sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay.
We need to ensure we don't duplicate content. Let's extract.
About the role: from "What You Will Do": 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. Associate Directors oversee multiple projects simultaneously.
We'll put that in . Let's list them:
- Oversee development and review of project deliverables to ensure proper framing of strategic issues, use of appropriate methods, and materials are up to client standards.
- Facilitate client presentations and manage client relationships.
- Actively support business development and the project sales cycle.
- Manage and develop staff, including performance management of direct reports.
- Manage project budgets, timelines, and staffing.
- Create corporate- and product-level market access strategies for technologies across multiple stages of the product development cycle.
- Design and manage project teams to execute pharmaceutical market access and pricing strategy projects, both qualitative and quantitative, including overseeing development of materials and facilitating discussions as required.
- ○ Strong Market Research Skills Required. (this is a skill but appears under responsibilities; we can treat as responsibility? It's a bullet with "Strong Market Research Skills Required." We'll include as responsibility.)
- ○ Preferred candidates will have experience with various pricing methodologies, including analog assessment, Van Westendorp, Gabor-Granger, and conjoint analysis.
- Design and lead primary interviews with key stakeholders such as payers and KOLs.
- Apply deep experience with: Part A / hospital inpatient pricing and reimbursement. Part B / medical benefit pricing. Part D / contracting. Gross-to-net calculations.
- Build Excel-based financial models to evaluate price-access scenarios and inform pricing recommendations.
- Demonstrate strong understanding of health economic methodologies and value pricing constructs.
- Construct practice economic analyses under a variety of settings of care and financial ecosystems.
- Maintain familiarity with current pricing and access laws and proposed pricing policy.
- Demonstrate a track record of thought leadership, written or podium.
- Engage with and present to executive-level audiences to deliver actionable insights and recommendations.
- Train and develop junior consulting staff.
We need to ensure we keep all.
Requirements: from "What You Will Need": Bachelor’s degree; major course of study in science, biomedical engineering, business, or healthcare policy preferred. 6+ years of transferable consulting or relevant biotechnology/pharmaceutical work experience in market access, reimbursement, pricing, health economics, forecasting, and/or pipeline strategy. 3+ years of direct experience in client management and content delivery roles. Demonstrated project management skills, initiative, resourcefulness, leadership, and ability to think strategically and creatively. Keen attention to detail. Superior written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate clinical and business implications of technically complex products and services. Demonstrated track record of managing direct reports and teams of experienced consultants, including managers and consultants. 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.
Note some repeats (communication skills). We'll keep as is.
Qualifications: from "What Would Be Nice To Have": Advanced degree preferred, such as MBA, MPH, MS, or PhD. Preference will be given to candidates located within 50 miles of a Guidehouse office.
Also maybe we could include "Travel Required Up to 25%" as a qualification? But it's not a heading; we could include under Requirements or Qualifications as a note. However we must not invent sections. Could add a line under Requirements: "Travel required up to 25%". But that's from the header "Travel Required Up to 25%" at top. It's substantive. We should preserve it. Where to put? Could be under Requirements as a bullet. Or maybe under About the role? Better to add a separate line under Requirements: "Travel required up to 25%". We'll include as a list item.
Skills: we need to extract skill-specific items not already covered. Could include: Strong Market Research Skills Required, experience with pricing methodologies, etc. But many of those are already in Responsibilities. To avoid duplication, we could still include them under Skills if they are skill-focused. However the instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Duplication is allowed? It says do not repeat job title as heading, but not about duplicating content. However we should avoid unnecessary duplication but not required to deduplicate. However better to avoid repeating same sentences in multiple sections to keep clean. We'll assign skills to those that are clearly skill-based: Strong Market Research Skills Required, experience with pricing methodologies (analog assessment, Van Westendorp, Gabor-Granger, conjoint analysis), ability to design and lead primary interviews with payers/KOLs, deep experience with Part A/B/D pricing, gross-to-net calculations, building Excel financial models, understanding health economic methodologies, constructing practice economic analyses, familiarity with pricing/access laws, thought leadership, presenting to executives, training junior staff, proficiency in MS Office, strong verbal/written communication, project management, leadership, strategic thinking, attention to detail, managing direct reports, understanding pharma industry, qualitative/quantitative market research.
But many of these overlap with responsibilities. To keep sections distinct, we could put responsibilities as the duties, and qualifications as the requirements, and skills as the specific abilities. Some overlap is okay.
We'll create Skills list with items:
- Strong market research skills
- Experience with pricing methodologies: analog assessment, Van Westendorp, Gabor-Granger, conjoint analysis
- Ability to design and lead primary interviews with key stakeholders (payers, KOLs)
- Deep experience with Part A (hospital inpatient), Part B (medical benefit), Part D (contracting) pricing and reimbursement, gross-to-net calculations
- Building Excel-based financial models to evaluate price-access scenarios
- Strong understanding of health economic methodologies and value pricing constructs
- Constructing practice economic analyses across care settings and financial ecosystems
- Familiarity with current pricing and access laws and proposed pricing policy
- Track record of thought leadership (written or podium)
- Engaging and presenting to executive-level audiences
- Training and developing junior consulting staff
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Superior written and verbal communication skills
- Project management, initiative, resourcefulness, leadership, strategic and creative thinking
- Keen attention to detail
- Demonstrated track record managing direct reports and teams
- Strong understanding of pharmaceutical industry, drug development and launch
- Experience developing, designing, executing qualitative and quantitative market research
We need to ensure we don't miss any.
Benefits: list from "Benefits Include". Items:
- 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
We'll put each as .
Pay: salary range $162,000.00-$270,000.00. We'll put in for each section. Use
. Responsibilities: from "Common Responsibilities And Expertise Include" bullet list (the items with ○ and paragraphs). Need to capture each as
. Schedule: not present, omit. Now produce HTML fragment with headings
for each section. Use - for lists. Use
for prose.
We need to ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. We removed.
Let's craft.
Structure:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- ...
...
Qualifications
- ...
...
Skills
- ...
...
Benefits
- ...
...
Pay
The annual salary range for this position is $162,000.00‑$270,000.00.
Make sure to use proper hyphen (maybe just hyphen). Use &ndash? Not needed.
Check for any repeated content: We'll try to keep each bullet unique.
Now craft each section.
About the role paragraph: combine sentences.
"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. Associate Directors oversee multiple projects simultaneously."
Now Responsibilities bullets: need to capture all items from "Common Responsibilities And Expertise Include". Let's list them precisely:
1. Oversee development and review of project deliverables to ensure proper framing of strategic issues, use of appropriate methods, and materials are up to client standards.
2. Facil
for prose. We need to ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. We removed. Let's craft. Structure:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Qualifications
- ... ...
Skills
- ... ...
Benefits
- ... ...
Pay
The annual salary range for this position is $162,000.00‑$270,000.00.
Make sure to use proper hyphen (maybe just hyphen). Use &ndash? Not needed. Check for any repeated content: We'll try to keep each bullet unique. Now craft each section. About the role paragraph: combine sentences. "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. Associate Directors oversee multiple projects simultaneously." Now Responsibilities bullets: need to capture all items from "Common Responsibilities And Expertise Include". Let's list them precisely: 1. Oversee development and review of project deliverables to ensure proper framing of strategic issues, use of appropriate methods, and materials are up to client standards. 2. Facil