Investment Analyst

What You'll Do

• Support the Investment team in managing the company’s buy-side investment pipeline, ensuring all active opportunities are tracked, organized, and progressed in a timely and disciplined manner.
• Maintain and update the project database, including opportunity status, counterparty records, and transaction history, ensuring data integrity and accessibility.
• Build, maintain, and refine financial models in Excel to support investment evaluation, including royalty, asset or business valuations using NPV and rNPV methodologies, deal structure modeling, and scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Conduct data analysis to support investment forecasting, competitive benchmarking, providing clear quantitative insights to inform decision-making.
• Auxiliary in conducting scientific and financial due diligence on prospective licensing and equity investment opportunities, synthesizing findings across technical, clinical, and financial dimensions to support investment decisions.
• Contribute to due diligence findings presentations by capturing key scientific, strategic, and financial considerations in a clear and concise format.
• Develop and maintain high-quality presentation materials including investment presentations, opportunity assessments, and deal summaries to support the Investment team in internal reviews and Board-level communications.
• Correspond and coordinate with relevant internal teams including Technical, Legal, Finance, and Operational as needed to support investment due diligence and transaction execution.
• Monitor the competitive investment landscape, tracking deal activity, valuations, emerging platform technologies, and biotech financing trends, and compile regular briefings for the Investment team.
• Assist with administrative aspects of the investment function, including scheduling, document management, and logistical coordination to support an efficient and well-organized deal process for Investment team members.
• Take on additional analytical and project-based responsibilities as directed to support the growth and effectiveness of the company’s investment function.

What You'll Bring

• 2-5 years of experience in investment banking, corporate development, private equity, venture capital, management consulting, or a comparable analytical role within life sciences or healthcare; recent graduates with exceptional academic backgrounds and relevant internship experience will also be considered.
• Bachelor’s degree in a life sciences, finance, business, or quantitative discipline required.
• Background in life sciences (biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, or related field) sufficient to understand the scientific and technical basis of drug development programs and investment opportunities.
• Exposure to equity investment, venture capital, private equity, or asset valuation processes within the biotechnology or life sciences sector is a strong asset.
• Advanced financial modeling skills, including the ability to build, maintain, and interpret complex models supporting investment decisions.
• Scientific literacy sufficient to critically evaluate drug development programs, understand biological mechanisms and therapeutic modalities, and engage meaningfully with R&D teams during due diligence.
• Strong project management skills, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams, meet deadlines, and maintain attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and data analysis capabilities, with the ability to synthesize large volumes of scientific, financial, and market information into clear, actionable insights.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to produce clear, polished due diligence summaries, investment memos, and presentation materials for senior audiences.
• Hightly organized and detail-oriented, with strong project management instincts and the ability to keep multiple workstreams on track simultaneously with minimal oversight.
• Collaborative and proactive communicator, comfortable coordinating with cross functional teams as needed to support investment due diligence and transaction processes.
• Self-motivated with a strong work ethic and genuine intellectual curiosity about biotechnology, drug development, and the life sciences investment landscape.
• Proficient with Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office tools.