Competitive Intelligence Consultant, Oncology/Hematology (must have PharmD or PhD in the life sciences)

Brass Tacks Health (BTH) is a boutique consulting agency and strategic thought partner to biotech and pharma teams. We empower our clients to navigate dynamic treatment landscapes with confidence and achieve market success. Our core competency is our ability to blend primary and secondary intelligence and scientific communication into clinically-relevant strategies, shaped in tune to current and emerging trends. Our hallmark is our ability to curate what our clients need to know into meaningful, customized narratives. What sets us apart is our ability to provide our clients with the strategic insights they need today to launch the most clinically meaningful therapies of tomorrow. We are passionate about enabling our clients to thrive in highly competitive environments while keeping their strategies grounded to what matters most to physicians and patients.

Our greatest asset is our people.

The successful candidate for this role will have a growth mindset and be adept at distilling large, disparate data sets down to easy-to-grasp narratives with clearly-articulated storylines. This means excellent attention to detail but also the ability to write well, recognize trends, think strategically, correctly prioritize workflows and take ownership.

We are based in Seattle, WA. However, this role can be remote.

Please note: Only candidates with a PharmD or PhD in the life sciences will be considered.

Responsibilities

•  Be able to efficiently develop and demonstrate a thorough understanding of relevant disease states, competitive landscapes, market dynamics and regulatory and commercialization pathways (global)
•  Conduct market research and/or desk research and derive meaningful insights
•  Exchange complex medical & scientific information with physicians, scientists and C-suite executives
•  Triangulate between multiple complex data sources to identify trends, and develop high-confidence, evidence-based assumptions
•  Distill medical and scientific data into relevant takeaways and actionable reports that are client-ready, and deliver these both internally and to clients
•  Continuously monitor emerging scientific data to identify impactful events and client knowledge gaps; review scientific journals, attend scientific and key technical meetings
•  Foster and grow projects by always thinking ahead to the next question
•  Take ownership in ensuring that projects are run in a “best-in-class” manner (proactive, communicative, efficient)
• Follow predefined standards to ensure legal and ethical approaches to competitive intelligence collection
•  Mentor and develop other team members
•  Think strategically

Qualifications

• Excellent writing skills
• Passion for finding and learning complex information quickly
• Passion for professional growth and efficiency
• High attention to detail, accuracy and deadlines
• Comfortable with evolving timelines
• Proactive
• Excellent project management skills
• Ability to interpret and synthesize pre-clinical and clinical scientific data and identify broader implications for specific opportunities
• Ability to proactively prioritize workflows
• Ability to communicate complex scientific information effectively and build strong relationships with key stakeholders
• Comfortable respectfully challenging key decision makers
• Intellectual agility and resilience
• Critical thinker
• Entrepreneurial/growth mindset
• PhD (immunology or related discipline) with a minimum of 3 to 5 years of professional commercial planning experience, either at a biotech or pharma company or in a previous healthcare-focused consulting capacity
• Candidates without prior industry experience but with a track record for mastering complex subject matter quickly and excellent writing skills are encouraged to apply

Why Brass Tacks?

Our clients are developing some of the most cutting-edge, clinically-meaningful therapies currently in the clinic for cancer patients. We are a small, agile, close-knit team poised for growth. The successful candidate for this position will have the opportunity to make a significant impact, shape their own projects, and build strong relationships with both physician opinion leaders and senior industry management.

Employee benefits include retirement savings and medical (health/vision/dental).

First year salary range is $95K-$115K with the opportunity for a significant upside based on ability to take ownership on current opportunities to grow the business and make it better.

Independent consultants with prior experience working with biotech or pharma who are open to starting at this salary range in a part-time capacity with the intent of transitioning to a full-time senior-level position at a compensation level commensurate to their experience are welcome to apply. In this scenario, starting benefits would be an option and the arrangement would be mutually-defined at the outset.

Looking forward to hearing from you!