Health Advances is seeking PhD(s) to join its Diagnostics and Life Science Research Tools (Dx/LSR) practice as a senior analyst.

Overview

Health Advances, a premier global life sciences consulting firm, offers a unique opportunity to use your technical and scientific skills while honing your business acumen and industry insight with a market leading Diagnostics and Life Science Tools practice. Within Health Advances’ Dx/LSR practice, you will execute projects on the most innovative technologies, be close to and track the biggest industry trends (e.g., COVID testing and vaccine development and commercialization), enable companies to commercialize these new products, and formulate winning business strategies. The technical expertise your PhD brings to the table coupled with our greater than 30 years of experience in diagnostics and tools differentiates our firm’s ability to create value for our clients. Join colleagues who seek to combine their scientific rigor with business interests and a passion for the role discovery, translational and clinical research as well as diagnostic testing play in the delivery of patient care.

Health Advances is committed to continuous learning and the growth of its staff at all levels. Each senior analyst has a member of the management team assigned as a formal mentor so that each individual has a tailored development plan and a defined path to promotion. Senior analysts leverage prior knowledge in addition to current casework to develop the necessary skills for transition into levels of increased responsibility. More than 35% of our consulting staff is a PhD. With the right training, apprenticeship-type learning, and professional development, our PhDs and MDs become confident team leaders and successful directors, vice presidents and partners at Health Advances.

All interviews are case-oriented and provide the opportunity to work through actual examples of our projects.

Highlights

• Seven-week training program that covers healthcare and business topics, a training project, and case shadow opportunity
• Additional training specific to diagnostics and life science tools
• Staffing model that allows consultants to simultaneously learn about multiple aspects of the healthcare industry
• Strategy-based projects with an average duration of 6-8 weeks increase exposure to a variety of projects within the Dx/LST sector
• Opportunity to be an active member of the Diagnostics and Life Science Tools Practice participating in building practice and firm wide expertise in and outside of project work
• Collegial culture that encourages both level-specific and cross-level team building
• Opportunities to work on projects that span across offices and/or are global in scope
• Minimal travel requirements

Responsibilities

• Synthesizing research findings into persuasive actionable insights that allow clients to achieve their business objectives
• Conducting technical and market reviews
• Performing in-depth qualitative and quantitative research with researchers, clinical lab directors, clinicians, patients/consumers, and industry experts
• Executing quantitative analyses including learning to build forecasts and financial models to support clients’ decision-making
• Collaborating with team leaders to select appropriate analytical approaches
• Creating and presenting portions of client presentations
• Supporting the growth of the diagnostics and life science tools business by contributing to the development of internal training materials and external publications and posts

Qualifications

• PhD-level training in the life sciences, ideally immunology, cell biology, cancer biology, neuroscience, infectious disease/microbiology, molecular biology
• Interest in developing a deep understanding of the in vitro diagnostics industry
• Exposure to the diagnostics industry through the clinical laboratory, laboratory products, and/or point of care testing perspectives
• Experience in the life science research tools industry a plus but not a requirement
• Located in or willing to relocate to Boston or San Francisco
• International experience and language skills are not necessary, but valued
• Strong quantitative skills
• Excellent oral and written skills
• Desire to work in a team environment
• Ability to prioritize and focus time effectively to meet multiple client-driven objectives

Health Advances has openings for start dates on June 13th, September 13th and January of 2023 in Newton, MA, and San Francisco, CA. Please specify in your cover letter if you have a preference in office location.

Employment is contingent on disclosure of your COVID-19 vaccination status and, if relevant, proof of vaccination or have an approved religious or medical exemption.

Health Advances will consider H1-B sponsorship for candidates who have PhDs in the life sciences and are eligible for a minimum of 24 months of an OPT (Optional Practical Training) from their start date. We have open positions in Zug, Switzerland, and Hong Kong for candidates with work authorization for those locations.

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For Californian applicants, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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