Associate Consultant

Gurgaon, India

Viscadia is the leading professional services firm focused exclusively on pharmaceutical and biotech forecasting. We are a rapidly growing firm, comprised of driven, collegial, and intellectually curious individuals. Our team of experts come with many years of experience from the healthcare industry and/or the consulting space. 

We seek an Associate Consultant to join our India team in Gurgaon. Through project experience and direct mentoring, this role at Viscadia will offer an in-depth education in healthcare businesses dynamics and training in core consulting skills including critical thinking, market analyses, and executive communication.  

Responsibilities

  • Design and execute in-depth analyses and frameworks to help clients identify and solve their key business problems more effectively 
  • Conduct thorough secondary research to understand therapeutic areas, disease states and drug products as relevant to the project 
  • Apply the learnings from secondary research to facilitate the process of primary market research, the results of which can be further used to generate insights as required 
  • Develop expertise in building forecast models and in therapeutic categories in-line with Viscadia’s business focus and client base 
  • Synthesize findings and analyses into executive presentations that deliver an evidence-based story on the topics in focus 
  • Contribute proactively to business development initiatives 
  • Assume ownership of internal practice development and capability building initiatives 
  • Coach and mentor the Associates on the team 
  • Work with Principals/Managers/Consultants to develop project proposals 
  • Not required to deal directly with the client initially; however, it is expected that with some mentorship and supervision, he/she would eventually acquire the skills to be able to manage client expectations confidently

Qualifications

  • BA/BS required; Graduate degree preferred

  • 2-4 years of experience in consulting, analytics or similar roles in the pharmaceutical/biotech domain
  • Strong analytical abilities with the knack of crystallizing insights and recommendations from complex analyses

  • Excellent literacy in Excel and PowerPoint and knowledge of (or willingness to learn) more advanced tools like Python, SQL and Tableau

  • Functional knowledge of healthcare datasets, syndicated databases and other related resources preferred
  • Some understanding of forecasting and associated practices is a plus
  • Willingness to work in a small and fast-growing organization
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Good attention to detail with an unwavering focus on quality
  • Passionate about consulting, and delivering value to drive client business

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