Senior Associate - Competitive Intelligence

About Deallus

Deallus is a management consulting firm owned by Global Data operating across the global life sciences sector with a legacy in competitive and strategic intelligence. We empower clients to achieve competitive advantage through generation of strategic intelligence and actionable insights. Our strength is unrivalled therapeutic area expertise, deep understanding of our client needs, and proven methodologies to deliver strategic value across the product lifecycle and the broader organization.

Deallus has global staff exceeding 100 people, and presence in all major pharmaceutical markets through offices in L.A., New York City, London, Gurugram (India), Tokyo, Shanghai. We have a diverse employee population and more than 25 languages are spoken by Deallus staff. We serve a large number of top-25 global pharma as well as nice biopharma clients, and have therapeutic area strength in Oncology, Rare Disease, Vaccines, and other specialty categories, as well as most of the primary care space.

Purpose of the Role:

An Senior Associate serves as a key member of the project team, conducting both primary and secondary research and analysing findings and generating insights in line with client objectives. Gathering client exposure from the start, this role is ideal for individuals looking to progress their career within the life science consulting sector.

Key Accountabilities:

Research and Analysis

• Conducts Competitive Intelligence methodologies such as primary and secondary research using a range of sources.
• Independently develop and deliver in depth, comprehensive CI deliverables including periodic monitoring, indication-based pipeline landscapes, competitor asset profiles, market landscapes, key event trackers, competitor approval timelines, conference coverage, newsletters etc.
• Analyses research findings to generate insights against the client objective and context.
• Conference Coverage: conducting primary research to gather information for specific projects as required.

Project Delivery

• Supports the production of client deliverables by preparing specific elements of the final client report.
• Develop client- ready outputs (slides or documents) with the best suited data synthesis and convincing visualization to convey key messages while maintaining rigorous quality checks on insights and outputs to ensure data accuracy and relevance
• Manage multiple CI projects under tight timelines interfacing with global clientele and prioritize requests based on the criticality and client expectations and strategic priorities
• Attends client meetings and presentations, presenting key elements where applicable.
• Manages sub-contractors or project work streams as appropriate.

Business Development

• Identifies opportunities on current projects for potential future projects and flags these with the Project Manager / Client Lead.
• Supports the development of proposals and other internal initiatives as required.

Key Technical Skills / Experience:

• Strong research and analysis skills.
• Exceptional command of written and verbal English.
• In-depth understanding of global pharmaceutical markets across development stages – early pipeline, pre-launch, and marketed products including clinical development processes, regulatory pathways, and commercial considerations
• Past experience of contributing to projects in but not limited to market landscaping, product/asset profiling, competitor benchmarking, pipeline assessments, conference monitoring, and triangulating data from multiple sources
• Possessing a postgraduate or advanced degree in life sciences (preferably pharma, medicine, or biotechnology), or a relevant field.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint.
• Knowledge and understanding of the pharmaceutical industry.

Key Behavioral Skills:

• Strong communication skills; able to communicate effectively and succinctly both verbally and in writing.
• Strong time management and prioritization skills.
• Team player; able to work effectively as part of diverse and virtual teams and build relationships both internally and externally.
• Possesses a learning mindset; able to learn quickly and demonstrates a passion for learning.
• Able to work to own initiative with little direction.
• Excellent attention to detail; demonstrates a ‘completer finisher’ mindset.
• The role holder is expected to be able to progress within Deallus and thus must be driven and have the desire and potential to develop strong client facing skills.
• Aligned to Deallus values: Collaboration; Curiosity; Passion; Resilience; Winning Mindset

Experience:

Degree(s): M.PHARM/MBBS/MS Biotechnology/PhD

Major(s): Life Sciences (mandatory)

Experience: 4 - 7 years of relevant experience