About the Opportunity
You will be part of a fast-growing PE-backed business that allows high-performing employees to make an impact and contribute to growing the business. You will have the chance to channel your experience and know-how into supporting the development and commercialisation of our clients' assets and portfolios.
As a Principal, you will act as the day-to-day lead on small and mid-size projects or key workstreams within larger engagements. You will increasingly work through others, coaching and supporting Analysts and Consultants, making strong individual contributions and providing effective support to senior team members where needed.
You will be a core point of contact for clients, developing productive and enduring relationships and establishing yourself as a credible strategic advisor. You will help ensure projects are delivered effectively, efficiently and in line with Prescient's high quality standards.
As most of your clients will be based in the US, the Principal position requires a good understanding of the evolving US biopharmaceutical market and trends.
Key Responsibilities
- Reporting: Report to a Director, Associate Vice President or Vice President within the Competitive Strategy practice, ensuring clear communication on project progress, risks and resource needs
- Project Execution and Management:
- Lead the day-to-day management of competitive strategy and competitive intelligence engagements, ensuring high-quality deliverables and adherence to timelines and budgets
- Structure and manage workstreams, guide junior team members and ensure that analytical approaches align with client objectives
- Client Interaction and Service:
- Build credibility by understanding client contexts, anticipating needs and delivering thoughtful, actionable insights
- Support senior leaders in ensuring clients experience best-in-class service throughout the engagement life cycle
- Account Development:
- Proactively identify and qualify new business opportunities across existing accounts, shaping proposals and recommending strategic growth pathways to account leads
- Take a leading role in deepening client relationships, regularly engaging senior stakeholders, articulating value and driving account expansion through consistent, high-impact delivery
- Subject Matter and Therapeutic Area Expertise:
- Develop and apply a strong understanding of relevant therapeutic areas, clinical development pathways, regulatory considerations and competitive environments
- Serve as a knowledge resource to internal teams
- People Leadership: Provide day-to-day coaching, feedback and oversight to junior team members to support their development and ensure high-quality contributions
- Conference and External Engagement: Attend industry conferences or virtual events to gather competitive insights, deepen therapeutic knowledge, and build familiarity with key stakeholders and trends
Essential Skills and Experience
- Experience in biopharma client services and consulting is required; CI experience is preferred
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in cell therapy is required, with a strong understanding of the therapeutic landscape and key industry dynamics and trends; expertise in autoimmune/AID is preferred.
- Strong results orientation with a proven track record of:
- Managing day-to-day project execution, ensuring high-quality outputs and timely delivery
- Structuring workstreams, managing junior team members and maintaining project momentum
- Awareness of business development opportunities, with the ability to recognise potential areas for account growth, contribute to proposal development and support senior leaders in strengthening client relationships
- A strong grounding in therapeutic areas, clinical development, product strategy and the competitive landscape; ability to quickly learn new disease areas and modalities
- Emerging client management skills:
- Confidence in interacting directly with clients to clarify needs, present findings and support ongoing engagement
- Ability to build trust through credibility, preparedness and thoughtful communication
- Growing capability to act as a strategic partner, including recognising business development opportunities to add value or expand support within an account
- Clear and confident communication skills, enabling effective interaction with clients and internal teams, and the ability to contribute meaningfully to strategic discussions with guidance from senior colleagues
- Ability to connect details to strategic implications, synthesise complex information and communicate insights in a clear, structured manner
- Willingness to "roll up your sleeves" to support analyses while helping elevate the team's work
- Ability to give and receive feedback constructively
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, adapt to new situations, and rapidly acquire new therapeutic or methodological expertise
- BA/BS required; an advanced degree in a life science discipline is preferred
What We Offer
- A competitive package and remuneration linked to performance
- A strong values-based culture grounded in collaboration, curiosity and excellence
- Tailored career development based on your interests and aspirations - not a one-size-fits-all approach
- A team of smart, supportive colleagues who invest in each other's success
- Leaders who are accessible, ambitious for the team and committed to mentorship
- Opportunities to influence the business and help shape our growing Competitive Strategy practice
- A flexible working schedule and recognition for outstanding contributions
- A flat hierarchy that empowers you to take ownership and make an impact
The annual full time base salary range for this role is ($155,000 - $165,000). Specific compensation is determined through interviews and a review of relevant education, experience, training, skills, geographic location and alignment with market data. Additionally, positions may be eligible to receive a discretionary bonus as determined by bonus program guidelines. Prescient offers PTO and paid holidays, the terms of which are set forth in the program policies. All full-time employees also are eligible to participate in various benefit plans, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance and 401K; in each case in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.
Prescient has been a portfolio company of Bridgepoint Development Capital since 2021 and Baird Capital since 2017. For more information, please visit www.prescienthg.com.
