What are the responsibilities and job description for the Consultant/Senior Consultant - Pointe Health position at Pointe Advisory?
ABOUT US
Pointe Advisory (Pointe) is a leader in evidence-based strategic advisory, powering our clients’ decision-making with an unparalleled understanding of rapidly shifting landscapes.
Pointe Advisory’s Mission is to harness the power of original research to challenge our client’s thinking and inform winning strategies and investments. Living up to this ambitious purpose has established us as the leader in evidence-based strategic research and competitive intelligence, serving an exclusive group of Global 1,000 clients across every major industry. Pointe Health, an innovative and entrepreneurial subsidiary of Pointe Advisory, advises senior executives at some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical, biotech, devices, managed care, and health IT companies and serves as their thought partner.
Since our founding in 2000, we have taken great pride in playing a part in facilitating the success of our clients, and measure our own success based upon their satisfaction. Not surprisingly, we consistently maintain some of the highest customer advocacy scores in the industry.
WHAT MAKES POINTE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK
Over the last 20 years, Pointe has unapologetically anchored its strategy on a simple but ambitious mantra: Great People, Great Clients, Great Work. By evaluating decisions in the context of this framework, we have thoughtfully built a firm culture characterized by achievement and humility. We hire great people that are zealous in their commitment to their team members’ success. This creates a unique and inspired team environment where you can be pushed professionally and personally to be the best version of yourself. Our great clients view us as thought partners and provide opportunities to elevate our and their thinking. This combination of factors ensures we consistently deliver great work.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Pointe Health is looking for a Consultant/Senior Consultant to join our growing firm. At Pointe, expectations for our Senior Consultants are high but empowering. You will be part of a team with direct access to Pointe’s partners and key client decision-makers. Your ideas will be heard, and your thoughts valued as we help clients grow and drive strategic advantage. You will be a key contributor on client engagements and project deliverables. Quite simply, you will get the developmental benefits of big firm clients with the high touch of a boutique culture.
Pointe currently operates in a highly flexible hybrid office model. This is a full-time salaried position that will be located at our new Arlington, Virginia offices. Pointe offers industry leading compensation, robust benefits, and schedule flexibility.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Senior Consultants are integral to Pointe’s success as a firm. As a Senior Consultant, you represent the engine of our Great People, Great Clients, and Great Work Mantra! You will be responsible for collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing the data that will enable the delivery of Great Work to our exclusive list of Pointe Health (Great) Clients. More specifically, you will:
- Support development of global pharmaceutical/biotech KOL network to conduct original research, with a primary focus in Oncology
- Conduct original primary research with clinical trial sites to better understand development timelines and to inform strategic decision
- Conduct secondary research and analysis of breaking press releases, news, publications, and industry events to support original insight into market dynamics
- Contribute to continued improvement of products and services
- Attend and support coverage of global industry conferences, earnings calls, investor conferences, and/or webinars
- Develop relationships with key client maps and add measurable value to our client relationships
- Positively contribute to the dynamic, high-achieving atmosphere of the firm
ABOUT YOU
Over the last two decades, Pointe has assembled an intellectually curious, eclectic, and motivated team of peers, resulting in a vibrant office environment that is fast-paced, collaborative, and entertaining. Our team is fanatical about client service and personal accountability. We value individual contribution, creativity, teamwork, and humor. Additional qualifications include:
- BA or BS required with a clear track record of academic excellence
- Master’s degree (MPA, MPP, life science, biomedical sciences, biomedical engineering, or related areas of study) preferred
- One to two years of research, consulting, or similar experience preferred
- Experience in Pharmaceutical, with primary focus in Oncology
- An aptitude for networking, primary research, and secondary research
- Well-honed business acumen and analytical skills
- A desire to learn and demonstrated ability to master new subject areas quickly
- Strong communication, technical writing, and critical-thinking skills
- Strong work ethic, dedicated, organized, detail-oriented, and accountable
- Time management and multitasking abilities to succeed in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Advanced skill set in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint and Excel; experience with other analytics tools a plus (e.g., Tableau, R, Python)
- Foreign language capabilities are a plus
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Our mission is to reward best-in-class work with a flexible lifestyle, an interesting work environment, and superior compensation relative to any other firm of in our space. Pointe offers Consultants a competitive base salary in addition to a generous performance bonus system. Part of our promise is benefits; we believe we offer the most comprehensive benefits package for any firm of our size.
