(PhD) Graduate Associate - Medical and Scientific Strategy

Associate, Medical, Graduate Hire 2025

Location: Boston (US), Jersey City (US) 

Important Dates:

• Application Deadline: March 31st, 2025
• Start Date Range: June – September 2025

About You

Do you have a passion for:

• Understanding tomorrows emerging therapeutic areas? 
• Unlocking the full potential of new therapies and shaping successful future therapies?  
• Understanding why healthcare professionals and patients behave the way they do, and applying this to medical, clinical, and commercial strategies?
• Are you a highly motivated professional interested in being part of a new and exciting team, working with global healthcare and pharmaceutical clients across the full product life cycle?  

About Prescient Healthcare Group (PHG)

Our goal is a simple one: we solve exciting, real-world pharma challenges that ultimately make a meaningful difference in patients’ lives.

PHG is a unique global biopharma, insight-led strategy consultancy.  Our core focus is helping biopharmaceutical clients create clinical and commercial strategies that deliver groundbreaking new treatments for patients.

With offices in ten major cities across the world, we are a truly global enterprise and are still growing fast, offering our people endless opportunities, supporting rapid personal and professional development.

We work with industry leading companies across the full product life cycle, to help them unlock the full potential of their brands. 

About the Opportunity

This role offers a unique opportunity to apply scientific expertise and strategic thinking in a dynamic consulting environment. You will gain exposure to diverse projects spanning therapeutic areas, client types, and global markets. As your career progresses, you will have the flexibility to specialize in areas aligned with your interests.

Our structured onboarding and training program will equip you with the necessary skills to succeed, combining classroom training, project shadowing, and hands-on coaching.

As part of this role, you will analyse and strategize the development and commercialization of portfolios, assets, and brands by integrating therapeutic, clinical, and commercial expertise.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Demonstrate leadership and professionalism in all aspects of work, fostering a culture of respect, integrity, and collaboration within teams and client interactions.
• Take full ownership of performance excellence, ensuring high-quality outcomes while proactively identifying opportunities for professional growth and skill enhancement.
• Develop expertise in new therapeutic and commercial areas, applying strategic thinking to create meaningful impact within the team and with clients.
• Exhibit strong planning and decision-making skills, effectively managing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Embrace an entrepreneurial mindset, taking initiative, adapting to evolving challenges, and stepping into leadership roles when needed.
• Act as a trusted advisor, upholding ethical standards and representing the company’s reputation at the highest level in all engagements. 

Desired Experience and Skills

• PhD in a relevant field (e.g., Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, or a related discipline); MD or MSc candidates with exceptional experience may also be considered.
• Demonstrated passion for the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry, demonstrated through academic research, industry collaborations, or strategic consulting experience.
• Proven ability to analyse complex scientific and commercial data, drawing strategic insights that inform high-level decision-making.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to present technical and strategic insights to senior leadership and clients.
• Adaptability and intellectual curiosity, with a proactive approach to learning and applying knowledge in new therapeutic and commercial contexts.
• A drive for self-improvement – the best consultants are those that seek out and action on feedback to improve themselves.
• Entrepreneurship - The ability to lead and drive outcomes, particularly in situations that have some ambiguity.
• Consulting is a team sport so a demonstrated willingness and enthusiasm to collaborate with others is required.

What We Offer

• Highly competitive base salary plus performance-related bonus, 401K matching and Health & Dental benefits.
• A strong values-based culture that promotes respect, inclusion and teamwork, encouragement to contribute and influence on the business – where everybody has a voice.
• Leaders who are accesible, trule listen, are ambitious for our teams, and commited to coaching & sharing their expertise.
• A high-growth, entrepreneurial environment where our thinking and our work are innovative, imaginative and bright.
• Endless and tailored career development that stretches you and is based on your ambition, abilities and interests – not just box-ticking.
• Flexible working, recognition for going the extra mile, and a flat hierarchy.

More about Prescient Healthcare Group

Prescient® is a pharma services firm specializing in dynamic decision support and product and portfolio strategy. We partner with our clients to turn science into value by helping them understand the potential of their molecules, shaping their strategic plans and allowing their decision-making to be the biggest differentiating factor in the success of their products. When companies partner with Prescient, the molecules in their hands have a greater potential for success than the same science in the hands of their competitors.

Founded in 2007, Prescient is a global firm with a footprint in ten cities across three continents. Our team of nearly 475 experts partners with 27 of the top 30 biopharmaceutical companies, the fastest-growing mid-caps and cutting-edge emerging biotechs, including some of the biggest and most innovative brands. More than 70% of our employees hold advanced life sciences degrees, and our teams deliver an impressive depth of therapeutic, clinical and commercial expertise.

The annual full time base salary range for this role is ($95,000 - $110,000). 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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and fully comply with applicable legislation in all the geographies in which we operate. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other category protected by applicable national, federal, state or local laws.

Salary : $95,000 - $110,000