[Hiring] Principal @Prescient Healthcare Group

Role Description

As a Principal, you will spend approximately 80% of your time on project delivery and team leadership and 20% on business development, primarily within existing accounts.

You will lead multiple concurrent engagements end to end – from scoping and design through to final recommendations – with considerable independence. You will:

• Report to a Director or Vice President within the Competitive Strategy practice, ensuring clear communication on project portfolio progress, risks, resourcing, and account opportunities.
• Lead multiple concurrent competitive strategy and competitive intelligence engagements end to end, owning design, planning, client and people management, evidence collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Work with clients to ensure projects are designed to answer the right strategic business questions, and ensure deliverables meet Prescient’s quality standards, timelines, and budgets.
• Serve as the lead day-to-day relationship holder for client stakeholders, establishing yourself as a credible strategic advisor who anticipates needs and brings a clear point of view.
• Lead challenging client conversations – including scope changes, expectation setting, and course corrections – balancing client satisfaction with commercial discipline.
• Identify, scope, and convert new opportunities within existing accounts, leading proposal development and contributing to pricing.
• Contribute to strategic account plans alongside Directors and Vice Presidents, and pursue opportunities with new brands within existing clients.
• Act as a valued subject matter expert externally on the clinical, regulatory, and commercial aspects of your therapeutic area(s), and serve as a knowledge resource to internal teams.
• Line manage, coach, and develop Engagement Managers, Consultants, and Analysts; support recruitment in coordination with the talent acquisition team; and ensure a sustained focus on delivering concise, impactful insights.
• Participate in or lead internal initiatives that advance Prescient’s capabilities, such as team training, new methodologies and tools, and ensure technology and data & analytics are embedded across programmes.
• Contribute to thought leadership content, in collaboration with senior leaders and the marketing team, that strengthens Prescient’s brand and business development activities.
• Plan and lead conference coverage for your accounts, directing team coverage and engaging with a wide range of experts and delegates at priority symposia, presentations, posters, and booths.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in biopharma consulting or client services, typically 8 or more years in life sciences research, analytics, or consulting; CI experience is strongly preferred and a mix of industry and consulting experience is a plus.
• Strong results orientation with a proven track record of leading multiple engagements end to end, delivering high-quality outputs on time and within budget.
• Managing and developing team members, ideally including 2 or more years of direct-report experience.
• Contributing to business development, including shaping proposals and growing existing accounts.
• Deep expertise in one or more therapeutic areas – oncology, immunology, or biosimilars experience is strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), FDA, EMA, and other relevant regulatory guidelines.
• Strong client management skills with the ability to engage senior client stakeholders as a trusted advisor.
• Confident communication skills, with the ability to distill complex matters into a clear business case and actionable recommendations.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, with a willingness to make decisions and own the follow-through.
• Strong learning agility to navigate ambiguity, adapt to change, and rapidly acquire new therapeutic or methodological expertise.
• BA/BS required; an advanced degree in a life science discipline is preferred.

Requirements

• Ability to recognize and act on opportunities to expand Prescient’s support within an account.
• Ability to give and receive feedback constructively.
• Ability to dive “in the weeds” while pulling back to see the big picture.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.
• An opportunity to lead client engagements and teams, and to 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.