Experienced Associate - PLS R&D - Health Transformation

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Operations

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Advisory Acceleration Centre is the natural extension of PwC’s leading class global delivery capabilities. We provide premium, cost effective, high quality services that support process quality and delivery capability in support for client engagements.

JOB OVERVIEW 

PwC US ADVISORY – MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

Our Management Consulting team works with our global clients to design and implement growth, operational and customer focused strategies for sustainable competitive advantage. Our thought leadership and unparalleled experience help clients turn formidable challenges into market advantage across the value chain and around the globe. Additionally, our extensive expertise in various industries allow us to serve clients with consulting services with a focus on the most profitable elements of the value chain to create scalable businesses that will deliver increased sustainable profits. 

Our Management Consultants work with the client and project teams to support global engagements from India through activities that are driven towards delivering results- conduct analyses and develop insights, prepare excel models, analyze large sets of data, capture as-is processes, prepare work plans, design to-be processes, support project lead, work directly with client teams and facilitate meetings to enable decision making, organize and prepare recommendations on client issues, and participate actively in new business development, thought leadership and firm building activities.

COMPETENCY OVERVIEW: HEALTH TRANSFORMATION (HT)

The HT team works with clients across healthcare, supporting engagements in driving client’s strategic vision and objectives, assessing market expansion and growth strategies, researching key market trends and its impact on key stakeholders, driving operational and process improvements, evaluating sustainable cost transformation alternatives and enabling technology driven business success. 

Our consultants work to provide a range of client solutions across the following areas: 

• Pharma & Life Sciences: We help clients in R&D and commercial domains. Our services span across launch & commercial planning, portfolio optimization, performance management, R&D innovation, product development, product lifecycle management, risk / compliance, internal audit, risk assessment, management and control. 
• Payer: We work with clients to bring operational and performance improvement in their core Payer functions with the help of our deep understanding of core functional areas. We help in designing the future operating model, payment model, growth strategy, and functional/technical transformation, Business transformation. Our services span across operational performance improvement including benchmarking, process mapping and design, operating model design, project management, data and analytics strategy, technology effectiveness assessments and market strategy
• Provider: We work with health systems to develop, design, and implement organizational transformation to improve performance and generate lasting growth. Our services span across operational performance improvement including labor and productivity assessments, portfolio rationalization, benchmarking, process mapping and design, operating model design, project management, technology effectiveness assessments and market strategy 

Capability - R&D Operations and Strategic Planning

Knowledge - Essential

• Strong understanding of the US Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences landscape, R&D operations, and clinical trial data management system
• R&D Operations business process and model covering portfolio, resource and financial management 
• R&D governance & executive reporting framework
• Experience in conducting qualitative and/ or quantitative benchmarking

Knowledge - Preferred –

• Experience in decision analytics
• Clinical systems validation and integration
• Standard data Tabulation Model on clinical data analysis
• ETL data process, data pipeline development, migration and data implementation across third party tools
• Project and portfolio management tools such as Anaplan, Eplan, CTMS systems Planisware, Smartsheet, Microsoft project plan

Skill Set - Essential

• Analytical mindset with strong quantitative and problem solving skills
• Ability to conduct primary and secondary research 
• Proficient in Python, SQL and any other statistical tools
• Expert level proficiency in MS office and G-Suite
• Basic proficiency in cloud technologies

Skill Set - Preferred

• Ability to research, synthesize and integrate disparate pieces of data, analysis, and information
• Proficient in at least one of the visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, and React
• Proficient in one or more from following skills:
  • R
  • SQL
  • Python
  • SaaS
  • VBA
  • Power Quer

Capability - Clinical Trial Strategy

Knowledge - Essential

• Strong understanding of the clinical trials landscape 
• In-depth knowledge / experience working in clinical trial design or strategy- drugs/ medical devices (Protocol design, viability of trial sites, patient populations, decentralized trials, patient burden, etc.)
• Ability to provide strategic recommendations to improve trial efficiency, quality, and patient safety
• Ability to understand different therapeutic areas (e.g., oncology, endocrinology, cardiovascular, rare diseases)
• Experience working with databases such as ClinicalTrials.gov, TrialTrove, EudraCT, etc.

Knowledge - Preferred

• Strong understanding of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines, industry standards, and regulatory requirements, particularly in United States and EU regions
• Ability to contribute to the development and improvement of study processes, SOPs, quality control measures, regulatory submission dossiers

Skill Set - Essential

• Analytical mindset with strong quantitative and problem solving skills
• Ability to conduct primary and secondary  research 
• Ability to identify use cases of emerging technologies and their applications in clinical trials, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Expert proficiency in MS office and G-Suite and basic proficiency in Python and SQL

Skill Set - Preferred

• Ability to research, synthesize and integrate disparate pieces of data, analysis, and information
• Proficient in at least one of the visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, and React

Additional skill sets applicable across capability areas:  

• Communicating effectively in written and verbal formats to various situations and audiences
• Compelling storytelling through creative presentation and powerful visualization (including Tableau, PowerBI)
• Hypothesis based problem solving with abstract/limited data
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite of tools
• Demonstrates flexibility in adapting to changing client/business needs
• Flexibility to work across multiple sectors
• Demonstrates ability to work in a global delivery model 

Educational Background:  

• Degree Preferred: MBA / MHA from a premium B-School / MPharm or (MBBS / BDS + MBA) / MS in Biotechnology or Pharmaceutical Sciences 

Additional Information:

• Level: Experienced Associate 
• Function: Pharma and Life Sciences
• Experience: 24 to 36 months of relevant work experience 
• Time Type: Full time 
• Work Timings: Work hours may vary for specific projects
• Travel Requirements: Travel to client locations may be required as per project requirements
• Office Location: Bangalore

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Budgetary Management, Business Analysis, Business Development, Business Process Improvement, Business Transformation, Change Management, Communication, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Management, Inclusion, Industry Knowledge, Industry Trend Analysis, Intellectual Curiosity, Management Consulting, Market Trends, Optimism, Organizational Development (OD), Organizational Management {+ 8 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

0%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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