Blue Matter - Consultant - Transactions & Strategy

Primary Responsibilities:

- Become familiar with project(s) (objectives, scope, workflows, deadlines) at kick-off and engage with US/NYC-side team on a regular basis

- Assist in developing proposals, pitchbooks, dossiers and lead trackers

- Identify key insights, recommendations, opportunities, and threats to inform corporate and BD strategies

- Perform market research and develop market sizing and revenue forecast models at a product and company level

- Develop expense and cash flows projections

- Perform product and company valuations based on a discounted cash flow and a market approach

- Develop slides or memos effectively communicating results of analyses

- Prepare material for project meetings and manage team members as required

- Regularly engage with senior internal stakeholders and effectively manage upward

- Demonstrate accountability for completion and high-quality delivery of all assigned responsibilities

- Engage with clients regularly in various ways (e.g., weekly updates, workshops, interim / final presentations)

Desired Experience and Skills:

- In-depth understanding of the US biopharma industry and healthcare ecosystem

- Fluency with corporate finance concepts, valuations, and financial modeling

- Expert-level proficiency in MS PowerPoint and Excel

- Understanding of clinical trial phases and its impact on strategic decision-making

- Demonstrated ability to integrate scientific, business and industry knowledge in developing creative solutions for clients

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; demonstrate mature structured thinking

- Excellent written and oral communication skills

- Solid time and people management skills; demonstrate high functioning efficiency

- Demonstrated ability to work in team environment

- Proactive and entrepreneurial in spirit

- Prior experience with coaching / mentoring of junior team members

- Willingness and ability to read complex scientific material and distill key insights

- Experience using proprietary pharma databases

Preferred Qualifications:

- Advanced degree(s) (PhD, MBA, MS, BPharm/MPharm, MPH)

- 3-5 years of prior biopharma consulting experience OR 3-5 years of biopharma industry experience in roles like portfolio planning, corporate strategy or business development

- US/EU life sciences knowledge and exposure