Senior Consultant - Life Sciences Advisory - Data Scientist (Pharma & Biotech) (High Salary)

Company: Guidehouse
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: July 8, 2025

Job Description:

Job Family: Data Science Consulting Travel Required: Up to 25% Clearance Required: None What You Will Do: We are looking for a Senior Consultant to join our Life Sciences team, which supports pharmaceutical and biotech companies with commercial insights and strategy as well as data and business analytics. This role will be a primary member of our Life Science advisory team, and collaborate closely with our firmwide Data, Advanced Analytics, and Technology Transformation teams to shape the growth of our Life Science data services offerings. Candidates should be market-facing self-starters who take ownership of their work, are enthusiastic, and have a collaborative mindset to support our efforts to sell and provide consulting solutions. You will coordinate activities across multiple projects and provide experience-based insight across strategy, commercial analytics, and data-driven solution design. As a Life Science Senior Consultant – Data Scientist / Analyst, you will: - Structure and execute comprehensive analytics plans in close collaboration with strategy consulting team members to provide necessary insights. - Provide subject matter expertise on commercial and real-world evidence datasets, which include but are not limited to medical and pharmacy claims (open and closed), formulary and managed care data, and EMR data. - Develop scalable and efficient processes for large-scale data analyses (model development, validation, and implementation), including scaling methodologies for EMR and Claims datasets. - Deliver commercial data projects, which can include but are not limited to market sizing/segmentation, patient journey, provider profiling/targeting, provider affiliation mapping, epidemiology studies, managed care analytics, pull-through modeling/program design, forecasting, field force design, KPI/performance tracking, and incentive comp. - Collaborate with strategy advisory and other Guidehouse teams, aligning client business problems to data/analytic strategies, identifying scalable solutions and services, and presenting analytics methodologies to potential clients. - Monitor and report on relevant trends and opportunities for growth in commercial analytics, real-world evidence, etc. What You Will Need: - Bachelor’s degree. - 3-5 years of relevant experience, which can include a combination of management consulting, commercial analytics, data science, and/or real-world evidence generation within the pharmaceutical industry. - Experience using common analytic toolsets (e.g., R, Python, SQL, Snowflake). - Experience across multiple third-party data vendors, which include but are not limited to IQVIA, Komodo, Compile, MMIT/Norstella, Symphony Health, Truven/Merative, and Definitive Healthcare. - Understanding of how healthcare data is generated and processed. - Exceptional problem-solving skills, particularly with complex and multifaceted projects. - Experience owning multiple workstreams across data analytics and data visualization, including selecting and applying the appropriate analytical techniques for statistical analysis, predictive modeling, simulation, and machine learning. - Authorized to work for any US employer without sponsorship. What Would Be Nice To Have: - Education: M.S./M.A. in Statistics, Bioinformatics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Economics, or a similar quantitative discipline. - Experience integrating multiple commercial and claims datasets to generate enhanced / high-quality insights. - Experience delivering fully automated analytics for software data products and services. The annual salary range for this position is $102,000.00-$170,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. What We Offer: Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace. Benefits include: - Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance - Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays - Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus - Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Basic Life & Supplemental Life - Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts - Short-Term & Long-Term Disability - Student Loan PayDown - Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities - Skills Development & Certifications - Employee Referral Program - Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach - Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program - Mobility Stipend About Guidehouse Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation. Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco. If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation. All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or guidehouse@myworkday.com. Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process. If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact recruiting@guidehouse.com. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties. Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

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