Associate/Consulting Associate (2023 Start)

About Charles River Associates

For over 50 years, Charles River Associates has been a premier consulting firm that offers employees a place to learn from a diverse group of consultants, industry experts, and academics. At CRA you will be exposed to leading minds who use economic, financial, and business analysis to solve complex problems for an impressive roster of clients, including major law firms, Fortune 100 companies, and government agencies.

CRA’ s Life Sciences practice helps pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical devices companies achieve optimum performance across key aspects of their business including commercial strategy, innovation, organization structure, pricing, market access, and reputation, all for the long-term benefit of patients, clinicians, employees, and shareholders. We work with life sciences businesses directly as well as with their legal counsel, industry associations, government organizations, and advocacy groups.

Joining the Life Sciences Practice at CRA as an Associate/Consulting Associate will provide you with a unique opportunity to develop your knowledge of healthcare globally. As an integral member of the team, you will help us deliver to our clients high-impact solutions that are implementable and make a difference. We provide professional development and mentoring that will give you access to our global practice where you can get exposure to colleagues from across our offices and gain experience across a wide range of geographies, therapy areas, aspects of the industry and projects.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Charles River Associates is an equal opportunity employer. As part of our focus on equity and inclusion, we work to ensure a fair and consistent hiring process. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with senior colleagues to deliver strategy consulting projects that address specific client needs
• Conducting independent research to identify, collect, manage and analyze data
• Contributing or conducting internal and external discussions that build insights from the analytical process and integrating findings into broader project deliverables
• Conducting telephone or face-to-face interviews with clients or external stakeholders
• Assuming responsibility to generating sections of client reports, presentations and other client deliverables (e.g. Microsoft Excel workbooks)
• Proactively developing your knowledge of the life sciences industry as well as consulting methodologies
• Contributing to initiatives which improve workplace dynamics and day-to-day project delivery
• Thought leadership in generating insights for client deliverables
• Significant role in managing workstreams
• Some travel is inevitable and successful candidates will need to show a willingness and ability to travel to client locations when required

Experience and Skills

• A demonstrated interest in strategy consulting and the life sciences industry
• General understanding of business processes
• Core analytical and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of data visualization (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau), programming for data science (e.g. Python, R), Statistics and/or machine learning (especially natural language processing) would be a plus
• Well-developed presentation and communication skills
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite (i.e. Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel)
• Ability to conduct secondary research independently, familiarity with common industry databases (e.g. clinicaltrials.gov, EvaluatePharma, etc.) and primary market research is a plus
• Excellent written and oral business English – additional language skills appreciated
• Proactivity, eye for detail and self-motivation to deliver high quality work on time
• Some knowledge of consulting methodologies, tools and techniques ideal but not required

Qualifications

• Successful candidates will need to have an outstanding academic degree (Master’s or PhD) from a top-tier University in life or natural sciences, engineering, a medical subject or economics
• Professional experience in the life sciences industry and/or consulting
• The role (Associate or Consulting Associate) will be determined throughout the interview process and depend on the level of education and transferable experience
• Due to legal restrictions, immigration sponsorship is available only for EU/EFTA nationalities. All candidates with non – EU/EFTA nationalities are encouraged to check out our careers page for our other global opportunities

How to Apply

To be considered for this role, please submit your resume and cover letter. Please indicate your desired starting date in your cover letter.

Additional Information

Job Type: Permanent Role
Work quota: 100%
Ideal start date: as soon as possible or as per availability
Location: Grossmünsterplatz 7, Zurich, Switzerland
Recruiter: Stacey Cornell