Business Strategy Associate (Life Sciences)(BCN)

** Please submit your CV/resume in English to ensure your application is considered. **

WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world’s best places to work. We are currently the top ranked consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list and have earned the #1 overall spot a record seven times.
 
Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, but these don’t happen by chance. They require intentional focus on bringing together a broad set of backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive and inclusive work environment. We hire people with exceptional talent and create an environment in which every individual can thrive professionally and personally.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

BCN HLS (Healthcare & Life Sciences) COE provides specialized support to global teams across the healthcare and life sciences value chain, enabling clients to make strategic business and investment decisions. BCN HLS COE provides an opportunity to solve challenging business problems in a dynamic set-up working closely with global Bain teams, acting as a thought-partner with daily deliverables.

The HLS practice serves leading companies across domains such as Pharmaceuticals, MedTech, Providers, Payers and Digital Health. The team is primarily focused on collaborating with practice/ case teams on the development and deployment of industry specific analytical products and topic expertise to answer strategic questions of Bain’s HC clients. Our teams work in a fast-paced environment delivering consistent and impactful results at scale

WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM 

As an Associate, you will be an active member for the team from Day 1 on BCN cases, driving the analysis on complex cases with some direction from a Project Leader and occasionally leading simple cases independently. In addition, associates help mentor and coach analysts by providing feedback. The expectation is to eventually provide significant direction and support to resolve complex issues and effectively manage client and team meetings. As an Associate; the individual would be working on one of the leading Pharma/Healthcare clients with projects spanning any geography. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO    

We are looking for a candidate who is self-starter, result oriented, with hands on consulting delivery experience. Any exposure to data analytics as a part of delivering strategy engagements will be a plus. The role would require candidate to hit the ground running in a fast-paced environment. 

• Ability to take project/workstream ownership and manage complex case deliverables with minimal support, perform data and reality checks
• Develop strong understanding of Pharma/HC IPs and concepts and quickly come up to speed on new/different businesses across geographies
• Ability to generate hypothesis to answer complex business questions using sound business logic
• Identify and use relevant analytical tools and internal repositories to extract information (proficiency in excel, PowerPoint is must)
• Deliver client ready documents containing implementable solutions 
• Effectively communicate with BCN in internal meetings and end clients (Bain case teams from any global office)
• Lead individual project work streams with the help of 1-2 directly aligned team members (analysts)
• Comfort to handle pressure and deadlines
• Willing to groom a team of analysts and support them as and when required

ABOUT YOU

• Proficient in written and spoken English at C1–C2 level, with strong stakeholder communication skills

• Candidate should be a team player and have excellent communication and problem-solving skills; ability to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure
• Should possess strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Strong academic credentials and analytical ability
• Experience in databases such as Thomson Reuters, CapitalIQ, Factiva and D&B preferred
• Familiarity and knowledge of Tableau, Alteryx and web-scrapping is an added advantage
• Effective coaching and mentoring skills
• Ability to work on-site in-office 4 days a week (Santa Fe to start/Polanco long term)