Research Professional - Health and Life Sciences

Oliver Wyman - Research Professional (Health and Life Sciences) - Gurugram

Company:

Oliver Wyman

Description:

Oliver Wyman is now looking to hire an experienced Research professional with expertise in Health and Life Sciences (HLS) industry to join our growing research team in India!

Job Overview:

We are seeking a research professional to join Oliver Wyman’s Knowledge Department. You will work closely with partners and consultants in the HLS Practice Group to support secondary research efforts, ensure successful delivery of client work focused on due-diligence projects as well as other corporate finance and advisory projects, and gain deep insights into the sectors.

Oliver Wyman's HLS Practice provides an array of capabilities to support life sciences companies, healthcare providers and payers, pharmaceutical companies with strong cross-practice capabilities pricing, sales and marketing; operations; digital; performance transformation; and due diligence.

Oliver Wyman’s Knowledge Department supports our consultants with planning and execution of on-demand research projects as well as the interpretation, evaluation, and preparation of results.  You will have well developed research skills and ability to quickly develop knowledge of research tools to facilitate effective and creative research approaches.   You will be helping consultants and colleagues to scope and develop their research needs, conduct timely, accurate and cost-effective research, and deliver accurate and relevant data and information. You will work with a wide range of information tools and proprietary databases to provide research for client projects and business development.

Your tasks will include:

• Work with a wide range of information tools and proprietary databases, providing both quick solutions and well-structured data to support project execution and business development initiatives.

• Understand the specific needs of client teams in the HLS practice to deliver synthesized and relevant responses to research enquiries

• Develop expertise in health and life sciences and master tools and resources to support your data analysis.

• Develop strong trusted relationships with practice members and research colleagues to promote effective knowledge sharing and a positive work environment.

• Independently manage the pipeline of industry-specific tasks, set priorities, and collaborate with a team of international colleagues to meet client demands. You will be required to exercise independent judgment to solve internal client demands. This will involve prioritizing your own work to satisfy competing needs and building excellent task management and time management skills

• Use MS Office tools to produce graphical portrayal of research findings, customized to project needs

Experience and Skills Required:

• At least 2 years of experience of working in a research environment, providing business information on multiple sectors. Preferably in a consulting firm, global capability team or dedicated HLS-oriented practice

• Familiarity with specialized data sources is essential. For example: AXCO, Citeline – Datamonitor, Trial Trove and Pharmaprojects; Conning; DRG – Disease Landscape and Forecast; and other databases including Capital IQ and Refinitiv

• Demonstrate flexibility in catering to research demands of other sectors, if needed to address a heavy pipeline, including industrials, technology, consumer, telecom and others

• Ability to operate under pressure and tight deadlines.  This requires the manage several tasks effectively while prioritizing and managing your own time

• Excellent communication skills and research synthesis skills allowing you to draw out key insights and to provide basic data analysis.

• Team player who has experience of and has enjoyed working as part of a team. We look for enthusiastic, collaborative, and flexible team members who can empathize with clients and peers. 

• Excellent Excel skills. Proficiency with rest of MS Office suite. Experience with Power BI is an advantage.

What we can offer you:

• A stimulating working environment that provides opportunities for professional growth, access to mentoring and training programs

• Attractive compensation package and selection of benefits

• Working in diverse and dynamic team environment.

• Inclusive culture with Employee Resources Groups and CSR activities

• Friendly and flexible workplace that promotes work-life balance

• A range of digital collaboration and online communication tools to support effective teamwork

• Various social initiatives and learning opportunities adapted for virtual settings

Oliver Wyman, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a management consulting firm combining deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise to help clients optimize their business, improve operations and accelerate performance. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.