Senior Associate Consultant - Value, Pricing, and Market Access

Senior Associate Consultant, Value Pricing and Market Access Position Summary

As one of Putnam’s Senior Associate Consultants with the VPA Practice, you will be an integral part of a cohesive engagement team and will be instrumental in driving and developing the core components of each engagement. In this role you will:

• Work throughout each engagement to help identify critical issues
• Lead key analytical components of the project
• Help drive the ultimate strategic conclusions and client recommendations

At Putnam, Senior Associate Consultants are relied upon to both execute the analytical underpinnings of our engagements, help drive the growth of our junior staff, as well as actively participate in the development of the strategic recommendations we provide our clients.
At Putnam, we pride ourselves on a team-based approach that is client focused and impact oriented. We serve many of the industry leaders, including all of the top 10 global biopharmaceutical companies. Almost all of our studies combine sophisticated quantitative analytics with significant qualitative fact-finding and synthesis to inform strategic decision-making. Our diverse casework spans portfolio prioritization, development pathway and resource optimization, market assessment, product pricing and launch strategies, market segment growth strategies, sales and marketing strategies, franchise development and patent expiration strategies.

While the client-service core of our work can be demanding, we pride ourselves on the collegial, friendly and balanced environment at Putnam where consulting can be a long-term career option.

The ideal candidate for the Senior Associate position is:

• A highly intelligent and self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic and excellent team skills.
• Proven analytic abilities, a strong academic track record and problem-solving skills,
• Minimum of 2-3 years of relevant consulting and deep US- market access experience.
• Strong competitive analysis and scenario planning skills; participation in the development of innovative strategies and plans based on a deep understanding of long-term trends, industry/category value drivers, payer, physician and patient needs, technological advances, competitive behavior, etc.
• Our Senior Associate Consultants take on management level opportunities on their cases, introductory management experience of both teams and projects is preferred.
• Opportunities for continued professional growth abound at Putnam where we have a long track record of promoting from within as our primary source of management level talent.

• Competitive compensation and total rewards packages
• Exceptional professional growth and promotion opportunities
• Leadership training program
• Additional benefits include a [list depending on country]

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