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Success in consulting hinges on combining analytics and creativity.

What we are looking for:

Success in consulting hinges on combining analytics and creativity.

Our ideal team member is able to bridge seemingly opposite qualities and behaviors:

  • Attentive to detail
  • Sees the big picture
  • Diligent and service-oriented
  • Questions the status quo
  • Takes ownership
  • Works effectively within a team
  • Creates beautiful visuals
  • Runs complex regressions
  • Grounded fact-checker
  • Imaginative story-teller

Senior-level analyst responsible for hands-on execution and delivery of analytical solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

Consulting Associates are responsible for hands-on execution and delivery of analytical solutions ranging from performing secondary data analysis, designing proprietary market research surveys, working with third-party vendors, and leading components of market and demand modeling initiatives. Consulting Associates are senior analysts who have demonstrated the capacity to work independently while collaborating with and assisting junior staff during client engagements. This position will:

  • Formulate hypotheses against preset issues
  • Structure approaches and timelines for areas of direct responsibility
  • With minimal guidance help develop and execute search strategy to acquire project data
  • Build datasets for project-specific modeling including cleaning, restructuring and validating data
  • Demonstrate expertise in either quantitative or qualitative analysis
  • Identify meaningful findings and significant insights
  • Prepare report outlines and draft conclusion sections of assigned areas of analysis
  • Contribute to formulation of recommendations in assigned areas
  • Use exhibits creatively to support findings and conclusions and organize and write sections of presentations, following the report outline
  • Lead internal discussion and present sections of client presentations to facilitate client buy-in to analytic approach and results
  • Facilitate client buy-in to analytic approach and results
  • Make substantive contributions to project in terms of facts and analytic techniques

Consulting Associates work both independently and as part of a project team to deliver high-quality, error-free work in an efficient manner; report to Consultants, Managing Consultants and/or Partners during the course of an engagement; and work simultaneously on multiple client engagements.

Illustrative data modeling/statistical analyses include general linear models, linear, non-linear and logistic regression analyses; decision tree analysis (CHAID and C&RT); latent class modeling and clustering algorithms; econometric modeling; experimental design and hypothesis testing; ANOVA analysis; survival analysis; time series and forecasting.

Typical engagements include; market identification, sizing and prioritization studies; epidemiology studies; new product uptake and demand forecasting; patient flow and journey analysis; market structure analysis; customer segmentation; account potential and performance evaluation; customer targeting; marketing and sales promotion response measurement; resource allocation modeling; and uncovering marketplace insights.

Job Requirements:

  •  Master’s degree in biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, economics, mathematics, engineering, operations research, health informatics or related quantitative field from an elite institution, including Ivy League institutions, with a strong academic record
  • Two years of relevant work experience as an analyst with demonstrated performance in a healthcare professional services firm, healthcare sciences product company or related organization
  • Demonstrated analytical skills—understands the advantages and limits of different analytical approaches and studies and their findings including regression, significance testing, clustering algorithms and modeling techniques
  • Exposure to primary market research instrument design and data collection, management, analytics and reporting
  • Working knowledge of commonly used complex biopharmaceutical industry data sources such as claims data, EMR, APLD, panel and registry data, behavioral and chronic disease surveillance studies,
    prescription and prescriber data, managed care and formulary data etc.
  • Strong analytic and quantitative reasoning and enjoy problem solving
  • Candidates should have exposure to and experience across various functional areas including market research, business analytics, marketing, marketing science, etc.
  • Knowledge of drug development, business commercialization and marketing processes in biopharmaceutical industry
  • Successful candidates will have excellent interpersonal skills. They must be able to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing, work well on teams demonstrating leadership qualities, and handle multiple commitments and frequent deadlines
  • Participate in project management function for own areas of responsibility and third parties within broader project scope
  • The ideal candidate will have a genuine passion for applying innovative analytics to solve real-world business problems
  • Proficiency in MS Office products required, experience developing Excel-based spreadsheets with macros and visual basic. Experience with statistical packages required e.g., SPSS, SAS, R, or STATA
  • Exposure to Big Data and Business Intelligence tools exposure e.g., SQL, Vertica, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Tableau; capable of efficiently and effectively programming queries, running analytics and producing report output

Entry-level analyst responsible for a wide range of activities from data acquisition to analysis and summarization for client presentations.

Job Responsibilities:

Research Associates are entry-level analysts who form the project team foundation for client engagements. They are responsible for a wide range of activities from data acquisition to analysis and summarization for client presentations. This position will:

  •  With clear guidance identify and acquire project data
  • Build datasets from secondary sources and/or primary research for project-specific modeling including cleaning, restructuring and validating data. Primary research projects include instrument design, survey QC and testing, as well as analysis and reporting
  • Conduct prescribed analysis accurately
  • Identify potentially meaningful findings and significant insights from analysis
  • Fill data holes as needed to support conclusions
  • Prepare simple charts, graphs and supporting report materials for assigned project areas, write key findings
  • Summarize findings clearly and contribute to internal discussions
  • Identify ways to work more efficiently

Research Associates must work both independently and as part of a project team to deliver high quality, error-free work in an efficient manner; report to Consultants, Managing Consultants and/or Partners during the course of an engagement; and work simultaneously on multiple client engagements, demonstrating solid project management skills.

Illustrative data modeling/statistical analyses include general linear models, linear, non-linear and logistic regression analyses; decision tree analysis (CHAID and C&RT); latent class modeling and clustering algorithms; econometric modeling; experimental design and hypothesis testing; ANOVA analysis; survival analysis; time series and forecasting.

Typical engagements include; market identification, sizing and prioritization studies; epidemiology studies; new product uptake and demand forecasting; patient flow and journey analysis; market structure analysis; customer segmentation; account potential and performance evaluation; customer targeting; marketing and sales promotion response measurement; resource allocation modeling; and uncovering marketplace insights.

Job Requirements:

  •  Master’s degree in biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, economics, mathematics, engineering, operations research, health informatics or related quantitative field from an elite institution, including Ivy League institutions, with a strong academic record
  • Relevant work experience as a teaching or research assistant while pursuing an advanced degree or during summer internships is preferred
  • Demonstrated analytical skills—understands the advantages and limits of different analytical approaches and studies and their findings including regression, significance testing, clustering algorithms and modeling techniques
  • Strong analytic and quantitative reasoning and enjoy problem solving
  • Exposure to healthcare, econometric or statistical large scale data set management and analytics in classroom or internship setting
  • Successful candidates will have excellent interpersonal skills. They must be able to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing, work well on teams demonstrating leadership qualities, and handle multiple commitments and frequent deadlines
  • Capable of collaborating with client teams members from varied functional areas including market research, business analytics, marketing and market science
  • Familiarity with healthcare industry stakeholders, issues and events preferred
  • The ideal candidate will have a genuine passion for applying innovative analytics to solve real-world business problems
  • Proficiency in MS Office products required, experience developing Excel-based spreadsheets with macros and visual basic. Experience with statistical packages is highly desired, e.g., SPSS, SAS, R, or STATA
  • Exposure to Big Data and Business Intelligence tools e.g., SQL, Vertica, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Tableau; with fundamental understanding of data management principles and programming experience.

How to Apply:

If you are interested in a position at MAC, send your resume or C.V. to careers@michaelallencompany.com.

We will contact you if your qualifications match our staffing needs.

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