Senior Analyst (Data Strategy & Acquisition)

Evaluate new and existing datasets and vendors based on business relevance, data coverage, methodology, usability, quality, limitations, and fit-for-purpose application.

Support the assessment and maintenance of payer intelligence datasets, including sources such as MMIT and DRG Fingertip, to address commercial and market access business needs.

Support the evaluation of sales, claims, alert-based, field, competitive intelligence, and market intelligence datasets from vendors such as IQVIA, Komodo Health, Evaluate, Citeline, Spherix Global Insights, Dedham Group, NCCN, and similar healthcare data sources.

Partner with external data vendors to understand source methodologies, resolve data-related questions, clarify deliverables, and support timely access to high-quality datasets.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to onboard datasets, document business requirements, track evaluation findings, and support decision-making around data investments.

Apply structured thinking to assess whether a dataset can answer the intended business question, identify potential gaps or risks, and recommend practical next steps.

Challenge assumptions and provide constructive pushback when data sources, methodologies, or stakeholder requests may not align with the intended business objective.

Perform basic data review, profiling, validation, or exploratory analysis when needed to investigate data issues, compare data sources, or support dataset evaluation.

Develop and maintain documentation, including dataset summaries, evaluation notes, vendor comparisons, business requirements, standard operating procedures, and knowledge-sharing materials.

Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying ways to make data evaluation, acquisition, documentation, and stakeholder engagement processes more efficient and consistent.

Who You Are

You holds a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Healthcare, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, or a related discipline and 5+ years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, life sciences consulting, healthcare analytics, market research, competitive intelligence, business research, commercial analytics, or related domain

You bring a strong foundation in life sciences, pharma, healthcare, or a related field, with the ability to understand business questions and connect them to appropriate data sources, methodologies, and decision-making needs

You demonstrate structured thinking, sound reasoning, and the ability to engage with stakeholders in a consultative manner. You are able to assess information objectively, ask relevant questions, identify gaps or risks, and communicate findings clearly

You are comfortable working in a cross-functional environment with U.S. stakeholders and external vendors, and you are motivated to build expertise in healthcare data strategy, external data evaluation, and commercial data acquisition

Strong understanding of life sciences, pharma, healthcare, or the broader pharmaceutical industry is required

Understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare ecosystem, drug development process, commercial landscape, or market access environment is strongly preferred

Prior exposure to U.S. healthcare, pharmaceutical commercial data, payer data, claims data, sales data, field data, alerts, market intelligence, or competitive intelligence is an advantage

Experience working in consulting, business research, market research, analytics, or cross-functional project environments would be valuable

Skills & Capabilities