Senior Associate

GLG’s Corporate Research Life Sciences team helps leading healthcare, biopharma, and medical device companies by providing them with the insights that they need to handle the critical strategic decisions they face. The team creates and manages research projects to solve clients’ diverse challenges. Our team of quantitative and qualitative research specialists support all phases of a client engagement, from scoping to panel selection, quality review, and data oversight to meet our client’s objectives.

GLG is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Research Team as a Senior Associate to work with our clients with industry leading companies across healthcare, biopharma, and medical device companies. You will join a growing Corporate Research Team which collaborates with GLG’s sophisticated client base, including Fortune 100 companies, as well as colleagues throughout GLG. You will be responsible for participating in the creation and execution of qualitative and quantitative work that helps clients understand industry/market trends, gather end user feedback, test messaging/concepts, and more with some of the largest life-science/healthcare companies in the world.

GLG’s Corporate Research business helps companies across a wide variety of industries by providing them with the insights that they need to handle the critical strategy decisions they face. The team leverages its Survey and Qualitative capabilities along with the world’s largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise to deliver quantitative and qualitative insights to inform their decisions in a highly custom environment.

Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to):

· Work towards interacting directly with clients to understand and meet their learning needs

· Navigate research requests with standard requirements and client-specific preferences

· Assist with the design and facilitation of qualitative and quantitative research targeting a wide variety of specialized topics and populations

· Compile and review reports of research data for clients (data analysis not required)

· Learn to manage multiple project timelines while prioritizing and multi-tasking to ensure important deadlines are met

· Maintain high level of confidentiality regarding research content, network, and client information

· Effective collaboration across teams on multiple projects for a large portfolio of engagements

At a minimum, you will have the following:

· Bachelor’s degree or higher (Market Research, Social Science, or related fields preferred)

· ~2 years of experience within the Market Research or Consulting industry with an emphasis on quantitative (survey, database, etc.) and/or qualitative research (interviews, focus groups, product testing, etc.).

· Adjacent experience in related industries or roles, or additional education, with demonstrated ability to learn new skill sets may be considered.

We would love if you also had most of these qualifications:

· Interest in the healthcare/life-sciences sector is strongly preferred

· Ability (or interest to learn) to tackle ambiguous problems with well thought out approach and defined parameters is preferred

· Superior writing, logic, and interaction skills; including oral and organizational skills

· Experience collaborating with team-members in a high-throughput, deadline-driven, process-oriented, client-servicing environment

· Strong problem-solving skills, dedication, and patience allowing you to complete and rigorously review every stage of challenging project work

· Ability to work in a remote or hybrid environment effectively while maintaining deadlines and strong cross team communication

Other Highlights:

· Salary/Benefits: This position offers a competitive base salary and a comprehensive benefits program that includes our flexible/open PTO policy. All U.S. GLGers also have access to other benefits such as tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, speaker series events, employee resource groups, and ample social impact programs.

· Work Environment: GLG Americas is currently on a flexible working policy during the global pandemic. This means that while working in the office is not required at this time, all our U.S. offices are open for employees who would prefer to work in an office setting. Our U.S. offices offer numerous benefits and vary by location. When working in our New York or Austin offices, employees can enjoy incentives such as complimentary meals, full-service barista bars, and access to on-site gyms.