Associate Director – Life Sciences Advisory – Market Access

Guidehouse

Associate Director in Life Sciences Advisory focusing on Global Market Access consulting for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Managing projects, clients, and leading strategies in market access and reimbursement across global markets.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $135,000 - $225,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Track record of success developing, leading, and delivering global (e.g., EU, APAC, LATAM) pricing and access / reimbursement projects, with subject matter expertise on HTA assessment frameworks, pricing & reimbursement archetypes, and national / regional pricing & reimbursement mechanisms
Support development and review of project deliverables to ensure proper framing of strategic issues, use of appropriate methods, and that materials as well as final deliverables fully meet or exceed client standards
Facilitate client presentations and manage on-going relationships
Actively support in business development and project sales cycle
Manage and develop staff, including performance management
Create corporate- and product-level commercialization strategies for technologies in the early stages of the product development cycle
Lead qualitative / quantitative research with payers and HCPs including supporting the development of materials and facilitating discussions as required
Develop payer strategy including value proposition, global payer archetypes, and evidence generation expectations
Conduct pricing studies for new products, including determining pricing & reimbursement potential, list-to-net pricing dynamics, contracting considerations, etc…
Perform market landscape assessments for our clients’ technologies and their competitors, which include evaluating clinical literature, health economic and outcomes literature, payer access & reimbursement policies, as well as pricing dynamics

Requirements

What you’ll need

BA/BS degree in Science, Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare, Business or related course of study.
6 + years of prior work experience in the healthcare industry; experience in market access, reimbursement, pricing, and/or health economics is required, with transferrable management consulting experience.
2-3 + years' experience managing the activities of a project team including workplan, staffing, deadlines scope and budget.
Demonstrated success supervising, coaching and mentoring more junior level staff and ownership and guidance of their career development.
Must be willing and able to travel to client sites across the US, up to 20% of the time.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend

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Hard Skills & Tools

HTA assessment frameworkspricing & reimbursement archetypesqualitative researchquantitative researchpayer strategyvalue propositionpricing studiesmarket landscape assessmentshealth economicsevidence generation

Soft Skills

leadershipclient relationship managementbusiness developmentperformance managementcoachingmentoringstrategic thinkingcommunicationteam managementproblem-solving