Sr. Analyst, BioPharma

At PitchBook, we are always looking forward. We continue to innovate, evolve and invest in ourselves to bring out the best in everyone. We’re deeply collaborative and thrive on the excitement, energy and fun that reverberates throughout the company. 

Our extensive mentorship, education and training programs help us create a culture of curiosity that pushes us to always find new solutions and better ways of doing things. The combination of a rapidly evolving industry and our high ambitions means there’s going to be some ambiguity along the way, but we excel when we challenge ourselves. We’re willing to take risks, fail fast and do it all over again in the pursuit of excellence.

If you have a good attitude and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done, PitchBook is the place for you. 

 

About the Role:

PitchBook Institutional Research Group is a provider of research services to corporate clients, private market investors, advisors and other market participants. The group provides investment strategy, fund performance and industry research through a differentiated, framework-driven approach that blends traditional fundamental investment research with PitchBook’s proprietary private market data platform. In addition, the group provides custom research and data analysis support to subscribing clients.

As a PitchBook Emerging Technology Analyst, you’ll join a growing research team focused on creating best-in-class venture capital, private equity and emerging technology research utilized by PitchBook’s global clientele of private capital investors, investment banks, corporations and other service providers. Our team is creative, driven and focused on providing actionable, differentiated industry research to our readers and clients. Specifically, we are looking for an experienced analyst to help expand our coverage of emerging trends and opportunities related to the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals industry.

 

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Conduct research and analysis of emerging trends in the biopharmaceutical industry, including biotechnology, drug development and clinical trials software, pharma tools and pharma outsourcing
• Generate consistent research that provides clients with up-to-date industry overviews, market trend analysis, vendor landscapes and ecosystems, independent commentary and outlooks related to potential risks and opportunities
• Utilize proprietary PitchBook data, including our integrated clinical trials dataset and a variety of other resources including third-party research and industry contacts to inform and develop actionable analysis
• Function as an internal subject matter expert and contribute to internal product development efforts, especially those related to clinical trials data, to enhance the customer value of PitchBook’s proprietary data and research platform
• Work closely with data analysis team to identify unique data points to support research, while also identifying insightful tables and graphs that can clearly illustrate that information
• Manage direct-to-client distribution channels for published notes and reports
• Manage and respond to inquiries from clients, press, internal colleagues and the general public regarding published research
• Support and mentor junior and associate analysts through their development
• Serve as research point of contact for various speaking engagements and press requests
• Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested

 

Skills and Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher in biomedical engineering or a related field or equivalent biopharmaceutical industry experience
• Understanding of financial concepts such as valuation techniques (Dicounted Cash Flows, comps, etc.), internal rate of return, asset allocations, fund benchmarks and more or eagerness and demonstrated ability to learn
• 5+ years research experience, including both qualitative and quantitative methods and translating research findings for business or non-academic contexts
• Strong interest in venture capital, private equity and the broader healthcare industry
• Critical thinker
• Detail oriented/analytical mindset
• Strong communication skills and proven ability to write clear and insightful research reports
• Excel proficiency

 

Benefits at PitchBook:

Physical Health

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Additional medical wellness incentives 
• STD, LTD, AD&D and life insurance

 

Emotional Health

• Paid sabbatical program after four years
• Paid family and pate