4/27/19 Healthcare Consulting Analyst Job Posting for Fletcher Spaght, Inc., Boston

Healthcare Consulting Analyst

Fletcher Spaght, Inc. – Boston

Company Description

Fletcher Spaght, Inc. (FSI) develops growth strategies for medtech, life sciences, healthcare and information technology companies and their investors. Our clients include emerging growth companies, major corporations launching and investing in new ventures, venture capital and private equity firms, and research institutions. We develop growth strategies and advise our clients on the commercial potential of innovative new technologies and the options for developing, funding, or acquiring new businesses. Fletcher Spaght consulting staff also contributes to managing the portfolio of our affiliated venture capital funds.

We provide client management with actionable recommendations and information which facilitate making choices to maximize the potential of a business. Client engagements typically include multiple work efforts, most commonly:

  • Developing strategic growth options through organic means or acquisition
  • Primary market research with potential customers, partners and competitors of our clients to understand receptivity, pricing, customer economics, market segmentation, usage patterns, relative competitive advantage, etc.
  • Forecasts based on market research input, data on incidence, prevalence and/or procedure volume
  • Due diligence and valuation
  • Competitive analysis of established and emerging competitors
  • Review and analysis of secondary sources such as medical literature, trade sources, government filings and databases, etc. to support forecasting, market sizing, competitive analysis, etc.

 Job Description

Analysts’ efforts are a major component of every project we do, so you will learn and contribute to each of the types of projects listed above!  Responsibilities include information gathering, data analysis, and presentation writing.  As most of our work is with emerging technologies, primary research comprises much of analysts’ efforts.  Primary research involves interviews with clients, their customers, their competitors, and industry experts – often these are opinion leading and community based physicians, life sciences research staff, etc. Depending on the nature of the project, time is also devoted to secondary research, which emphasizes work with the scientific and medical literature, company financial and marketing materials, regulatory and patent filings, etc.  New analysts work with the more senior members of the consulting staff in project teams to address key strategic issues for clients.  In fact, our organization is relatively flat, and the senior leadership is accessible and directly involved in the projects.  As their skills develop, analysts earn increasing responsibility and autonomy, and progress toward greater client interaction, presentation delivery, and limited travel.  In addition to working on consulting cases, analysts have the opportunity to work on investment due diligence and portfolio company projects as well.

Typical project duration is one to three months, and you will most often work on two projects at a time.  Thus, you can expect to work on 10 or more projects in a year, allowing you to develop experience across diverse market segments and types of projects.

Fletcher Spaght strives to respect employees’ quality of life, recognizing its importance to each of us.

 Desired Skills & Experience

  • A degree in biomedical engineering (or a combination of healthcare and technology) is required, PhD or Master’s preferred. We will not consider applicants without a degree in the relevant fields
  • Work experience in medical devices, bio-engineering, life science tools, consulting to the medtech industry, or directly in healthcare; 2-3 years preferred for those with a Bachelor’s, 1-2 years for Master’s
  • Strong interest in exploring the strategic business issues of cutting-edge medical device, life sciences, healthcare IT, pharma and related companies
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
  • Foreign language fluency is a plus – especially Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, French, German

Additional Information

  • Full-time
  • Immediate opening (start within next three months strongly preferred)
  • US citizen or US permanent resident required

How to Apply

  • Please send your resume to Mike Jager, mj@fletcherspaght.com