Principal, Life Sciences Strategy Consulting (New York)

United States

BGB Group

BGB is a healthcare communications agency that offers a wide range of services, including traditional pharmaceutical advertising, promotional medical education, payer marketing, and consulting services. Known for excellence and professionalism, we’re hired as strategic and creative partners by our biopharmaceutical clients to drive category/brand awareness and growth.

Who We Are

At BGB Group, we don’t just analyze the healthcare landscape-we shape it.

Our Innovation x Intelligence (IxI) division is a fast-moving, insight-fueled team that blends the rigor of consulting with the creativity of brand strategy. Backed by the combined firepower of BGB Group and Kx Advisors, we help biopharma clients unlock smarter, braver strategies that improve lives. We go deep‑leveraging primary research, data analysis, and real‑world experience to crack complex commercial challenges across portfolio strategy, market assessment, go‑to‑market planning, and product launch.

Who This Role is For

This role is for the strategic thinkers. The ones who thrive on complexity and clarity.

You’re plugged into the world—curious about how brands behave, why people make the choices they do, and how culture influences commerce.

You were that kid in class—the one with another question, the one who got excited to be wrong because it meant learning something new.

You love navigating ambiguity and shaping bold, actionable paths forward.

You’re energized by data— but you know insight is more than numbers.

You think commercially, act creatively, and lead collaboratively.

You want your work to matter—to help healthcare brands live up to their potential and make life better for people living with disease.

The Role

As a Principal, you’ll lead engagements that help the world’s top biopharma companies make critical commercial decisions. You’ll guide teams, shape strategy, and deliver work that drives real impact—from market opportunity assessments to competitive positioning and product commercialization.

You’ll be a trusted partner to clients and a key contributor to our practice’s growth—scoping new opportunities, building relationships, and helping shape the future of our consulting offering.

What You’ll Do

• Be responsible for balancing project management, project delivery, and business development responsibilities
• Serve as a strategy and thought partner to clients and senior officers of the firm
• Utilize IxI technology products and client provided information to develop conclusions and recommendations (written and verbal)
• Work with senior members of the team to scope and develop proposals for new projects
• Engage in practice planning discussions, including practice strategy and marketing
• Analyze research and data to uncover insights and build smart, usable recommendations
• Craft compelling, client‑ready presentations that tell clear, powerful stories
• Collaborate across disciplines - working with creatives, behavioral scientists, and technologists
• Contribute to business development by building proposals and nurturing client relationships
• Help shape our practice by engaging in strategic planning and marketing initiatives

What You Bring

• 7–8 years of life sciences consulting experience, ideally at a top consulting firm or life sciences data organization
• BA/BS required; MBA or Master’s in a related field preferred
• Strong data analyst and synthesis skills—you connect dots others miss
• Proven leadership across multiple workstreams and teamsExcellent communication and people management skills
• Foreign language skills a plus, but not required
• A self-starting, collaborative mindset—you lead with curiosity and clarity

Why Join Us?

• Small team energy, big company support—backed by BGB and Kx
• High‑impact work, early responsibility—you’ll contribute from day one
• A learning‑first culture—mentorship, peer support, and space to grow
• A genuinely fun, curious environment—we take the work seriously, not ourselves
• Strategy meets creativity—where insight, brand, and behavior collide
• A future‑facing mission—everything we do aims to improve lives

If you're ready to bring curiosity, strategy, and creativity together to reimagine healthcare—and make a real difference to people’s lives, let’s talk.

Salary range $180,000 - $195,000 base plus bonus eligible

The salary range provided represents what a potential hire may expect to earn in this role at BGB Group. Actual salary decisions will be influenced by several factors that we use to determine overall fit, including experience (both direct and indirect), education, training, demonstrated qualifications, and organizational need. Salary is only one component of the total rewards package offered at BGB Group. BGB Group offers medical, dental, and vision healthcare benefits for eligible roles.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.