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Location: In Poland – Warsaw.

Our clients in Healthcare & Life Sciences are world‑leading companies and key innovators in the pharma, biotech, healthcare technology, diagnostics, health IT and consumer health space. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Life Science team that is expanding its work on data analytics, leveraging data and providing insights for our private equity and corporate clients. You will work on projects including market reviews, revenue growth, pricing, marketing efficiency and digital strategy.

What Makes Us Special

• Become part of a unique entrepreneurial team. Think independently, use your initiative and take some risks. Entrepreneurship drives growth for our firm, clients and people.
• Unlock the power of opportunity. Advance your career in a thriving company that creates positive impact.
• Enjoy balance and flexible working. We offer flexible and hybrid working, sabbaticals and paid time off.
• Prioritize your health and wellbeing. We offer a competitive suite of health benefits to keep you and your loved ones safe.
• Work in a values‑driven culture. Our vision is to become the world’s leading growth specialist. Our values guide us and influence how we do business.

How You Will Create An Impact

• Contribute to strengthening our Healthcare and Life Sciences practice and support consultants in their business needs to conduct qualitative and quantitative market research.
• Collaborate with project teams to understand their project‑specific requirements and advise on or help them tailor different approaches while ensuring compliance with best practices.
• Manage the vendor bid solicitation, analyze feedback to evaluate proposals and, together with the project teams, select the most eligible vendors for a variety of market research projects.
• Accompany the vendor onboarding process, monitor fieldwork progress, support troubleshooting of fielding issues and manage expectations to ensure the highest‑quality results.
• Ensure adherence to legal requirements as well as healthcare and life sciences ethical standards (e.g., BHBIA, EphMRA) throughout the process and connect with internal stakeholders to provide adequate guidance.
• Cooperate with a variety of third‑party vendors; build and maintain trusted professional relationships.
• Identify, connect with and recruit experts, thought leaders and professionals from key geographies for discussions with Simon‑Kucher Healthcare & Life Sciences consultants and support building an international network of experts.

Your Profile

• Business English at C1 level is mandatory.
• Strong technical and analytical skills to understand complex business issues and advise on actionable methods.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively with an entrepreneurial and proactive mindset in a fast‑paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel) and experience with AI tools such as Chat GPT.
• Direct market research experience and/or recruiting experience is an advantage (e.g., supplier side experience with expert networks, especially in healthcare/life sciences, and HCP/Patient panels).
• Experience with or conceptual understanding of various quantitative research methods (design, execution and analysis): Conjoint (DCM, ACBC), MaxDiff, crosstabs, cluster/segmentation analysis, market simulator development and understanding of market research programming platforms (e.g., Qualtrics, Decipher, Sawtooth) is a plus.

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Please remember to submit your application in English. Other applications will not be considered. The candidate should have an EU work permit; we do not offer visas for this position.

Simon‑Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30 countries. We focus on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing and sales – based on deep insights into what customers want and value.

We believe in building a culture that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion, creating an environment where our people feel valued and can be themselves.

Your Personal Contact: Michalina Grzywacz‑Wardacka – Michalina.Grzywacz-Wardacka@simon-kucher.com