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About Norstella
Norstella is a premier and critical global life sciences data and AI solutions provider dedicated to improving patient access to life-saving therapies. Norstella supports pharmaceutical and biotech companies across the full drug development lifecycle — from pipeline to patient. Our mission is simple: to help our clients bring therapies to market faster and more efficiently, ultimately impacting patient lives.
Norstella unites market-leading brands - Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, Skipta and The Dedham Group and delivers must-have answers and insights, leveraging AI, for critical strategic, clinical, and commercial decision-making. We help our clients:
- Accelerate the drug development cycle
- Assess competition and bring the right drugs to market
- Make data driven commercial and financial decisions
- Match and recruit patients for clinical trials
- Identify and address barriers to therapies
Norstella serves most pharmaceutical and biotech companies around the world, along with regulators like the FDA, and payers. By providing critical proprietary data supporting AI-driven workflows, Norstella helps clients make decisions faster and with greater confidence. Norstella’s investments in AI are transforming how data is consumed and decisions are made, disrupting inefficient legacy workflows and helping the industry become more efficient, innovative, and responsive to patient needs.
Job Description
The Analyst II delivers advanced clinical and commercial insights and supports the development of high-quality patient-based forecasts across a broad range of diseases. With a strong command of forecasting methodologies and market analysis, this role contributes directly to Citeline’s mission by producing strategic, client-ready content and guiding junior team members. The role operates cross-functionally to support content planning, model defense, and ad hoc requests that enhance the value of the company’s syndicated and custom offerings.
Responsibilities
- Independently monitor disease market events, clinical milestones, and regulatory developments to proactively update forecasts and prioritize content updates.
- Build and maintain detailed patient-based forecast models across multiple diseases, ensuring alignment with commercial analysis and accuracy in assumptions, calculations, and data sourcing.
- Conduct and lead KOL interviews and use primary and secondary research insights to refine forecasting assumptions and support written deliverables across therapy areas.
- Author client-ready research outputs, including disease landscape reports, forecast rationales, event commentary, and ad hoc financial analysis, with minimal editorial input.
- Independently manage multiple projects by accurately scoping timelines, solving model or data issues, and coordinating across functional teams.
- Provide high-level client support through the Ask the Analyst service, including defending forecast assumptions and model structures, and supporting demos with sales teams.
- Share forecasting and disease expertise with internal teams (e.g., Insights, editorial, epidemiology) and contribute to external commentary, training sessions, or PR opportunities as appropriate.
- Mentor junior analysts by reviewing content, advising on research approaches and methodologies, and fostering collaboration across the commercial content team.
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Requirements
- Holds a bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Biomedical Sciences; other relevant degrees will be considered. Graduate degree a plus.
- Has at least 2 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare consulting, or related research roles. Commensurate skills include demonstrated experience in pharmaceutical analysis, the ability to independently manage research tasks and primary interviews, and proficiency in producing client-ready deliverables.
- Has a strong grasp of pharmaceutical markets and the drug development lifecycle.
- Experienced in delivering SWOT analyses, market forecasts, and commercial assessments.
- Brings therapy area-specific experience and the ability to conduct in-depth landscape analysis.
- Has proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, and preferably experience with Tableau or Alteryx.
- Demonstrates consistent accuracy in collecting and analyzing complex data sets.
- Capable of working independently on research assignments while supporting team collaboration.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave, 4 days for volunteering and a personal day
- 5% pension match
- Group Life Assurance (100% employer funded)
- Group Income Protection (100% employer funded)
- Other voluntary benefits such as: Dental, Cash Plan, PMI Excess Cover, Health Screening & Critical Illness
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Our guiding principles for success at Norstella
01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First
02: Integrity, Truth, Reality
03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace
04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance
05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning
Norstella is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Our ethos is to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance and behavior and our business requirements. Norstella operates a zero tolerance policy to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment.
Sometimes the best opportunities are hidden by self-doubt. We disqualify ourselves before we have the opportunity to be considered. Regardless of where you came from, how you identify, or the path that led you here- you are welcome. If you read this job description and feel passion and excitement, we’re just as excited about you.
All legitimate roles with Norstella will be posted on Norstella’s job board which is located at norstella.com/careers. If a role is not posted on this job board, a candidate should assume the role is not a legitimate role with Norstella. Norstella is not responsible for an application that may be submitted by or through a third-party and candidates should proceed with extreme caution if a third-party approaches them about an open role with Norstella. Norstella will never ask for anything of value or any type of payment during or as part of any recruitment, interview, or pre-hire onboarding process. If you are aware of or have reason to believe a job posting purportedly for a role with Norstella is fraudulent or otherwise not authorized by Norstella, please contact the Company using the following email address: ApplicationHelp@norstella.com.
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