Consulting Associate/Strategy & Medical Affairs (Life Sciences)
Charles River AssociatesToronto, Canada
Full Time
Posted August 12, 2026
$120k - $140k
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Job Description
CRA’s Life Sciences practice helps pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics, and medical device companies achieve optimum performance across key aspects of their business, including innovation, commercial success, organization, and reputation, all for the long-term benefit of patients, clinicians, employees, and shar
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with senior colleagues to deliver consulting projects that address specific client needs;
- Contribute to a range of medical affairs projects spanning strategic planning, advisory boards, KOL mapping, KOL insights gathering, and evidence generation planning;
- Gain exposure to working across multiple disease states and treatment landscapes;
- Apply scientific and disease state knowledge to translate complex science into clear, actionable insights;
- Conduct primary and secondary research to identify, collect, manage and analyze data to identify trends and strategic implications;
- Critically evaluate and synthesize insights from literature reviews, secondary research, HCP interviews and advisory boards to inform strategic recommendations;
- Assume responsibility for generating sections of client reports, presentations and other client deliverables (e.g. excel Workbooks and strategic plans) whilst under supervision;
- Support client facing interactions, including meetings, presentations, and workshops;
- Proactively develop your knowledge of the life sciences industry as well as consulting methodologies; and
- Work on multiple projects at the same time.
Requirements
- PhD in a life sciences field;
- Up to 3 years of relevant consulting or Medical Affairs experience preferred;
- Strong understanding of clinical trial design and statistics;
- Knowledge of different disease states and treatment landscapes;
- Knowledge of the role of Medical Affairs in launching a therapy;
- A strong analytic focus; Experience with business analytics or computational data analytics (“big data” or AI) is a plus;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- Eye for detail and self-motivated to deliver high quality work on time;
- Some knowledge of fundamental consulting methodologies tools and techniques;
- CRA is proud of our ability to managing work/life balance. However, some travel is inevitable and successful candidates will have to show a willingness and ready to travel to client locations when required.
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Benefits & Perks
- CRA’s robust skills development programs , including a commitment to offering 100 hours of training annually through formal and informal programs, encourage you to thrive as an individual and team member. Beginning with research and analysis skill building, training continues with technical training, presentation skills, internal seminars, and career mentoring and performance coaching from an assigned senior colleague. Additional leadership and collaboration opportunities exist through internal firm development activities.
- We offer a comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package, wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being, and in-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers.
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