Associate – Strategy at Vial

Vial is rebuilding the infrastructure to advance research. By deploying technology at every step, we are creating a more efficient future for drug discovery.

What You’ll Do

• Perform market landscaping analyses for the drug discovery pipelines of various indications
• Monitor news sources, patent releases, company websites, and additional sources for competitive intelligence
• Interpret competitive intelligence and share implications with senior management
• Support identifying new drugs to add to our discovery portfolio
• Assist with key strategic and operational tasks for our drug discovery business unit
• Manage end-to-end projects with input from key stakeholders across the drug discovery business unit
• Contribute as a thought partner helping set firm direction, brainstorming and collecting thoughts across the org

What You’ll Bring

• 1-2 years of experience performing strategy in the biotech and/or pharmaceutical industry
• Experience in evaluating therapeutic assets (such as in biotech equity research, VC, search and evaluation roles) strongly preferred
• Post-graduate degree in a scientific field preferred (MS, PhD, PharmD)
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
• Ability to interpret pre-clinical and clinical trial results
• Previous roles in the biotech industry strongly preferred
• Entrepreneurial mindset, experience in startup environment preferred
• Deeply analytical, systems thinker, focused on finding scalable solutions