Pharma & Healthcare Consulting Startup | Leeds/Wakefield
About the Company
We are a growing pharmaceutical and healthcare consulting company focused on helping clients make sense of complex health, clinical and real-world data.
We combine healthcare expertise, analytics, consulting and communication to turn complex information into meaningful insights that can support better decisions, improve understanding and create impact.
We are an entrepreneurial early-stage company and are looking for someone who wants to help build something rather than simply step into an established corporate structure.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an energetic, intellectually curious and highly capable Healthcare Analytics & Insights Associate to work directly with the CEO and contribute across analytics, client engagement, business development and healthcare advocacy.
The role is deliberately broad.
You will work with healthcare and clinical data, helping us understand what the evidence is telling us and communicate those insights to clients and other audiences.
You will also contribute to client development, proposals, presentations and advocacy activities where data and evidence can help inform healthcare discussions and decision-making.
This role would suit someone who enjoys working with data but also enjoys people, communication and problem-solving.
Key ResponsibilitiesHealthcare Analytics & Insights
- Review and interpret healthcare, clinical, pharmaceutical and real-world data.
- Identify meaningful trends, patterns and insights.
- Assist with analysis of quantitative and qualitative healthcare information.
- Support the development of reports, dashboards, presentations and analytical outputs.
- Help assess the quality, relevance and limitations of available data.
- Translate analytical findings into clear conclusions and recommendations.
- Work with colleagues and external partners where appropriate to validate findings.
Data Communication & Storytelling
- Translate complex data and healthcare information into clear, compelling communications.
- Develop presentations, reports, briefing documents, summaries and other client materials.
- Help communicate the "story" behind the data.
- Present findings to clients and other stakeholders.
- Adapt communication for technical, clinical, commercial and non-technical audiences.
- Contribute to written content, thought leadership and other company communications.
Client Engagement & Business Development
- Participate in client meetings and discussions.
- Develop an understanding of client needs and business challenges.
- Support the preparation of proposals, pitches and presentations.
- Research prospective clients, markets, healthcare organisations and opportunities.
- Identify potential opportunities for the company's services.
- Support relationship development with existing and prospective clients.
- Contribute to the development of new consulting opportunities.
Healthcare Advocacy & Stakeholder Engagement
- Research healthcare policy, clinical developments and relevant health issues.
- Support the development of evidence-based advocacy materials.
- Translate healthcare evidence into clear and accessible messages.
- Assist with policy briefings, presentations, stakeholder materials and events.
- Support engagement with healthcare, pharmaceutical, patient, policy and other relevant stakeholders.
- Help communicate evidence in a balanced and compelling way.
- Contribute to initiatives designed to improve understanding, inform debate or influence healthcare decision-making.
Startup Environment
This is an early-stage company and the role will evolve as the business grows.
You will be expected to wear multiple hats, take ownership and contribute beyond a narrowly defined job description.
We are looking for someone who is comfortable operating with a degree of ambiguity and who does not need every task mapped out in advance.
The ability to work independently is a key requirement.
You should be able to take a problem or objective, understand what needs to be done, develop an approach and move it forward — while knowing when to ask for guidance.
What We're Looking For
We are interested in candidates from backgrounds including:
- Healthcare analytics
- Data analytics
- Public health
- Epidemiology
- Health economics
- Life sciences
- Clinical research
- Biostatistics
- Healthcare consulting
- Pharmaceutical/biotech
- Health policy
- Science communication
- Other relevant healthcare or quantitative disciplines
You should demonstrate:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Ability to interpret data and identify meaningful insights.
- Ability to explain complex information clearly.
- Strong presentation skills or the willingness to develop them.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership.
- Commercial curiosity and an interest in understanding client needs.
- Confidence engaging with clients and external stakeholders.
- Interest in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, clinical research and/or health policy.
- Strong Microsoft Office/Microsoft 365 skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to learn new analytical tools, systems and technologies quickly.
- An entrepreneurial and proactive approach.
- Energy, curiosity and intellectual flexibility.
Experience with SQL, statistical software, data visualisation tools or other analytical platforms would be advantageous, depending on the candidate's background.
The Ideal Candidate
You are someone who can sit comfortably between the data and the people who need to understand it.
You may be analytically minded but also enjoy presenting.
You may have a healthcare or scientific background but be commercially curious.
You may enjoy working with data but want your work to have a real-world impact.
Above all, you are someone who takes ownership, works independently, asks good questions and finds solutions.
Travel
The role is primarily office-based in the Leeds/Wakefield area.
Occasional travel will be required for client meetings, conferences, stakeholder meetings, events and other business activities.
The ability to drive would be advantageous.
Reporting
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Working Pattern
Location: Leeds/Wakefield — Office Based
We are open to either:
Full-time: Monday–Friday
or
Part-time: Monday–Friday, with a mutually agreed reduced-hours schedule. An example working pattern could be approximately 20 hours per week / 10:00am–2:00pm, although other arrangements may be considered for the right candidate.
The role will remain office-based regardless of working pattern.
Start Date
Immediate start — September 2026
Salary
£30,000–£38,000 per annum full-time equivalent (FTE), depending on experience and suitability for the role.
Part-time appointments will be paid on a pro-rata basis.
For example, a 20-hour-per-week appointment would typically be approximately 0.5 FTE, subject to the agreed working pattern.
Exceptional candidates with significant relevant experience may be considered at a higher level.
Why Join Us?
- Join an entrepreneurial healthcare and pharmaceutical consulting startup.
- Work directly with the CEO and have significant exposure to clients and senior stakeholders.
- Work across analytics, healthcare, consulting, business development and advocacy.
- Develop both analytical and commercial capabilities.
- Have the opportunity to shape the company's services and approach.
- Take meaningful responsibility from an early stage.
- Be part of building a company rather than simply joining an established organisation.
Pay: Up to £38,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
