Lead Analyst Life Sciences

The team
EY’s Sector Insights team comprises market-facing sector experts, across 18 sectors, and shapes EY’s differentiated perspectives on the future of their sector. The team also equips EY’s 400,000 professionals to have insightful client conversations and drive growth. The team’s compelling insights help EY win in the market by creating new client opportunities and originating work, strengthen client relationships by proactively taking them new insights, and shape EY’s positioning and brand through distinctive through leadership.

The opportunity

As a Life Sciences Sector Insights Lead Analyst at EY, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that EY has a differentiated and distinctive perspective on client issues within the Life Sciences. You will lead the development of high-impact points of view and activate them with clients, positioning EY as a comprehensive advisor on strategy, transactions, and transformation to the C-suite. Recognized as both a Life Sciences expert and strategic advisor to senior clients and EY leadership, you will frame the signature issues, insights landscape, and analysis/insight requirements for Life Sciences executive leadership, agreeing on insights priorities with the Life Sciences Board.

Your key responsibilities

• Executive impact: Engage with and challenge senior Life Sciences stakeholders, providing commercial and provocative perspectives on the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing the Life Sciences industry. Develop strong internal and external relationships, participating in client meetings, roundtables, and other events, and serving as a media spokesperson for Life Sciences.


• Strategic leadership: Establish the Insights strategy for Life Sciences, driving the development and co-creation of insights beyond publicly available information. Ensure an outcome-focused approach to creating and activating external thought leadership, identifying cross-sector Point of View (POV) sharing opportunities, and collaborating with other sector teams.


• Analytical responsibilities: Combine multiple perspectives and sources to develop compelling points of view that drive results. Identify issues and trends that translate into key market-facing initiatives and opportunities for EY, using both qualitative and quantitative research and analysis methodologies.


• Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing: Work closely with Insights leadership and other Analysts to support Life Sciences leadership and other senior stakeholders. Share best practices with colleagues across Insights, contributing to the development of core products and services to drive excellence and consistency across Insights.

Skills and attributes for success

• Outstanding executive-level presentation skills, with a track record of challenging and shaping perspectives of senior clients and internal decision-makers.


• Demonstrated experience working at a senior level in a fast-moving, client-driven environment.


• Recognized Life Sciences insight leadership with 5+ years of Life Sciences-specific research and analysis activity.


• Collaborative mindset, able to work well both as part of a team and independently in a global, multi-cultural, and virtual environment.


• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize information, review data inputs, and provide analytic insights.


• Succinct and structured oral and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and concisely.

What we look for

We are looking for individuals who are curious, strategic thinkers with a real-world, commercial perspective driven by an understanding of both clients’ experiences and broader marketplace drivers. You will have at least 12 years of experience in a professional services or equivalent environment. You should have a collaborative mindset, outstanding executive presence, and storytelling ability, with the capability to engage with clients at the C-suite level. Your ability to combine multiple perspectives and sources to develop compelling points of view, along with your strong analytical skills, will be crucial in this role.