SM/AD, MCICC - Evaluation

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze scientific literature on emerging technologies and therapeutic target of interest, generate formal reports on target profile, biological functions, molecular pathway and MOA, contributions to relevant diseases based on academic publications and related preclinical and clinical data of pipelines.

• Conduct primary research on diseases of interest through literature research and engaging with internal and external KOLs, deep dive disease profile, patient journey, and current /emerging treatment options, identify unmet medical needs, critical challenges, emerging development trends, and pipelines to be prioritized as benchmarks, and write comprehensive research reports.

• Generate knowledge graph for disease-indication-therapeutic target

• Monitor scientific and industry progress and update the reports with newly emerging insights periodically.

• Participate in external project evaluation, collect and analyze information on specific topics related to project of interest to support evaluation, and responding to special due diligence request.

• Write formal reports and prepare presentation materials, such as project evaluation reports, project progress update reports, due diligence reports, data summary presentation, project update presentation etc.

Key Requirement

• 3-8 years of work experience in drug development, asset evaluation, literature research or competitive intelligence of pharmaceutical R&D. Previous roles in drug development, biotech-focused consulting, biotech equity research, biotech investment analyst with experience in asset-level scientific diligence preferred.

• Knowledge of innovations/assets in academic and translational research center

• Strong information search & collection capability, proficient skills in using commercial & public database and various other sources.

• Drug development experience is a plus

• Sharp analytical skills in dissecting preclinical and clinical data with rigorous attention to detail

• Excellent written and verbal communication & presentation skills in Chinese and English.

• High proficiency in writing and formatting reports and presentation, proficient skills in using Microsoft Office tools

Required Skills:

Academic Conferences, Academic Conferences, Accountability, Bioanalytical Analysis, Bioanalytical Techniques, Biochemical Assays, Biomarker Development, Clinical Judgment, Creativity, Data Analysis, Detail-Oriented, Drug Development, Emerging Technologies, Ethical Compliance, Immunohistochemistry (IHC), In Vivo Pharmacology, Knowledge Graph, Mass Spectrometry Analysis, Microsoft Office, Office Tools, Pharmaceutical Development, Presentation Preparations, Project Management, Report Preparation, Report Presentations {+ 5 more}

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

no

Job Posting End Date:

06/30/2026

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