Job description
PreScouter is a rapidly growing Chicago-based scientific consulting firm that works with Global1000 companies (i.e., Amgen, Pepsi, BASF, and NASA) on innovation projects. PreScouter enables Ph.D. freelancers to gain consulting experience to fit your schedule, as well as offering traditional full-time consultant roles.
Currently, PreScouter is actively recruiting full-time consultants/project managers with Postdoc-level experience in the following domains: biology, chemistry, medicine, engineering, advanced materials/energy, bio/physics, or computer science. The position is 100% remote, with full benefits (i.e., dental, medical, 401k match, PTO, ESOP, and more).
Role
PreScouter’s project managers act as consultants with direct responsibility towards delivering on client needs by managing a team of analysts and other internal or external resources.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to interact directly with corporate decision-makers and be expected to maintain and grow those relationships by delivering on their needs. The role requires you to be capable of devising the right strategy to provide clients with the actionable insight they seek from the resources available. You will therefore be expected to leverage the PreScouter’s different databases and networks for raw data, insights, and subject matter experts while managing and building your own team of analysts and junior consultants to achieve the required outputs. We are looking for a highly organized, motivated leader to join us.
This position is permanently remote. You will be expected to work in the CST timezone (+/- 1hour) for the next 3 years.
Responsibilities:
- Quickly get up to speed on new technologies/topics so you are prepared to discuss them with industry leaders.
- Be able to clearly understand a client’s business problem and devise a viable approach to address it.
- Manage several project teams of 3-5 analysts ensuring short deadlines, milestones and deliverables are never missed.
- Be able to transform raw data and information into actionable insights that address clients’ business problems.
- Clearly and fluently communicate findings and recommendations to clients
- Anticipate client’s needs and research questions to grow the relationship.
- Work on thought leadership pieces to cement yourself and PreScouter as a leader in the space.
Desired Attributes:
- Insatiable Curiosity – You love learning about new things and can quickly get up to speed on new technologies.
- A Self-Starter – You take ownership of your work, proactively ask questions and come up with suggestions for improvement. You take the initiative to drive projects forward and figure out what needs to happen next. You are naturally self-motivated and able to work independently as well as in a collaborative team environment.
- Highly Organized/Excellent Time Management – You easily manage multiple deadlines, staying on top of what needs to be completed by when and delivering on time.
- Problem-Solving – You don’t take no for an answer. When presented with obstacles you think creatively to find unexpected solutions and persist until you find a way.
- Skilled Communicator – You are known for your exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. You are able to connect effectively with all levels of an organization from front-line staff to senior executives. You elicit detailed responses and make sense of complex conversations. You respond sensitively to the situation, knowing when to go deeper and when to step back.
- Effective Writer – You know how to craft effective and concise decks and insights emails that are easy for people to read and understand. You excel at figuring out how to get your message across and how to get people’s attention to the right information.
- Commitment to Excellence – You are committed to continuous improvement. In everything you do, you are always looking to do it a little better.
- Integrity – Trustworthy with confidential information and able to maintain a high level of personal and professional integrity
Job Requirements:
- Native or Fluent in English
- Strong Leadership
- Technical Background (ideally a MS, PhD or post-doctoral fellowship)
- Ideally: 1-3 years of consulting Experience
- Based in North America
Additional Details:
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits: 401k, Medical, Dental, Vision, 100% remote, Employee Stock Options Program, Work-remote subsidies for remote working facilities, communications budget, commissions on sales
