Biotech Investment Analyst — Drug Asset & Company Assessment
Mercor · 100% remote · Contract · Posted
- Pay
- $120–200/hr
- Location
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Hours
- 10-20 hours over 1-2 week pilot
- Openings
- Not listed
- Level
- Experienced
Summary
Assess biotech drug assets and companies, create and critique evaluation rubrics, and judge investment theses for a pilot set of 5-10 companies.
What you'll do
- Create and critique rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs
- Provide overall company and asset assessment covering mechanism, clinical data, competitive position, and value drivers
- Judge the quality of an investment-style thesis and flag weak, overconfident, or missing assumptions
- Apply the assessment across the pilot's set of companies, roughly 5-10
Requirements
- Be a US-based biotech or healthcare investment analyst with a specialist-fund background
- Be familiar with biotech and pharma development programs
- Assess a drug asset and the company behind it end-to-end
- Have 5+ years evaluating biotech or pharma companies or assets
Skills
- Biotech Investment Analysis
- Pharmaceutical Development
- Clinical Data Evaluation
- Competitive Positioning
- Investment Thesis Writing
Full description
Mercor is partnering with a biotech and pharma research team on expert human-evaluation work — creating and critiquing rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs. We're seeking a biotech investment analyst (specialist-fund background) for a paid pilot, with the potential to continue as the work scales.
Responsibilities
Create and critique rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs
Provide overall company and asset assessment — mechanism, clinical data, competitive position, and value drivers
Judge the quality of an investment-style thesis and flag weak, overconfident, or missing assumptions
Apply your assessment across the pilot's set of companies (~5–10)
Requirements
US-based biotech / healthcare investment analyst with a specialist-fund background
Familiarity with biotech/pharma development programs
Able to assess a drug asset and the company behind it end-to-end
5+ years evaluating biotech/pharma companies or assets
Engagement Details
Duration: Approximately 10–20 hours over a 1–2 week pilot
Remote — US-based
Why Participate
Help improve expert AI evaluation of drugs and drug-development programs
Recurring engagement for strong contributors
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