Biotech Investment Analyst — Drug Asset & Company Assessment | $120-$200/hr Remote
Overview
Mercor is looking for a biotech investment analyst with a specialist-fund background to join a paid pilot focused on expert human evaluation of drug assets. You'll help build and critique rubrics that assess commercial drugs and development programs, then apply them to a small set of companies. This is a remote, part-time engagement paying $120-$200 per hour, with potential for ongoing work as the project expands. The role sits at the intersection of biotech investing and AI evaluation, helping train expert-level AI judgment.
What You'll Do4
- 1Design and critique evaluation frameworks for analyzing marketed drugs and drug development pipelines.
- 2Provide end-to-end assessments of both the company and its drug assets, covering mechanism of action, clinical evidence, competitive positioning, and key value drivers.
- 3Review investment-style theses for logical soundness, identifying weak assumptions, overconfidence, or missing factors that could undermine the case.
- 4Apply your evaluation approach consistently across the pilot cohort of roughly 5–10 companies to generate comparative insights.
Requirements4
- 1US-based biotech or healthcare investment analyst with experience at a specialist fund.
- 2Strong familiarity with biotech and pharma development programs, including clinical stages and regulatory pathways.
- 3Ability to assess both a drug asset and the company behind it holistically, from science to commercial potential.
- 4At least 5+ years of hands-on experience evaluating biotech/pharma companies or assets.
Who Should Apply
You're a seasoned biotech investment professional who has spent years on the buy-side evaluating drug assets and companies. You're comfortable building structured assessment frameworks and equally comfortable stress-testing them. You enjoy the intellectual rigor of poking holes in investment theses and are excited to lend your expertise to improving how AI evaluates biotech and pharma opportunities.
Salary Insight
This role pays $120-$200 per hour, depending on experience and scope of the pilot.
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Application Tip
Highlight a specific example where you evaluated a drug asset or investment thesis, and briefly describe the rubric or framework you used to structure your analysis — this will directly demonstrate your fit for the rubric-based work.
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