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Biotech Investment Analyst — Drug Asset & Company Assessment

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.

United States$120–$200 per hour
Hiring companyMercor
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About the role

We're seeking a biotech investment analyst (specialist-fund background) for a paid pilot, with the potential to continue as the work scales.

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.

Contract and Payment Terms

  • You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
  • This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
  • Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
  • Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.

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).

Required skills

  • 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.

Eligibility

Work arrangement: Fully remote

Eligible countries: United States

  • Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

Compensation details

$120–$200 per hour.

  • Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
More about the hiring companyMercor
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