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About the Role
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.
What You'll Do
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)
You're a Good Fit If You
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
Independent contractor engagement. Apply via the link below - Mercor handles onboarding and pays weekly via Stripe or Wise.
Common Questions
Mercor has a reliability rating of very reliable based on the listings we track, with an onboarding time of 1-3 weeks (interview + assessment + trial). See our full Mercor review for the details behind that rating.
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$120-$200/h - Independent contractor engagement. Apply via the link below - Mercor handles onboarding and pays weekly via Stripe or Wise.
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
