Intelligence
Intelligence are the market research and consulting division of Hanson Wade focused on providing qualitative and quantitative insights. From in-depth interviews with key opinion leaders to competitor landscape analysis, they specialise in helping our clients understand the latest trends in biopharma drug development.
Our intelligence roles engage directly with a variety of pharmaceutical industries to provide detailed scientific and commercial analysis of the international drug development market. Market Analysts work closely with both event and data divisions of Hanson Wade to ensure we provide high quality, customised research insights.
Our Job Roles: Find your fit
Junior Market Analyst
As a Junior Market Analyst, you play a foundational role in delivering bespoke qualitative and quantitative primary and secondary market research projects, building the core skills needed to progress into a Market Analyst position. Working closely with senior team members, you will support the day-to-day running of projects by coordinating logistics, recruiting suitable participants for interviews, and assisting with interview moderation. You are responsible for collecting, curating, and quality-checking data, as well as supporting analysis and the preparation of insights for client delivery. In addition to project work, you contribute to business development initiatives and marketing collateral, gaining early exposure to the full research lifecycle and laying the groundwork for your development as a Market Analyst.
Market Analyst
As a Market Analyst, you will work at the intersection of life science, data, and strategy. Market Analysts turn complex scientific and commercial information into actionable insights. You’ll deliver bespoke primary and secondary market research to help clients assess commercial opportunities, define and strengthen value propositions, and make informed strategic decisions. With a focus on niche areas of early-stage drug R&D, you’ll build deep expertise in cutting-edge medicines and emerging technologies, supporting better decision-making across the drug development lifecycle while applying your analytical skills in a commercially focused environment.
Senior Market Analyst
As a Senior Market Analyst, you take greater ownership of complex research projects and lead their delivery from start to finish. Building on the Market Analyst role, you are responsible for managing day-to-day project execution, delegating work to junior team members, and ensuring high-quality outputs. You finalise study materials and analytical approaches, moderate interviews, critically analyse data, and shape clear insight-driven narratives that address client objectives. With increased responsibility, you also play a key role in developing and delivering client-ready presentations, translating findings into impactful, strategic insights.
Research Manager
As a Research Manager, you will lead the delivery of bespoke qualitative and quantitative market research projects, overseeing day-to-day project management, delegating tasks to junior team members, finalising study materials and analytical plans, moderating interviews, and translating complex data into clear, insight-driven narratives for client presentations. In addition to project delivery, you play a key role in business development, designing research programmes for proposals, creating marketing collateral, driving account planning, and identifying opportunities to expand or productise team offerings. As a people leader, you line manage team members, mentor others, and support skill development through coaching and training, serving as a visible and influential presence within the team.
Senior Research Manager/Associate Director
As a Senior Research Manager, you will lead complex market research projects with greater strategic responsibility, overseeing project execution, delegating tasks, finalising materials, moderating interviews, and delivering clear, insight-driven client presentations. You will also drive business development through proposals, marketing collateral, account planning, and identifying opportunities to expand team offerings. As a senior leader, you will line manage and mentor team members, supporting their growth while ensuring high-quality research delivery.
Meet Sophia Shamsi - Research Manager
After graduating with a masters in Translational Neuroscience I was keen to develop and apply my commercial, scientific, and data analyst skills whilst contributing to the scientific community, therefore a career at Hanson Wade appealed to me and led me to join Beacon.
Beacon is a Hanson Wade data product that provides clinical trial and pipeline data to aid drug developers and service providers make better-informed strategic decisions. In 2021 I joined the Beacon team as a researcher when a new module covering RNA therapeutics was being built. Within the role I was given the opportunity to become a subject-matter expert, implement ideas, create content, present at conferences, and work with cross-departmental and international team members. This opportunity allowed me to quickly gain responsibilities and strengthen my core skills.
Progression is supported at Hanson Wade and after a year with Beacon I was promoted to a research manager. As part of the promotion, I transitioned into the lead researcher on the Adoptive Cell module and oversaw the researchers responsible for the advanced therapy modules. This role allowed me to diversify my scientific knowledge and gain people management skills.
After producing scientific content at Beacon, I became interested in client-facing work, and supporting client needs through the delivery of bespoke qualitative and quantitative reports. Therefore, with the support from Waders across the business I moved to Hanson Wade's Market Intelligence division. I joined Intelligence as a Senior Market Analyst and since I have been exposed to a diverse range of projects which has allowed me to challenge and evolve my skillset, expand my scientific and commercial expertise, take ownership, and contribute my ideas. The nature and impact of the work, coupled with a supportive, friendly, and knowledgeable team has made Hanson Wade somewhere that I am grateful to have my career. I look forward to continue contributing to the scientific field, whilst growing and learning both personally and professionally.
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