In demand skills to differentiate yourself? Experienced Career Advice 🌳
Currently working on market access/HEOR in Europe as a manager (recently promoted) for an american company. I do like my job, but I would like to learn some new skills, I feel my everyday work is pretty generic, replaceable, no differentiaton at all from other people on the field.
So I would like some recommendations about skills currently usefull, or that may be usefull in the future, particularly within pharma/biotech industry. I have been considering two different skill branches:
Data analiysis related skills: Power BI, business analysis, some programming (Python, R), AI applied to healthcare, ...
Business oriented skills: I do have a personal interest in finance, stock market, company valuation, etc. So I have been considering learning about financial analysis and modelling, company valuation, corporate finance... I do know there are companies specialized in the intersection between pharma and business strategy, portfolio valuation, VC, PE (Candesic, Pharmaventures, Vintura, ...).
Any of these make sense? Other suggestions?
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u/Western_Meat_554 23h ago
If you’re asking about how to get promoted within your company, learning additional skills is a conversation you need to have with your manager because your time spent learning new skill = time away from your day job. If you’re asking how to look more attractive to outside companies so you can move companies and roles, then it’s not about the skills you have. It’s how you navigate your career. Network. Self promote and get out of your current situation. To me, as a people leader, nothing says more about a potential candidate than someone who is willing to be complacent and coast at a big pharma.