Currently transitioning out of MBB after 2 and a half YOE, and I’ve been lucky enough to land verbal AD level corporate strategy offers at BMS, Novartis, AbbVie, and Pfizer. 2 are in SF, 1 in NJ, 1 in Boston, and they all pay about the same (~215 base +/- 10k).

If I want to optimize for career trajectory and growth opportunities, as well as the long term outlook of the company as a whole, which of these would be best, and do you have any advice for how best to establish myself?

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First of all, congrats and also I’m jealous 😅 I have 5 YOE at a boutique and can’t get traction on jobs like this, they prefer MBB huh

As for the company, would recommend AbbVie or Novartis. Pfizer would be next: had them as a client, kind of a 💩 show over there, Bourla is mostly big talk. BMS would be last: they’re going to crater soon due to huge patent cliffs and a not great pipeline.

You’d be working with a bunch of ex MBB bringing ex MBB crap with them so maybe not the worst thing. You’re better off breaking out of the mold and taking your highly specialized boutique talents somewhere that isn’t used to consultant overload.

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I also echo EM 1’s thoughts in that Abbvie/Novartis are stronger choices. I have Pfizer as a client and it is a hot mess/no one knows what they are doing and WLB seems to be pretty bad too. And none of their incoming pipeline assets (at least for oncology) seem to have any kind of promise.

Mostly just following this thread but also echo Novartis/AbbVie as good choices, have ~2.5 YOE at top life sciences consulting firms and would love to know how you were able to snag those roles! Massive congrats.

AbbVie for sure

Avoid Pfizer

Are you exiting as a manager?

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