Director of Healthcare Research

Edgemont Partners is a prominent independent healthcare M&A advisory firm in the United States. They are seeking a Director of Healthcare Research to lead their research and thought leadership initiatives, focusing on developing strategic content that strengthens the firm's brand and supports business development efforts.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Managing Directors to translate market themes, deal insights, and sector intelligence into proprietary content
• Author deep-dives, market outlooks, conference recaps, and white papers
• Develop and maintain a production schedule
• Create derivative content from major reports, distilling key findings into LinkedIn posts, email blurbs, infographics, and short-form articles
• Produce evergreen educational content for founders (transaction preparation guides, quality of earnings primers, valuation overviews)
• Leverage AI-powered research tools to accelerate workflows while ensuring rigorous fact-checking and original analysis
• Oversee and optimize the digital content strategy across web, social, and email channels
• Build and manage an email newsletter program featuring curated healthcare headlines, transaction data, valuation multiples, and original analysis
• Direct graphic designers to produce visually polished and impactful deliverables aligned with Edgemont brand guidelines
• Develop forward-looking thematic research on emerging sectors, consolidation trends, and regulatory developments
• Create conference-ready materials and insight briefs for major healthcare industry events
• Build and maintain a content calendar aligned to industry conference schedules, quarterly reporting cycles, outbound email campaigns, and seasonal M&A patterns

Requirements:

• 5-15 years of professional experience in healthcare research, consulting, content production, or a related field with demonstrated published output
• Deep knowledge of healthcare industry dynamics, M&A trends, and key sectors (pharma services, healthcare IT, physician services, behavioral health, post-acute care, medical technology, or similar)
• Proven ability to produce institutional-quality written research: white papers, market reports, and analytical notes that resonate with sophisticated PE and corporate audiences
• Strong digital content expertise: understanding of how to format, optimize, and distribute content across Edgemont's platforms for maximum engagement
• Graphic design awareness (not execution): ability to brief designers, provide formatting direction, and ensure visual quality of published materials across digital and print mediums
• Familiarity with AI-powered research tools (AlphaSense, Pitchbook, CapIQ, ChatGPT/Copilot, data analytics platforms) and ability to integrate them into research workflows
• Self-directed work style suited to minimal day-to-day oversight
• Excellent people skills: ability to collaborate with senior bankers, extract market insights from deal teams, and translate complex transaction experience into compelling published narratives
• Former healthcare strategy consultants (BCG, McKinsey, LEK, or similar strategy/consulting firms) seeking a flexible, research-focused role
• Internal research professionals from healthcare organizations such as CROs, healthcare data companies, or health systems with a track record of published industry analyses
• Healthcare-focused journalists, editors, or content strategists with financial and analytical sophistication
• Marketing or content professionals from healthcare services companies with deep sector knowledge and digital expertise
• Sell-side or buy-side healthcare research analysts with content creation and digital distribution experience