Pharma Commercial Forecasting Expert — Launch Curves

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 pharma commercial / forecasting expert for a paid pilot, with the potential to continue as the work scales.

Responsibilities

• Create and critique rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs
• Build or critique a launch curve (uptake, peak share, trajectory)
• Judge whether a commercial forecast's assumptions (analogs, ramp, peak, loss of exclusivity) are defensible
• Apply this across the pilot's set of drug launches

Requirements

• US-based pharma commercial / forecasting professional (people from pharma sales teams can work here too)
• Familiarity with biotech/pharma development programs
• Experience building or critiquing drug launch / uptake models
• 5+ years in pharma commercial forecasting, analytics, or strategy

Engagement Details

• Duration: Approximately 10–20 hours over a 1–2 week pilot
• Remote — US-based

Why Participate

• Help improve expert AI evaluation of drugs and drug-development programs
• Recurring engagement for strong contributors

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.