You are writing up or finishing a PhD in a life-sciences, biomedical, or health-data field. You may or may not be medically qualified. You are deciding between staying in academia and moving to industry, and within industry you may not realise there are three quite different tracks open to you. Your thesis is a serious piece of proof-of-work; the gap is usually commercial and translational fluency, not capability. Recruiting cycles for PhDs (consulting, pharma) often run on fixed timelines, so timing matters.
Decide which industry track fits you (scientist, strategy and commercial, or medical affairs), translate your thesis into that track's language, and hit the relevant recruiting cycle on time. By day 90 you should have a clear track, a translated profile, and live applications or strong leads, not a finished thesis and no plan.
The full Final-year PhD (pharma / biotech) plan
- The full 30-60-90 plan, with 2, 5, and 10 hours-a-week breakdowns
- Portfolio projects suited to your stage
- Cold message templates that fit your situation
- Exact LinkedIn and CV changes to make
- Skills to build, and the traps to avoid
- How to measure progress, and what good looks like at day 90
- When to bring in a CV review or a 1:1 call
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This is educational career guidance, not a promise of a job, a salary, or any specific outcome, and not financial or legal advice. Your results depend on your own effort and circumstances. Make big decisions with proper professional advice where it matters.
Do not resign a training post or change your contract on the strength of a quiz or a plan. Talk to your deanery, your educational supervisor, and your medical defence organisation first. Leaving and re-entering training has real consequences worth understanding before you act.