Life Sciences Management Consultant

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Life Sciences Management Consultant to join our client’s team, providing point of contact for pharmaceutical and medical device clients by setting up one-on-one phone consultations and in-depth engagements between clients and healthcare thought-leaders, as well as keeping clients aware of newly published research and events.
The successful Management Consultant will also work closely with the Sales and Business Development team and other sector-specialized Research Managers to develop customized products for clients. Through live meetings, other client interactions, and high quality execution on specific client requests, Research Managers are expected to cultivate close relationships with and emerge as thought partners to Life Sciences clients.
You will be offered a competitive base salary plus eligibility for a year-end performance-based discretionary bonus with comprehensive benefits program, as well as a generous vacation and holiday schedule.
Main Duties:
• Growing and developing relationships with clients, who are primarily senior Life Science decision-makers in Business Development, Strategy, Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs and R&D roles across the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices sector in EMEA. This relationship development will stem from client meets and telephone interactions, as well as project execution.
• Facilitating educational interactions between the expert network and clients to assist them in making more informed and more confident investment and business-critical decisions. Research Managers fulfil time sensitive research requests by analyzing client requests, building and qualifying primary populations of topic experts and delivering timely solutions. Most client interactions with experts consist of direct and moderated telephone consultations, but also may consist of surveys, focus groups, written reports and in-depth engagements.
• Enhancing the Councils – Developing relationships with most respected thought leaders and KOLs in the HC sector, recruiting new senior executives and leading consultants into the Councils through research, networking, and direct outreach.
• Team-wide collaboration – Research Managers are expected to help mentor and manage junior colleagues, especially colleagues in operations offices with whom they are collaborating.
• Programming live meetings – Client-facing Research Managers are responsible for organizing and hosting small group conversations and teleconferences between experts and clients on key topics.
Key Skills and Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree or higher from a Top 20 University (background in life sciences preferred)
• 2-4 years’ experience in related industry or Life Sciences consulting role
• Strong interest in medicine and science
• Excellent verbal and writing skills
• Proven business communication skills