Pharmaceutical Consulting Director

Job Description

* A full time, permanent Pharmaceutical Consulting Director is needed for an innovative company which provides pharmaceutical forecasting consultancy

* Within the last year, they have invested heavily in product development with strong support from their sales & marketing functions to reach some of the largest pharmaceutical & bio tech companies in the world

* The success of these initiatives has resulted in significant growth in both revenue & overall size of the business, so they are now seeking an experienced Director to lead global complex projects & to support the CEO Commercial lead in driving the success of the consultancy side of the business

* The role is client facing & the individual should be highly driven, enjoy solving client challenges & able to demonstrate exceptionally strong project management skills

Key Responsibilities:

* Work closely with the sales team to create proposals, develop & attend pitches and agree costs to meet the needs of the client

* Proactively identify further opportunities, from developing new solutions for the business and individual clients through to recognising additional activities within individual projects

* Lead company initiatives to improve their business, from incremental process improvement to transformational innovations

* To lead a team in the delivery of complex forecasting projects in line with SMART objectives to meet agreed profit margins

* To respond proactively to client requests & solve their ongoing short & long-term forecasting challenges

* To be the link between the technical team & the client throughout the long-range planning process & model build

* To take ownership of quality control from project initiation to delivery including model testing

* To undertake interviews with senior stakeholders to identify client requirements to scope & design the overall project

* To support project implementation via training with key stakeholders in the client’s business & review training materials on an ad-hoc basis

* Occasional involvement in more detailed project activities i.e. model population, scenario running & secondary data analysis

Person Specification:

* Scientific academic background preferred

* In-depth pharmaceutical industry knowledge

* Knowledge / application of forecasting techniques, forecasting cycles & business process requirements

* Commercial / consultancy experience

* Line management experience

* Experience of managing conflict and solution orientated

* Must be proactive & autonomous

* Able to travel