Deals Strategy Senior Manager-Pharma & Life Sciences

PricewaterhouseCoopers; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

A global advisory firm in Dubai is seeking a Senior Manager to oversee strategic healthcare consulting projects. The role involves managing project delivery, working closely with private equity platforms, and conducting market assessments. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in strategy consulting, particularly in the healthcare and pharmaceuticals sectors, and excellent client management capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in a strategy consulting firm.
• Hands-on experience with the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industry.
• Understanding of mergers, integrations and divestiture transactions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee project delivery and manage a team of 6-8 consultants.
• Conduct market assessments and financial feasibilities.
• Manage client relationships and project budgets.

Skills

Extensive experience in a strategy consulting firm

Hands-on experience with Healthcare enterprises

Proven record of success in commercial due diligence

Excellent writing and communication skills

Ability to manage client relationships

Job description

Overview

Line of Service Advisory

Industry/Sector Not Applicable

Specialism Deal Strategy

Management Level Senior Manager

Our Healthcare Strategy team offers strategic advice to a broad range of stakeholders – healthcare operators, pharmaceuticals and life sciences organizations, leading private equity houses, family offices, major banks, funds and companies undertaking mergers and acquisitions or investment opportunities. We deliver deep strategic, commercial and operational insights to help clients think through investment/divestment decisions about businesses. We advise our clients on critical operational and transformational challenges and evaluate business plans and company strategies against market performance and competitor strength to deliver a rigorous appraisal of a business’ commercial and operational outlook. Our main focus is to deliver top strategy-led solutions to our clients.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the successful delivery of projects which may include multiple projects at a time while leading a team of 6-8 consultants
• Working with existing operators private equity platform on defining their investment agenda, e.g. new market entries, market strategies for new investments, capital allocation
• Conducting market assessments and financial feasibilities on new investments
• Commercial and vendor due diligence
• Participate in strategy and operations engagements for our clients
• Framing and understanding key client issues, client processes and mandate, defining realistic expectations for the client team and PwC
• Managing the client relationship on a day-to-day basis and other stakeholders
• Structuring and ensuring the development of written reports encompassing the relevant analysis findings and recommendations
• Managing client expectations and ensuring that the scope of work is clear
• Managing project budget reporting on project costs and managing payment collection
• Support in driving the business development agenda in a focused industry including leading pitches and proposal work
• Contributing to the wider business unit through knowledge sharing, recruitment, mentoring, training and other activities

Requirements

• Extensive experience in a strategy consulting firm
• Hands on experience with Healthcare enterprises or Pharmaceuticals industry
• Proven record of success in commercial due diligence or corporate strategy roles
• Hands on experience with assisting clients in strategic planning and business reviews; growth, market entry and international expansion; and market opportunity sizing
• Significant understanding of mergers, integrations, spin-offs and/or divestiture transactions including options analyses and recommendations
• Motivated to develop and manage client relationships
• Ability to deliver significant business results that reflect strategic and creative thinking and individual initiative
• Confident to manage multi-resource engagements: using work plans to manage day-to-day execution, remove roadblocks proactively, ask for help effectively, and communicate up/down/laterally
• Comfortable providing direction, coaching and guidance to junior resources
• Excellent writing, communicating, facilitating and presenting capabilities for all levels of audiences
• Willingness to multi-task and balance time effectively
• Understanding advanced analytics and big data is preferred
• Arabic speaking considered a plus
• Your flexibility to travel 20% of the time. This may require you to work away from your base office location on a regular basis with frequent overnight stays. Where possible we will take your preferences into account and balance them with business and client needs.

Education

Education Degrees/Field of Study required; Degrees/Field of Study preferred.

Certifications

Certifications

Required Skills

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Optional Skills Accepting Feedback, Acquisition Strategy, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Business Plan Evaluation, Capital IQ, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Competitive Advantage, Competitive Analysis, Corporate Development, Creativity, Customer Due Diligence, Deal Structures, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Due Diligence, Financial Modeling, Financial Risk Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Inclusion, Industry Trend Analysis, Influence

Travel Requirements

Travel Requirements Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship Yes

Government Clearance Required

Government Clearance Required No

Job Posting End Date

Job Posting End Date

Required Experience:

Senior Manager