Associate Director, Solution Design

Syneos Health; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical solutions organization in London is seeking a Solution Design Specialist. This role requires collaboration across departments to develop strategic proposals. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years in the Lifesciences industry or consulting, with a focus on project management and excellent communication skills. Join this diverse team dedicated to improving patient outcomes worldwide.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in the Lifesciences industry or consulting.
• 4+ years Program and Project Management experience in matrixed organizations.
• Experience in management consulting or services company.

Responsibilities

• Create initial solution design and approach for proposals.
• Partner with Business Development to align proposed solutions.
• Communicate with stakeholders to design an initial solution.

Skills

Excellent communications

People management skills

Ability to handle ambiguity

Action-oriented work ethic

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Tools

MS Office suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)

Job description

Updated: October 31, 2025
Location: London, ENG, United Kingdom
Job ID:12408

Solution Design is responsible for managing the strategic solution development process for customer proposals and ensuring there is integration both within and across functions and business units.

This role will work closely with the VP, Solution Design, Business Development Generalists & Specialists to ensure opportunities go through assessment and business optimization review for quality control and deliver an integrated bespoke proposal that will be created for the customer.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works with the Leadership, Business Development and other key members across the Syneos organization to create the initial solution design, approach and the various follow‑up actions needed to bridge prospective clients from an initial solution presentation to sold (i.e. awarded) work.
• Partner with BD to align on proposed solution to customer.
• Works with different stakeholder groups both within the Deployment Solutions team and across the greater Syneos Health organization
• Clearly communicate with internal partners all relevant and necessary information (including opportunity approach) to design an initial solution.
• Checks work throughout the solution development process, asking critical questions where necessary to ensure the solution is integrated, is aligned with the approach, and meets the client needs.
• Determines the approach for leading any follow‑up activities that bridge to sold (i.e., awarded) work. As these activities can vary greatly in complexity and effort, the SD must be comfortable working through ambiguity.
• Keeps all key stakeholders updated on the opportunity status, including client decision timing and outstanding actions.
• Support existing customer programs to analyze current state and provide insights on how to evolve based on customers’ business needs

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field of study.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience in the Lifesciences industry or consulting
• 4+ years Program and Project Management experience in matrixed organizations
• Management consulting or services company experience (e.g., CRO, CCO)
• Excellent communications and people management skills
• Proficiency in MS Office suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
• Ability to handle ambiguity and multiple concurrent assignments
• The drive for self‑development, the ability to collaborate, and an action‑oriented work ethic

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

Why Syneos Health?

We partner with industry experts to solve and execute against today’s toughest commercialization challenges facing the world’s leading healthcare companies. The diversification and breadth of our new and existing partnerships create a multitude of career paths and employment opportunities on our Commercial Operations and Leadership teams. Join our game‑changing, global company dedicated to creating better, smarter, faster ways to get biopharmaceutical therapies to patients. Experience the thrill of knowing that your everyday efforts are contributing to improving patients’ lives around the world.

Syneos Health companies are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)

Discover what our more than 29,000 employees already know: work here matters everywhere. We work hard, and smart, all in the name of getting much‑needed therapies to those who need them most. A career with Syneos Health means your everyday work improves patients’ lives around the world. Selecting us as an employer secures a career in which you’re guaranteed to:

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. To learn more about how we are shortening the distance from lab to life®, visit syneoshealth.com .

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