Director, R&D Consulting

Syneos Health; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Syneos Health in London is seeking a senior leader to drive project management, team leadership and business development within the R&D Advisory Group. You will build and manage a large customer book, secure profitable business and ensure accurate forecasting and pricing.

The role combines strategic client engagement with cross-functional collaboration across clinical, regulatory and commercial teams. You must hold an MBA or life sciences graduate degree, have demonstrated new business

Qualifications

• MBA or life sciences graduate required.
• Proven new business experience from organic growth to RFI/RFP planning, development and execution.
• Experience across both promotional and non-promotional commercialisation activities.
• Proficient in PowerPoint and Excel; ability to travel.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with customers, consulting staff, managers, leadership, and internal support teams
• Develop and lead a large customer book of business
• Oversee project budgets accordingly
• Be responsible for the design, efficiency, and outcomes related to customer projects
• Facilitate project team discussions to pressure test customer recommendations and final deliverable quality

Skills

Project management

Leadership

New business development

PowerPoint

Excel

Relationship building

Travel availability

Education

MBA or life sciences graduate

Job description

Updated: September 10, 2026
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Job ID:18150

You are the first to roll up your sleeves and work with relentless energy until you solve the unsolvable, beat the unbeatable and come out on top.

In this role, you will be accountable for project management, team leadership, and business development. As a visible leader of the business, you will drive commercial success by securing profitable business, actively harvesting accounts, creating leads, and ensuring accurate project forecasting and pricing. You’ll join the R&D Advisory Group within Syneos Health Consulting, where you will help make life science R&D organisations and operations more efficient and effective across research, clinical, regulatory, quality and pharmacovigilance. You will:

• Build relationships with customers, consulting staff, managers, leadership, and internal support teams
• Develop and lead a large customer book of business
• Oversee project budgets accordingly
• Be responsible for the design, efficiency, and outcomes related to customer projects
• Facilitate project team discussions to pressure test customer recommendations, underlying assumptions, and final deliverable quality
• MBA or a graduate degree in a life sciences field
• Demonstrated new business experience, from organic growth to RFI/RFP planning, development, and execution
• Experience across both promotional and non-promotional commercialisation activities
• Proficient in PowerPoint and Excel
• Ability to travel

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

Why Syneos Health?

Here, you're a part of the big picture. You will collaborate with colleaguesacross clinical and commercial disciplines to guide premarket development through post-market commercial strategy.Every project is a chance to solve a new challenge, learn from your colleagues, and advance your career. Thediversification and breadth of our new and existing partnerships create a multitude of career paths and employmentopportunities. Join our game-changing, global company dedicated to creating better, smarter, faster ways to getbiopharmaceutical therapies to patients. Experience the thrill of knowing that your everyday efforts arecontributing to improving patients' lives around the world.

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

Discover what our more than 25,000 employees already know: work here matterseverywhere. We work hard,and smart, all in the name of getting much-needed therapies to thosewho need them most. A career with Syneos Health means your everyday workimprovespatients’ lives around the world. Selecting us as an employer secures acareer inwhich you’re guaranteed to:

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization builtto accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercialinsights into outcomes to address modern market realities. To learn more visit syneoshealth.com .

Syneos Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receiveconsideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, marital status,ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protectedveteran status, disability or any other legally protected status and will not bediscriminated against. If you are an individual with a disability who requires reasonableaccommodation to complete any part of our application process, including the use of thiswebsite, please contact us at: Email: [emailprotected] One of our staff members willwork with you to provide alternate means to submit your application.