Experienced Consultant, Life Sciences Strategy

Blue Matter Consulting; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A strategic consulting firm is seeking a Consultant/Senior Consultant to join their project team in London. Responsibilities include executing project tasks, preparing meeting materials, and developing analytical insights to support clients in the life sciences industry. Ideal candidates will have prior consulting experience and an advanced degree in a relevant field. This position offers a hybrid work model and various employee benefits including health reimbursements.

Benefits

Health-related reimbursements

Cost-matching education initiatives

Structured onboarding program

Supportive environment for growth

Qualifications

• 2+ years of prior consulting or commercial pharma experience for Consultant role.
• 3+ years of prior consulting or commercial pharma experience for Senior Consultant role.

Responsibilities

• Execute on assigned project tasks.
• Prepare materials for project meetings.
• Execute analysis of primary and secondary research efforts.
• Create and utilize analytical tools to support decision making.
• Develop materials communicating results of analyses.
• Identify key insights and recommendations.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Collaboration

Communication

Proactiveness

Consulting experience

Education

Advanced degree(s) (PhD, MD, MBA, or MS)

Job description

Overview

Blue Matter is a rapidly growing strategic consulting firm serving clients in the life sciences industry. We partner with our clients to help them achieve commercial success across the lifecycle of their products, portfolios and organizations. Our project types include new product planning, launch strategy & planning, brand & life cycle planning and corporate & portfolio strategy, across a variety of specialty therapeutic areas.

We have a unique entrepreneurial culture and invest in building Blue Matter to be one of the best places to work. We have a strong global presence with offices in the US (San Francisco, New York, Boston), Europe (London, Zurich, Netherlands), and India (Mumbai, Gurgaon, Pune).

What you will do

As a Consultant / Senior Consultant, you will join a Blue Matter project team to develop creative solutions to our clients’ problems. This process usually starts by working directly with our clients to understand and define the problem, and developing insights into an impactful and actionable recommendation.

Responsibilities

• Execute on assigned project tasks
• Prepare materials for project meetings
• Execute analysis of primary and secondary research efforts
• Create and utilize analytical tools to support decision making
• Develop materials communicating results of analyses
• Identify key insights, recommendations, opportunities, and threats to inform corporate and commercial strategies
• Demonstrate accountability for completion of project responsibilities
• Regularly engage senior level clients

Qualifications

At Blue Matter we look for consultants that can hit the ground running in a project team and are scientifically trained (either by experience or academic accomplishments), have consulting experience, and have a solid base across all of the following competencies, which are:

• Critical Thinker - be able to approach a problem and understand its context and implications and work with ambiguous information to develop creative and pragmatic ideas to solve it
• Collaborative - be able to effectively plan your own work and deliver on what you commit to doing to your project team
• Communicative - be able to transparently and concisely interact with internal and external team members both verbally and in writing
• Proactive - be able to take the initiative, be eager to learn, be receptive to feedback, and take failure in stride
• Consultant: 2+ years of prior consulting or commercial pharma experience
• Senior Consultant: 3+ years of prior consulting or commercial pharma experience
• Advanced degree(s) (PhD, MD, MBA, or MS) preferred

What we can offer you

• Steep learning curve working on interesting and challenging projects across our clients’ products, portfolios, and organizations
• Projects from biotechs startups to multinational pharmaceutical corporations
• Supportive environment to learn and grow, regardless of your skill and knowledge level
• Being empowered to drive your development and own your work
• We support the wellbeing of our employees by reimbursing health-related aspects such as gym membership, sports coaching, or sports equipment
• Cost-matching education initiatives (even if it is not work-related) for your self-improvement
• Hybrid office and home working model (depending on project schedules), with limited travel requirement
• Structured onboarding program to help you build on your existing consulting skills
• Support for your developmental journey with a
• Peer-level buddy to help you navigate your way around Blue Matter and share their experiences
• Senior-level career coach to support your overall professional development and help you get the answer 100% right; we are assessing your approach

Application notes

Please note that we can only progress with candidates who have a valid work permit for the UK.

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