Managing Director

Syneos Health; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Syneos Health in London seeks a Managing Director to drive growth in the Strategy, Product and Portfolio Consulting practice. You will secure profitable business, harvest accounts, create leads, and ensure accurate forecasting and pricing.

You will build senior client relationships, lead a large book of business, and own project delivery from design through to on-time, on-budget outcomes. MBA or life sciences graduate with deep Commercial/Strategic consulting experience in pharma/biotech is

Qualifications

• MBA or a graduate degree in a life sciences field.
• Strong and demonstrable track record of successful life science consulting practice building.
• A strong history of selling, delivering and growing consulting revenues.

Responsibilities

• Build positive working relationships with clients, consulting staff, managers, leadership, and internal support teams.
• Achieve commercial success by harvesting accounts, creating leads at new accounts and securing profitable business.
• Develop and lead, independently, a large client book of business.
• Achieve billable utilisation, led book of business, and sales targets while collaborating with others to meet objectives.
• Lead and develop client relationships and ensure delivery of well-structured projects that meet client expectations and stay on time and budget.

Skills

Business development

Leadership

Pharma expertise

Marketing strategy

Education

MBA

Job description

Updated: September 14, 2026
Location: London, England, United Kingdom

You’re driven, resourceful, and above all else – remarkably smart.

In this role, you will drive meaningful commercial success by securing profitable business, actively harvesting accounts, creating leads, and ensuring accurate project forecasting and pricing. The Managing Director will contribute to setting business direction, strategy, and priorities and take ownership for driving the overall growth and scalability of the Strategy, Product and Portfolio Consulting business. You will:

• Build positive working relationships with clients, consulting staff, managers, leadership, and internal support teams
• Achieve commercial success by actively harvesting accounts and creating leads at new accounts, soliciting support from other business units to close deals, and securing profitable business
• Develop and lead, independently, a large client book of business
• Achieves billable utilisation, led book of business, and sales targets, while collaborating with others to attain overall business objectives and metrics
• Leads and develops client relationships and ensures the delivery of well-structured projects that exceed client expectations. Is personally responsible for the design, efficiency, and outcomes related to client projects. Takes accountability for issues that may arise and rectifies those issues. Delivers projects on time and on budget
• MBA or a graduate degree in a life sciences field
• Leading Commercial / Strategic Consulting, with a focus on Commercial Strategy and product launch
• Known authority in marketing, portfolio and product valuation, market research and commercial strategy; able to leverage external network to improve profitable revenues and market positioning
• Recent experience working with large national and global pharmaceutical / biotech accounts

Desired Requirements:

• Strong and demonstrable track record of successful life science consulting practice building
• A strong history of successfully selling, delivering and growing consulting revenues

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.