Senior Learning Strategy Consultant

Syneos Health Commercial Solutions; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Syneos Health Commercial Solutions in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Learning Strategy Consultant to lead the design and execution of impactful learning solutions for pharmaceutical clients. This role involves developing high-quality content, overseeing training programs, and aligning learning strategies with customer objectives.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech sector and be adept in instructional design principles. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential, along with a willingness to travel occasionally for customer engagements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in learning within the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
• Ability to develop high-quality learning content across various formats.
• Strong communication skills to engage customers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead capability needs assessments to diagnose customer gaps.
• Design cohesive learning journeys and roadmaps for effective training.
• Align learning strategies with customer objectives and outcomes.
• Oversee the development of multi-modal learning solutions.
• Facilitate learning sessions and train-the-trainer programs.

Skills

Instructional design

Adult learning principles

Content development

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Proactive problem-solving

Advanced PowerPoint skills

Job description

Description

You’re driven, resourceful, and above all else - remarkably smart. The Senior Learning Strategy Consultant serves as a strategic learning partner, leading both the design alignment and execution of high-impact learning solutions for pharmaceutical customers. This role blends content leadership, customer engagement, and selective business development support to ensure solutions are both commercially relevant and operationally effective. Acting as the Learning Strategist across projects, the Sr Learning Strategy Consultant partners closely with customers to assess capability needs, align on learning approaches, and translate requirements into structured, outcome-driven solutions.

From an execution perspective, the role is accountable for writing, developing and implementing sold solutions, overseeing delivery, and facilitating training sessions or train-the-trainer programs to ensure effective deployment and adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Capability Needs Assessment – Diagnose customer capability gaps through structured needs analysis, translating insights into clear, outcome-driven learning strategies and recommendations.
• Design Learning Journeys & Roadmaps – Develop cohesive learning pathways that define curriculum structure, modality mix, and sequencing to maximise engagement, application, and business impact.
• Align Strategy with Customer Objectives – Act as a strategic partner to customers, ensuring all learning solutions remain closely aligned to project intent, commercial goals, and performance outcomes.
• Oversee Content Development & Quality – Lead the development of high-impact, multi-modal learning solutions (e.g., digital, live, and blended formats), providing direction to writers and contributing directly to content creation where required.
• Drive Delivery & Facilitation Excellence – Facilitate learning sessions and enable customer teams through train-the-trainer approaches, ensuring confident delivery and strong learner adoption.

Business Development Contribution (Ad Hoc)

• Support Pitch & Proposal Activity – Contribute to pitch development and proposal creation as needed, partnering with business development leads to shape compelling, customer-focused solutions.
• Identify Customer Needs & Opportunities – Provide insight into emerging customer needs and potential opportunities, helping to inform solution direction and approach.
• Collaborate Across Teams – Work with Solution Design, Delivery, and senior stakeholders to contribute to opportunity discussions and ensure alignment between proposed and delivered solutions.

Essential Requirements

• Proven experience in learning, with strong knowledge of instructional design and adult learning principles within the pharmaceutical/biotech industry (required).
• Proven experience in developing high-quality short-, medium-, and long-form content across a range of learning formats.
• Builds trusted relationships and consistently aligns solutions to customer needs and business outcomes.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outputs within timelines.
• Strong ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and credibly, engaging both customers and internal stakeholders.
• Proactive in identifying challenges and implementing practical, effective solutions in a dynamic environment.
• Advanced PowerPoint and writing capability, with experience in consulting or training environments.
• Willingness to travel (~10%) to support customer engagements and key delivery activities.

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