Senior Strategy Manager - Life Sciences Solutions

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in analytics is seeking a Senior Strategy Manager for Life Sciences Solutions in London. This role will involve shaping growth strategies and product roadmaps, leveraging expertise in the life sciences sector to drive innovation and competitive advantage. You'll collaborate closely with product and commercial teams to ensure alignment with market needs while leading strategic initiatives aimed at expanding the company’s influence in the life sciences ecosystem. Join a dynamic team at the forefront of scientific advancement.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening and private medical benefits

Wellbeing programs

Life assurance

Competitive contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to learning and development resources

Employee discounts scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in strategy consulting, particularly in life sciences.
• Proven ability to develop strategic frameworks.
• Experience in evaluating strategies for software or data-driven products.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of product strategies focused on life sciences solutions.
• Conduct market research and identify growth opportunities.
• Manage strategic initiatives to drive growth.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business, Economics, or Engineering

MBA, MSc, or PhD in a relevant field

Job description

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Senior Strategy Manager - Life Sciences Solutions

Apply locations London Home Based - United Kingdom time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R96598

About our Team

Elsevier is a global information analytics company that helps institutions and professionals progress science, advance healthcare and improve performance for the benefit of humanity. We serve the research, academic and clinical communities through the application of technology and analytics to content. Our portfolio of solutions brings together extensive Scientific, Technical and Medical content, powerful analytics, and technologies. We help our corporate customers, R&D professionals, engineers, scientists and commercial marketing leaders, to innovate and commercialize ideas, products and processes.

About the Role:

We are seeking a motivated and experienced strategy professional to play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the growth strategy across our suite of solutions - with a particular focus on the dynamic life sciences sector. This is a unique opportunity to leverage your strategic consulting acumen and understanding of the life sciences / R&D landscape to define market opportunities, guide product development, and accelerate our growth.

You will work closely with senior strategy and product leadership as well as our commercial teams to ensure each element of our product portfolio is aligned to our portfolio strategy. You will also be embedded with individual Product Teams to drive execution against our strategic priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Strategy Development & Execution: Lead the development of the product level strategies for our database, software and dataset solutions – focused on solutions serving the life sciences ecosystem.

• Product Strategy & Roadmap Input: Provide guidance and support to our Product Leadership Team as they shape product roadmaps, ensuring alignment with our Portfolio level strategy and market needs.

• Competitive Intelligence: Continuously monitor and analyse the competitive landscape, identifying potential threats and opportunities (e.g. for partnerships / M&A), and developing strategies to maintain and enhance our competitive advantage.

• Market Assessment & Opportunity Identification: Conduct in-depth market research and analysis to identify and evaluate new areas of market need that we can target with our solutions to drive growth.

• Lead Strategic Initiatives & Projects: Lead and manage multiple strategic initiatives aimed at driving growth, such as growth opportunity assessments, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) screens, and strategic partnerships.

• Stakeholder Management & Communication: Build strong relationships and effectively communicate strategic recommendations and insights to senior product, commercial and strategy leadership, cross-functional teams, and external stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Life Sciences, Business, Economics, Engineering). An advanced degree in relevant business / scientific field (MBA, MSc, PhD) is highly desirable.

• Significant strategy consulting experience within a top-tier consulting firm or strong in-house team, ideally with a focus on the life sciences ecosystem.

• Professional experience / deep understanding of the life sciences / R&D intensive industries, e.g. drug discovery and development, clinical trials, regulatory processes, etc.

• Proven ability to develop strategic frameworks, and translate insights into compelling strategic narratives with actionable recommendations.

• Experience in evaluating and developing strategies for software and/or data-driven products is highly preferred. Experience with advanced databases, AI/ML applications, or SaaS models is a plus.

• Experience in driving execution across multi-disciplinary teams in a collaborative environment

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with the ability to synthesize complex information.

• Experience leveraging genAI tools for key strategy / research / analytical tasks

• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively convey strategic concepts to diverse audiences.

Work in a way that works for you:

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you:

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
● Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
● Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
● Wellbeing programs
● Life assurance
● Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
● Save As You Earn share option scheme
● Travel Season ticket loan
● Electric Vehicle Scheme
● Optional Dental Insurance
● Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
● Employee Assistance Programme
● Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
● RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
● Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
● Access to extensive learning and development resources
● Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

About the business:

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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