Job Description
Managing Consultant – Life Sciences Strategy
Overview
The life sciences sector is evolving at an unprecedented pace. Advances in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, diagnostics, and medical devices are reshaping how diseases are treated and how patients engage with their health. This role offers the opportunity to work at the center of that transformation—partnering with industry leaders to solve complex commercial, strategic, and operational challenges.
As a Managing Consultant within a life sciences-focused consulting practice, you will help clients navigate critical decisions across product strategy, commercialization, pricing and access, and regulatory considerations. You will play a visible leadership role on engagements, guiding teams, shaping insights, and building trusted relationships with client stakeholders.
What You’ll Do
Client Engagement & Project Leadership
- Lead consulting engagements from proposal development through delivery, ensuring high-quality, client-ready outputs
- Oversee day-to-day client interactions and serve as a primary point of contact for engagement execution
- Manage project plans, staffing models, timelines, scope, and budgets across multiple concurrent workstreams
- Facilitate working sessions and presentations with client teams, including senior leadership
Team Leadership & Development
- Direct and support project teams, providing guidance, feedback, and coaching to consultants and senior consultants
- Foster professional growth through mentorship, performance feedback, and career development support
- Collaborate closely with senior leadership to communicate progress, risks, and opportunities
Strategic & Commercial Analysis
- Develop insights and recommendations across areas such as product planning, launch strategy, forecasting, market sizing, segmentation, and commercial model design
- Apply structured problem-solving and analytical rigor to address complex business questions
- Leverage industry data sources and market intelligence to inform strategic decisions
Practice Growth & Business Development
- Contribute to proposal development, client expansion efforts, and internal capability building
- Identify opportunities to extend engagements or introduce complementary services
- Support the long-term growth of the life sciences consulting practice
What You Bring
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, healthcare, engineering, or business-related field; advanced degree strongly preferred
- At least 4 years of relevant experience in management consulting or industry roles supporting pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences organizations
- Strong understanding of drug development, commercialization, and launch dynamics
- Proven ability to synthesize complex data and translate insights into actionable strategies
- Experience managing project teams, including workplans, budgets, scope, and delivery timelines
- Demonstrated success coaching and developing junior team members
- Willingness to travel to client sites within the U.S. (up to ~20%)
- Authorization to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship
Preferred Experience
- Hands-on experience with commercial strategy topics such as patient journeys, HCP targeting, forecasting, sales force design, and marketing investment planning
- Familiarity with common life sciences data sources (e.g., claims, market access, prescribing, CRM, or activity data)
- Strong client relationship skills, including identifying follow-on opportunities and deepening partnerships
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to thrive in team-based environments
Career Growth
This role is designed for long-term development. Managing Consultants follow a clearly defined progression path, building leadership, client management, and business development capabilities that prepare them for advancement into more senior leadership roles.
Compensation & Benefits
- Annual Salary Range: $102,000 – $170,000 (U.S.-based)
- Compensation is determined by experience, skills, and business needs and may include eligibility for performance-based incentives
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