Job Description
Senior Consultant - Early Stage Strategy
Location: London (Hybrid Working Available)
About the role
As a Senior Consultant at Fishawack Health you are responsible for the health of the client relationship, for understanding your client’s business requirements, developing bespoke strategic solutions that meet or surpass them, and in doing so develop and grow strong client relationships. These solutions will be achieved by turning research and insight into vision, strategy and plans.
You will report directly to the Head of Strategy and whilst not all Senior Consultants sit on the SMT, the opportunity may arise for you to join this team should specific responsibilities warrant inclusion.
You should be able to build a team and lead the proposal, design and delivery of large-scale profitable projects. Senior clients will see you as a trusted advisor and strategic counsel.
You should be perceived internally and externally as a highly accomplished presenter, able to effectively engage audiences both large (75+) and small, and an excellent facilitator who is able to ensure the optimal output is reached from any given situation.
About Fishawack Health
Fishawack Health (FH) is a leading global commercialization partner for the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries.
The future of health is fast-paced and complex, demanding a different approach. Established in 2001, our 1,300+ healthcare experts combine their knowledge and expertise across our 4 core disciplines — Consulting; Medical; Policy, Access, Value, Evidence; and Marketing.
Working across the product and service lifecycle, together with our teammates in shared creative teams (Creative Studio, Editorial Services, Motion, Digital, Events, and Media) and Group Services, we engage our collective force to innovate and solve the complex healthcare challenges of today and tomorrow.
We live and breathe our five values in everything we do: We are authentic. We value difference. We play for the team. We own the challenge. We enjoy the journey. At Fishawack Health, we imagine a healthier world and build the connections to make it happen.
What you’ll do
- Writing proposals and statements of work for major projects (>£100K)
- Briefing and leading a cross-capability project team, maintaining the overall strategic vision and goals of a project
- Being seen internally as a strategic expert, ensuring the optimal IP for each project is delivered, either iterating or ideating where appropriate
- Supporting staff as well as external contractors and agencies
- Estimating and specifying resources required to deliver solutions, for the overall quality of your deliverables and the profitability of your projects
- Accurately monitoring commercials across multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring cost is controlled with scope adjusted where appropriate.
- Mentoring less experienced consultants, helping them to achieve their own skills, capabilities and career progression
- Being seen as a dependable and capable leader, anticipating issues and developing solutions
- Building morale, encouraging creativity and development
About You
- You will have experience working with a range of pharmaceutical and biotech businesses to deliver commercial strategy across a range of therapeutic areas
- You will have a demonstratable track record in Business Development
- Preferably you will have specific experience with Early Stage companies
- You will have experience working within a Management Consultancy
What we can offer
Fishawack Health aims to empower every employee to develop and thrive. We empower our team with the tools, skills, and support needed to think differently and to solve healthcare’s most complex challenges.
At the center of our people-led culture is our Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career. We also pride ourselves on our personalized learning approach to ensure you receive the training you need to help you grow within the company and take advantage of our global scale and scope.
We are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion in every aspect of our organization to encourage diversity of thought, inclusive behavior, and innovative solutions. As part of our commitment to building a healthier world, every employee is also encouraged to participate in our community engagement efforts, which support a wide range of healthcare programs and wellbeing causes worldwide.
We have offices in 19 city hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization while maintaining and fully supporting flexible working practices. Our compensation and benefits package is benchmarked across the industry. We offer a generous company pension/retirement plan, private medical insurance, comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives, compelling time-off policy, plus many other excellent employee benefits.
Reasonable adjustments
We'll consider any reasonable adjustments you'd like us to put in place in the interests of fairness and equal opportunities.
Fishawack Health is an equal opportunities employer and place where everyone is welcome. We strongly encourage people from minority backgrounds, LGBTQIA+, parents, and individuals with disabilities to apply. If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.
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