pobl. is an independent talent consultancy specialising in medical communications, healthcare advertising and market access.
We're hiring for a Consulting Director to join a boutique pharma consulting business. This role involves taking ownership of high-impact projects, leading client engagements and mentoring a team of consultants. You will work directly with the Head of Consulting to grow the Strategy & Insights practice, driving business development and building a portfolio of work across commercial strategy, medical affairs transformation and patient strategy.
What You'll Be Doing
- Business development: Lead efforts to identify new opportunities, craft compelling proposals, and pitch the firm's value proposition to prospective clients.
- Building a portfolio of work: Partner with the Head of Consulting to develop and execute a strategic vision for the practice, growing relationships with existing clients and securing new opportunities.
- Leading client engagements: Take ownership of strategic consulting projects from ideation to delivery, focusing on high-priority practice areas and ensuring tangible outcomes and client satisfaction.
- Hands-on problem solving: Dive into the detail when needed, supporting the team, giving feedback on work and acting as a thought partner internally and for clients.
- Shaping project delivery: Understand complex and sometimes ambiguous client needs to design and deliver innovative solutions, maintaining quality and impact at every stage of the engagement.
- Mentoring: Mentor a diverse, global team of consultants, investing in their growth and success while delivering high-performance outcomes.
- Taking the stage: Share your perspective as a thought leader and advocate for the firm, on stage or on webinars.
What We're Looking For
- Consulting experience: Experience in strategy or management consulting, with at least 4 years focused on life sciences or pharma.
- Commercial nous: Confidence partnering with the Sales team on calls with prospective clients, building proposals and scoping work.
- Life sciences knowledge: Deep expertise from life sciences consultancy projects in one or more of the practice areas: commercial strategy, medical affairs transformation, and patient strategy and engagement.
- Leadership: An authentic, pace-setting leader dedicated to bringing out the best in others, with a strong track record of managing teams that deliver innovative work.
- Creativity and facilitation: A creative problem-solver who is energised by ambiguity, runs engaging workshops and coaches others to do the same.
- Communication and independence: A clear, compelling communicator with a point of view, comfortable in a high-trust environment and never waiting to be told what to do.
Please apply via the job advert for immediate consideration with your CV. We'd be delighted to hear from you.
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Please note: Applicants require the right to live & work in the United Kingdom
