Avalere is hiring a
Managing Consultant

Summary

The job is for a Managing Consultant at Avalere Health, a purpose-built commercialization partner in the healthcare industry. The role involves leading commercial growth, developing service areas, ensuring quality of delivery, and meeting significant revenue expectations. The position is based in London (hybrid) or remote within the UK.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience within life science/healthcare consulting
• BSc or higher degree in the life sciences; a PhD is desirable but is not required
• Experience working with a range of pharmaceutical and biotech organizations to deliver commercial strategy across a range of therapeutic areas
• Demonstrate deep understanding of our operating environment, industry and market factors that affect role and firm, using this to inform our activities
• Preferably have specific experience with early-stage companies
• Background in Management Consultancy early in the lifecycle, with consulting experience in defining clinical development plans, clinical trial planning, and early new product planning
• You bring regulatory experience and have a track record of guiding companies through the regulatory landscape
• Able to pick up and develop client relationships and opportunities from first interaction (whether reactive or proactive), and pull them through into opportunities

Responsibilities

• Lead major proposals and pitches, identifying and motivating optimal teams across all capabilities (>£200k)
• Develop strategy and use resources in a manner that creates competitive differentiation
• Lead the delivery of high-quality projects for clients
• Coach senior and junior members of the team to improve performance across all areas
• Understand client KPIs and objectives and build great client relationships
• Ensure work is designed to exceed client expectations
• Identify the need for project course corrections, and orchestrate them internally and externally
• Navigate difficult conversations with clients and give challenging but constructive feedback
• Act as an ambassador for the vision, values and strategy of the business internally and externally, and ensure optimal cross-capability working
• Effectively lead a team and build morale even under difficult circumstances
• Always maintain excellent quality and timeliness of work
• Organize tasks/workstreams to create high-performing teams, demonstrating excellent delegation and team management
• Always give team members a genuine sense of their contribution to projects and ensure client feedback is communicated
• Provide regular and consistent feedback to get the best out of the team

Benefits

• Competitive salary + excellent benefits (bonus, pension, healthcare, life cover etc.)
• Generous company pension/retirement plan
• Private medical insurance
• Comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives
• Compelling time-off policy
• 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