Life Sciences Manager, Management Consulting
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead complex life sciences engagements by structuring challenges into workstreams, facilitating high-impact sessions with senior client leaders, and owning delivery management to ensure scope, quality, and timeline adherence. Balance competing priorities while overseeing client-ready outputs, managing day-to-day relationships with global pharmaceutical companies and UK institutions like NICE and MHRA, and identifying growth opportunities through business development and thought leadership. Harness whole-population linked data to demonstrate the uptake of population health medicines, supporting clients across UK, EU, and Canadian markets. Work in a hybrid model with core hours from 10am to 4pm, offering up to two days of remote work per week.
Required Qualifications
- Experience working in management consulting within a strategy or digital transformation role
- In-depth knowledge of the life sciences sector (pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices or diagnostics) and how it interacts with health systems
- Experience working with global or EUCan pharmaceutical clients, with a genuinely global lens rather than UK-only life sciences experience
- Ability to work across CF's healthcare specialisms, spanning health systems, life sciences, and health technology and investors, applying expertise flexibly across engagements
- Ability to think strategically and develop comprehensive plans to address complex life sciences and healthcare challenges, such as accelerating the adoption of innovation or building the case for patient access
- Strong project management skills, including multitasking, resource management, and delivering successful outcomes
- Proficiency in data analysis, with the ability to collect, interpret, and use complex data sets for informed decision-making
- Exceptional leadership abilities, with the capacity to inspire and mentor team members for high-performance results
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to establish and nurture client relationships with senior stakeholders across global pharma and health systems
- Strong business development acumen, including identifying new opportunities and contributing to organisational growth
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with industry trends and best practices
- Willingness and ability to travel
- Minimum 2:1 graduate degree in a clinical, scientific or health economics discipline (or equivalent experience)
Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge of a specific therapeutic area (such as cardiovascular, renal and metabolic, neuroscience, respiratory or immunology) or methodological domain (health economics and outcomes research, real-world evidence, or market access)
- Familiarity with the NHS data landscape, including linked datasets, DARS and secure data environments, and its applications in life sciences
- Experience engaging with EU or Canadian pharmaceutical markets, HTA bodies (including NICE and the EU Joint Clinical Assessment) or reimbursement frameworks
- Experience of business development or origination within life sciences, developing proposals, thought leadership and senior client relationships
- Flexible working
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