Life Sciences: Health & Wellness – Manager (BC)
* Location: Dublin 2, County Dublin, Ireland
Manager – Life Sciences: Business Consulting, Health Sciences & Wellness practice
The opportunity:
Life Sciences is a rapidly growing sector in EY Ireland. Within this area, we are building significant Life Sciences Commercial and Market Access capability, with an ambition to become the leading Life Sciences Strategy practice in Ireland.
We intend to focus these roles along the whole Life Sciences Commercial Strategy and Market Access value chain with a strong portfolio of offerings for Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Med Tech organisations. The role will operate as part of the wider Health Sciences & Wellness team as well as holding the specific accountabilities set out below.
Joining this team as a Manager gives the right candidate the opportunity to accelerate their career in Life Sciences business consulting and help shape how EY takes the Life Science business forward by bringing innovative solutions to the pharmaceutical/biotech/medtech sector and changes to health systems currently facing major affordability and delivery challenges. The nature of the role demands a hybrid skill set that combines commercial strategy, qualitative and quantitative rigour to problem solving, with strong creative intuition and a growth can-do mindset.
Your Key Responsibilities:
1. Engagement responsibilities:
o Managing multiple clients and project teams, ensuring a deep understanding of the main challenges for pharmaceutical/Biotech/Med Tech organisations across the commercial value chain and the delivery of high-quality insights by applying critical thinking.
o Partnering with clients to resolve their most pressing challenges in areas such as franchise/portfolio/disease strategy and asset positioning; product launches, commercial & medical affairs alignment; evidence, market access, pricing and reimbursement strategies; delivering innovative health care solutions to improve patient care pathways.
o Delivering high quality engagements and solutions to clients by leveraging your skills and experience and ensuring all team members are fully aligned on the project scope, deliverables and timelines.
o Building and fostering trusted relationships with new and existing clients.
o Identifying and acting on opportunities within projects and across both your own and EY’s network of clients to secure and contribute to new business proposals, pitches and business growth as required.
2. People responsibilities:
o Supporting the Partners/Directors with the allocation of resource to each project.
o Developing junior team members through supervising, coaching and mentoring.
o Contributing to performance feedback & people initiatives including training, recruiting and retaining talent within the Life Sciences Community.
3. Other responsibilities:
o Driving internal initiatives aimed at accelerating EY’s leadership in Life Science Consulting.
o Contributing to practice thought leadership through writing and speaking engagements.
To qualify for the role, you must have:
1. At least 3 years experience gained in a combination of a traditional management consulting environment and/or a Global Pharmaceutical/Biotech or Med Tech organisation.
2. A proven track record in delivering projects and engagements in one of the core areas: Commercial Strategy; Pricing, Reimbursement and Market Access; Digital Therapeutics; Real World Evidence; Innovative Contracting; New Product Planning and Business Development & Licensing.
3. High level of comfort in a consulting role and experience with a client-facing position in an agency/consulting environment, including leading client workshops and developing and delivering strategic recommendations.
4. Experience working in multidisciplinary teams and ideally across regions/countries.
5. Experience in a thought leadership role, demonstrated through writing (blog, white paper, etc.) and/or speaking engagements.
Ideally, you’ll also have:
1. Preferably hold an MBA or Advanced Degree in Health Economics, Health Policy and/or Pharmaceutical Sciences (preferred but not mandatory).
2. Ability to write to a high standard, fluent/native in English with additional major languages desired.
3. A willingness to travel and work overseas.
What We Look For:
We’re looking for talented and committed individuals who are intellectually curious and passionate about helping clients find innovative and implementable solutions to complex business problems. You’ll need excellent communication and negotiation skills to work comfortably at senior client levels and with EY engagement partners and directors. If you’re energized and ready to become part of the Life Sciences team that’s poised to take the industry by storm, this role is for you.
About EY:
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
Join us in building a better working world.
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