Senior Consultant - USA

Cambridge Healthcare Research•New York, NY

About The Position

We’re a fast-growing, purpose-driven team that thrives on collaboration, excellence, and courage. As a Senior Consultant, you’ll lead client projects, drive business development and guide teams, all while empowering clients to bring groundbreaking therapies to patients worldwide. Our values enable us to embed considered and curious teams at the heart of any client challenge: Collaboration – We build strong connections to achieve more together, Excellence – We aim for greatness in everything we do, Community – We deliver beyond work for our people, our clients, and wider society, Courage – We embrace challenges as opportunities for growth, Integrity – We always do the right thing. As a Senior Consultant, you will support the growth and success of the business by leading the delivery of large projects, leading and developing our consulting teams, proactively driving business development, and partnering with our clients to ensure we deliver high-quality services that enable their strategic decision-making.

Requirements

An advanced [Masters or PhD] degree with experience in one or all of the following; Oncology, Immunology, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic diseases [CVRM], Rare diseases.
An experienced life sciences consultant, having developed the following capabilities over a significant period of time:
A proven record or demonstrable ability to lead profitable projects that deliver value for clients.
The ability to engage with existing and prospective clients, to understand their needs and win new business by recognizing commercial opportunities.
Strong track record of leading new business pitches and winning work.
Be able to lead and develop others to deliver high quality outputs and utilise industry expertise.
Acquire significant knowledge to develop impactful and commercially relevant solutions for clients.
Be able to balance your scientific background with strong commercial astuteness to achieve revenue and profitability targets.
High levels of emotional intelligence, to develop effective relationships with clients and colleagues.
A growth mindset, to thrive in a complex and ever-changing environment.
Skilled in leading your team through change programmes.

Nice To Haves

You will be energised by driving innovation and improvement projects that align with CHR’s strategic and cultural goals

Responsibilities

Leading on and successfully delivering client projects, ensuring they are delivered to plan and provide value for clients.
Thinking strategically and critically to solve complex problems across a range of proposition and therapeutic areas. Delivering a range of project types with varying levels of complexity, and the planning, design and facilitation of workshops.
Facilitating the growth of existing accounts by regularly maintaining engagement with existing client leads and identifying opportunities to expand the scope of projects. Often leading the acquisition of new clients through actively pursuing new client leads. Leading proposals and pitches to convert these into new wins.
Leading, managing and developing consulting colleagues through effective communication and feedback, supporting personalised development to foster innovation and diverse thinking that adds value for our clients whilst building capabilities and behaviours that enable our people to realise their potential. Line managing junior team members and helping to develop their careers.
Promoting Solici to enhance our strategic decision making and competitive positioning through writing blog articles and attending key events [e.g. conferences, networking events etc.], interacting with a variety of external stakeholders [e.g. clients, experts etc.], gaining insights, keeping abreast of industry developments and developing professional networks.
Contributing and supporting internal improvement initiatives to increase the efficiency, delivery rate, and profitability of projects. Shaping Solici and CHR culture for the future through active participation in wider projects and initiatives.