Managing Consultant

Managing Consultant

Location: Remote

ELIQUENT Life Sciences is the leading global consulting firm providing solutions to life science companies researching, developing, and manufacturing innovative products to serve patients and respond to public health challenges around the world. ELIQUENT is committed to serving clients' needs with extensive expertise, unwavering integrity, and strategic insight in a manner that supports availability of safe, effective, and high-quality drugs, biologics, and medical devices.

Position Overview:

As a managing consultant you will be a key member of the ELS PV delivery team, managing and delivering consulting engagements for clients, forming strong client relationships and supporting professional development of others. You will support a variety of high-impact activities, including thought leadership in a dynamic global setting. This role requires demonstrated leadership attributes, a solid blend of industry/functional expertise plus a strong consulting or other client-facing professional services background, and the ability to work in a fast-paced highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery & Execution

· Lead and manage execution of consulting engagements with a focus on high-quality outcomes, including but not limited to on-time, on budget high quality delivery aligned with client expectations

· Engage regularly with client counterpart(s) without senior level supervision. Recognize when re-alignment on scope or budget may be needed and engage stakeholders appropriately.

· Produces clear plans, schedules and timescales using appropriate analytical tools. Manages activities in line with the overall plan and understands the inter-dependencies of work streams Independently lead delivery in a small team setting with minimal oversight, lead complex workstreams in the context of a larger project and manage own and consultant's deliverables ensuring quality and timely delivery

Acts as a primary (internal and external) contact person for a team or function. Has significant contact with client at process owner level. Plans and facilitates significant meetings

Client Engagement & Business Development

· Build and maintain high-value client relationships, serving as a trusted advisor.

· Identifying opportunities for follow-on work or other new opportunities at the client

· Contribute technical content to proposal development, client pitches, and thought leadership efforts.

Team Leadership & Talent Development

· Assist new team members in acclimatizing to ELIQUENT

· Manage and mentor consultants and senior consultants

· Contribute to the development of existing tools and methodologies. Actively participate in end of project learning events.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

Education:

· Bachelor's degree in sciences, engineering, business, or a related field

Experience:

· Typically, a minimum of 7 years relevant experience with a blend of practical industry (PV functional) and consulting (professional services) experience.

· Demonstrated experience working in a complex (multi-stream) project environment with a defined governance structure, including as a workstream lead

· Previous leadership experience

Skills & Competencies:

· Ability to work equally well both independently and semi-independently based on needs of client and delivery model

· Ability to work steadily in a fast-paced, dynamic consulting environment.

· Communicates effectively with individuals and small groups, demonstrating clear and compelling verbal and written communication skills

· Demonstrated capability to understand and appreciate detail in the context of the client's business.

· Can understand complex issues and break them down into key elements (more advanced analytical skills)

· Understands industry regulations and how the client's business competes in their industry / sector

· Building and maintaining complex project plans, and managing activities in line with the plan

· Advanced understanding of data gathering techniques and analytical ability

· Ability to keep up with all aspects of time and expense reporting in a timely manner

Preferred Experience or Skills

Depth and breadth across multiple of the following:

· PV intake

· ICSR processing

· Aggregate reporting

· Compliance monitoring

· Signaling

· Local PV affiliates

· Reporting/analytics

· QPPV office

· PV IT systems

· Business case development

· Organizational design

· Training

· Change management

· Project management

· Business process design and re-engineering (including LEAN/Six Sigma design concepts)