Senior Consultant - Transaction Services & Private Equity - Healthcare and Life Sciences

Senior Consultant - Transaction Services & Private Equity - Healthcare and Life Sciences

In the United States - Boston | Chicago

Simon-Kucher's sole focus is on unlocking better growth for our clients, increasing their long-term sales, value, and profit. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy, including customer engagement, product, pricing, innovation, marketing, distribution, and sales. Our Transaction Services & Private Equity, or TSPE, specialist team combines deep experience in transaction services, especially commercial due diligence, with Simon-Kucher's commercial expertise. We collaborate closely with our industry practices to deliver segment-specific analyses and actionable value-creation strategies. The Healthcare & Life Sciences, or HC & LS, TSPE practice advises both strategic and financial investors pre-deal and post-deal across the Healthcare & Life Sciences industry. The core focus is commercial due diligence, or CDD, as well as pricing due diligence, or PDD, delivered by the TSPE specialist team in close collaboration with our HC & LS practice. Our Healthcare & Life Sciences Division works across the highly innovative and complex healthcare sector, including pharmaceuticals and biotech, medical technology, diagnostics, digital health and healthcare IT, healthcare B2B, providers, consumer health, and animal health. Our North America Healthcare & Life Sciences teams are based in Boston, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. As a global division, our project teams often include colleagues from around the world. We value the expertise and perspectives each of our diverse colleagues brings to the table and encourage collaboration across offices and disciplines.

What Makes Us Special:

• Become part of a unique entrepreneurial team. Think independently, use your initiative, and take some risks. Entrepreneurship is a powerful force that drives the growth not only of our firm but our clients and people.
• Unlock the power of opportunity. Advance your career in a thriving company with a startup feel. We invest in your professional development every step of the way.
• Enjoy balance and flexible working. Be empowered to do your best work – whether it's from home or in the office.
• Prioritize your health and well-being. No matter where you live, we offer a competitive suite of health benefits to help keep you and your loved ones safe.
• Invest in your future. All US and Canadian employees enjoy 401(k) & RRSP benefits with company matching. Our Employee Bonus Opportunity Program ensures that when our firm grows, you grow with us.
• Work in a values-driven culture. At Simon-Kucher, our vision is to become the world's leading growth specialist. Our values guide the way we do business and communicate our distinctiveness. They sum up what we stand for, influence our culture, and drive how and why we do things.

How You Will Create an Impact:

• As a Senior Consultant in the Healthcare & Life Sciences TSPE practice, you will support commercial due diligence engagements for private equity funds, corporate clients, and strategic investors across the healthcare and life sciences sector.
• You will:
• Support mid- and large-cap private equity clients, as well as corporates, in evaluating healthcare and life sciences investment opportunities across areas such as medical technology, diagnostics, digital health and healthcare IT, providers, healthcare B2B, consumer health, and animal health.
• Help answer critical investment questions, including:
• How large is the market, how fast is it growing, and how will it develop in the future?
• How is the target company positioned, and how is it gaining or losing share versus competitors?
• How satisfied are customers, providers, patients, or other stakeholders, and what are the opportunities for growth, up-sell, or retention?
• Can the business achieve its revenue growth targets?
• How can growth be accelerated over the next three to four years?
• How would the market and business perform under different economic, regulatory, or reimbursement scenarios?
• Conduct analyses of market size, growth, trends, customer behavior, competitor dynamics, and competitive positioning.
• Support customer interviews, expert interviews, and market surveys to understand stakeholder needs, buying behaviors, perceptions, and decision drivers.
• Prepare clear, insightful sections of client reports and presentations that help clients make informed investment decisions.
• Present findings internally and contribute to client discussions.
• Build effective working relationships with clients and internal project teams.
• Work on cross-border projects with Simon-Kucher colleagues around the world.
• Support broader team development and market activities, including business development, recruiting, marketing, and knowledge-building efforts.

About You:

• 2-4 years' experience within consulting or in the strategy/M&A function of a corporate, with experience of carrying out commercial due diligence engagements
• CDD experience is a must
• An undergraduate degree is required; MS, MA, MBA, or other advanced degree is optional/nice to have.
• Experience leading commercial due diligence and or growth strategy projects is highly preferred
• Record of accomplishment of managing multiple projects, including work plans, deliverables, budgets, schedules, and accounts receivable
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, comfort with financial modeling and market analysis
• Excellent communication and persuasion skills as well as written and spoken.
• Team player, open and positive in a group dynamic.
• Effective presentation and communication abilities to present findings, takeaways, and key recommendations to a senior audience.
• Demonstrated record of solving complex problems, directing teams, and completing challenging project activities within tight project timelines.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work seamlessly and collaboratively with various internal and external colleagues and stakeholders.

Total compensation for this role includes base salary, yearly performance bonus and eligibility for annual merit-based increases, and a comprehensive benefits package.

The base salary range for this position is between $125,000 to $150,000 per year for U.S. roles. Specific compensation within these ranges will depend on factors such as experience, skills, and location. Salary ranges are reviewed periodically to ensure alignment with market conditions.

Benefits for eligible employees include paid time off, 13 paid holidays, medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan.

Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30 countries. Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales – based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With nearly 40 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world's leading pricing and growth specialist. Simon-Kucher is an Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran or militarily status, or any other legally protected status. We believe in building a culture that embraces belonging, creating an environment in which our people feel valued, are able to be themselves and feel their contribution matters. If we get that right, great things will happen; people will grow faster, innovate, feel valued, and create better outcomes for everyone – our people, our clients and, of course, our business.