Engagement Manager - Strategy - Health & Life Sciences

Within the Life Sciences team, we are hiring Engagement Managers to lead on strategy engagements across a range of Biopharmaceutical clients.

Joining this team as an Engagement Manager gives the right candidate the opportunity to accelerate their career in Life Sciences strategy. 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.

As an Engagement Manager, you will play a critical leadership role in all of the firm's work. EY-Parthenon has a very flat structure which will allow you to become actively involved in many levels of client work. You will often be the primary contact for clients, responsible for developing and executing work plans, and managing associates. Given the demands of such an accelerated role, your skills as a consultant are highly tuned in the areas of analytics, communications, teamwork, and leadership.

Internally, you will have leadership responsibilities in areas like recruiting, training, professional development, etc. In addition, you typically will get involved in key strategic initiatives such as the establishment of new practice areas and the generation of proprietary intellectual capital.

As an Engagement Manager, you manage the day-to-day delivery of the project and are the first point of contact for clients, managing teams of between 1 - 5 consultants depending on the project requirements. You will have the responsibility for developing the recommendations that will ultimately be implemented by our clients, whilst also contributing to and growing EY-Parthenon's business through internal practice building and contributing to new business development. You will have opportunities to learn from a wide variety of senior team members through counselling relationships, mentoring, and coaching. In addition, EY-Parthenon provides a robust formal training programme designed to suit you at each stage in your career and help you to develop the skills needed to maximise your effectiveness as a consultant and an advisor. EY-Parthenon invests heavily in the professional development of its consultants. We believe everyone has unique needs and motivations
and therefore professional development is best accomplished through a customised program of training, staffing, and mentorship.

The Work

Our current work is typically focused on applying our deep sector & strategy knowledge to various types of strategic projects, including:

• Disease area strategy


• Product and business unit strategy development


• Market access & pricing strategy


• Market entry strategy and opportunity sizing


• Medical affairs strategy


• Commercial due diligence


• Business development and licencing


You'll work with a high-performing, integrated team which focuses on a variety of global and local corporate clients and private equity clients. You'll have a diverse range of stretching experiences which will give you continuous learning and development opportunities as well as a great sense of achievement.

You Key Responsibilities

You will lead your teams in:

• Independently performing primary and secondary research including data gathering, interviews, and surveys


• Planning and developing analytics, both qualitative and quantitative


• Developing 'the story' - the output to narrate the solution to the client's problem - including written output (slides)


• Developing business development proposals and delivering pitches


• Managing relationships with client stakeholders


• Fostering an inclusive culture throughout the team and within engagements


• Developing a community within the team - volunteering to support to develop an offer, or other internal practice build initiatives such as Learning, Operations, Resourcing, Recruitment, etc.


• Counselling Senior Consultants and Consultants to provide career direction and guidance
  
  We're interested in intellectually curious people, with a genuine passion for finding and implementing innovative ways nurture growth. You'll also need excellent communication and negotiation skills. We'll look to you to have the ability to express big ideas to influence C-suite leaders while also having technical skills to architect the right solutions for clients. If you're ready to take ownership of a team that's poised to take the industry by storm, this role is for you.


Experience in Biopharmaceuticals - ideally gained from another consulting environment and/or a Global Pharmaceutical and Med Tech organisation


• Experience in managing senior clients and deliver engagements independently


• Ability to drive business development through leading proposal development, delivering pitches and building long lasting client relationships


• Experience in working in two or more of the core commercials areas: Commercial Strategy; Pricing, Reimbursement and Market Access; Digital Therapeutics; RWE and Innovative Contracting.


• Experience in conducting primary market research with healthcare practitioners, payers, and patients


• Comfort in a strategic consulting role and experience with a client-facing position in an agency/consulting environment, including leading client workshops and developing and delivering strategic and tactical recommendations


• Experience working in global multidisciplinary teams and across regions/countries


Ideally, you'll also have


• Preferably hold a PhD (preferred but not mandatory), MBA, Masters in Health Economics, Health Policy and/or Pharmaceutical Sciences


• Ability to write to a high standard, fluent/native in English with additional major languages desired


• Experience working in key therapeutic areas such as oncology, immunology, neurology, cardiovascular diseases etc.
  
  At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you. And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help us become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.


About EY-Parthenon Strategy

EY-Parthenon is EY's global strategy consultancy with more than 6,000 professionals working across three areas of focus: corporate & growth strategy, transaction strategy & execution, and turnaround & restructuring strategy. In 2021, EY-Parthenon was ranked among the top 5 in the Vault's Top 50 Consulting Firms.

We are making an unparalleled investment in the successful EY-Parthenon team, which will support accelerated growth well ahead of the market. This creates a unique opportunity to join and enjoy rapid development and promotion and build the most dynamic Strategy Practice in Europe.

The below relates to applications for the EY-Parthenon Corporate & Growth Strategy team only. If you are looking to apply for Transaction Strategy & Execution or Turnaround & Restructuring Strategy, please visit the EY careers pages to apply.

At EY-P Strategy, we put our purpose - Building a better working world - at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to using unconventional yet pragmatic thinking to deliver actionable strategies to help our clients navigate the ever-changing business landscape.

You'll be a part of a collaborative team that applies the latest thinking, research, analytics, and methodologies to help transform clients' businesses and solve complex business matters, driving change for tomorrow's working world. For smart, nice, and driven candidates, working at EY-Parthenon Strategy offers the opportunity to change how world-leading organisations do business.

We advise on a vast range of issues, such as core value propositions, competitive positioning, and growth strategies. EY-Parthenon Strategy employees enjoy unparalleled contact with influential and highly experienced professionals within the firm, as well as at clients' organisations across a multitude of sectors. The London office focuses on Life Sciences, Health Sciences & Wellness, Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Government & Infrastructure, Private Equity, Retail & Consumer Goods, and Technology, Media & Telecoms.

The Opportunity

Health Sciences & Wellness is a rapidly growing area at EY. Within this area, we are building significant Life Sciences Commercial capability, with an ambition to become the leading Life Sciences Strategy practice., EY | Building a better working world

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform, and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax, and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

We offer an attractive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

Plus, we offer:


• Continuous learning: Through continuous training, coaching and mentorship, you'll develop the mindset and skills needed to accelerate your career and become a transformational leader


• Real exposure: Opportunities to work on a wide range of projects and be exposed to a number of different business models, industries and companies


• Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.


• Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.