Business Consulting - Life Sciences - Manager - Consulting

Location:

Anywhere in Country

EY has a robust life sciences commercial practice, helping clients with strategic growth, business transformation, and commercial excellence. This senior role within our Consulting practice will have the opportunity to lead large engagements, build solutions, lead teams, and innovate in the market. Our practice works with large pharma, biotechnology, medical device manufacturers, and medical technology industries. You will be an integral member of our life sciences consulting team and spend most of your time focused on providing client services in the following areas: business transformation, commercial operations, commercial data and analytics, commercial strategy, market access, growth strategy, operating model optimization, technology implementation and enterprise transformation.

Most of your time will be spent supporting client engagement teams and working with a wide variety of clients to deliver professional services in the life sciences domain.

• Strong prior experience in Life Science commercial strategy with a focus on operational models. Additional experience in market access and commercial analytics will be a plus.
• Prior experience working in strategy-focused boutique life sciences or internal strategy roles with top biopharma clients (e.g., Merck, Pfizer, BMS).
• Experience managing a team of at least 5 reports in a dynamic fast‑paced setting.
• Effectively manage and motivate client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds.
• Leading large-scale client engagements and consistently delivering quality client services.
• Monitoring progress, managing risk and ensuring key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Managing expectations of client service delivery and staying abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business.
• Fostering an innovative and inclusive team‑oriented work environment by playing an active role in counseling and mentoring junior consultants within the organization.
• Developing and maintaining long‑term client relationships and networks.
• Developing relationships with team members across all EY practices to serve client needs.
• Remaining current on new developments in the life sciences advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business, Biology, Pharmacology.
• 6+ years biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry experience and experience providing advisory services in these industries, focused in at least one of the following areas:
• Commercial analytics
• Brand strategy
• Pricing and market access
• Commercial operations model transformation
• Digital campaign management strategy
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical datasets (e.g., pricing databases, prescription and claims databases, etc.).
• Experience with commercial operations and analytics.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• The executive presence to interact with the C‑Suite.
• A willingness to travel to meet client needs.
• Significant advisory/consulting experience within life sciences is required.

• Life science or biomedical background and experience in data analytics and commercial operations.
• PhD in life sciences or bio‑focused engineering discipline.

We’re interested in passionate leaders with a strong vision, those who enjoy working collaboratively to solve problems, and a desire to stay on top of trends in the Life Sciences industry. If you have a strong passion for helping businesses find the right balance between protecting the business and driving measurable value – this role is for you. If you have brand strategy, commercial operations, or commercial data and analytics experience, we want to hear from you.

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $114,800 to $210,600. The base salary range for the New York City Metro Area, Washington State and…