Senior Business Consultant - R&D (Remote)
Germany - BerlinFull-TimeSeniorOther
Skills
What You'll Do
- Lead R&D projects as the operational face of a Veeva R&D Consulting team, with responsibility for planning, organizing, and managing all aspects of delivery including scope, quality, resources, risks, and timelines
- Be responsible for the end-to-end design, build, and delivery of deliverables that meet overall project goals and objectives
- Identify and proactively solve problems faced by the client
- Be a trusted client contact for strategic and operational questions, developing the relationship through face-to-face discussions, workshops, phone, and email contact
- Manage the work and priorities of team members on your project(s)
- Support and mentor Consultants and Associates in developing skills and professional capabilities
- Bring to clients an excellent level of industry, market, and functional insight including R&D specific challenges
- Proactively lead business development opportunities and proposals related to the R&D value chain
- Develop and disseminate thought leadership and campaigns that differentiate Veeva R&D Consulting in the market for Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Strategy & Operations as well as Quality and Safety
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree and excellent academic record
- 4+ years consulting experience in an established strategic/management consulting organization
- Experience in Life Sciences
- Good understanding and deep interest in pharmaceutical R&D, having delivered consulting engagements in one or more of the following areas: Regulatory, Clinical, Quality, Safety
- Good understanding of the R&D value chain and ideally Veeva’s platforms/solutions and how R&D business consulting offerings can leverage and support these
- Good understanding of the business capabilities and drivers underpinning digital technology in health and life sciences
- Proven analytical skills, able to quantitatively and qualitatively assess problems and communicate responses across a range of issues
- A problem-solving mindset: anticipating issues early, analyzing and proactively finding solutions
- Demonstrated leadership of others in the delivery of complex deliverables
- Highly efficient project management skills
- Able to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization and quickly establish credibility
- Have strong personal impact and ability to influence and persuade a range of stakeholders
- An effective communicator verbally and written, in English, and in the local office language
Nice to Have
- Post-graduate-level qualification, Ph.D., MD, and/or MBA
- Network in Top 20 Life Science companies
- Experience with digital technologies – platforms, channels, analytics tools, apps, emerging technology
- Experience working with SaaS solutions
- Fluency in additional European languages
Perks & Benefits
- Highly competitive remuneration
- Opportunity for rapid growth and progression
- Health & wellness programs
