Consultant - London

Are you an experienced life sciences consultant, looking to make an impact and work with a curious and talented team to advance healthcare?

We’re a fast-growing, purpose-driven team that thrives on collaboration, excellence, and courage. As a Consultant, you’ll lead client projects, drive business development and guide teams, all while empowering clients to bring groundbreaking therapies to patients worldwide.  If you’re ready to lead, grow and make a real difference, then please keep reading and apply today!   

Solici is the strategic competitive intelligence division of Cambridge Healthcare Research. Founded in 2013 and having grown to over 130 staff today, CHR gives healthcare decision makers the power of knowing by providing critical insights, analysis and interpretation that informs pivotal decisions that advance healthcare.  

Our vision at Solici is to help the brightest ideas reach patients. We achieve this by combining research excellence with deep subject matter expertise in a range of therapy areas and a passion for enabling our clients to deliver innovative products and services to those who need them.  

 Our values enable us to embed considered and curious teams at the heart of any client challenge: 

• Collaboration – We build strong connections to achieve more together 

• Excellence – We aim for greatness in everything we do 

• Community – We deliver beyond work for our people, our clients, and wider society 

• Courage – We embrace challenges as opportunities for growth 

• Integrity – We always do the right thing 

The Opportunity

As a Consultant, you will support the growth and success of the business by leading the delivery of projects, leading and developing our consulting teams, proactively driving business development, and partnering with our clients to ensure we deliver high-quality services that enable their strategic decision-making.

What you will be doing

• Project leadership – Leading on and successfully delivering client projects, ensuring they are delivered to plan and provide value for clients.
• Delivering excellence – Thinking strategically and critically to solve complex problems across a range of proposition and therapeutic areas. Delivering a range of project types with varying levels of complexity, and the planning, design and facilitation of workshops.
• Business development – Facilitating the growth of existing accounts by regularly maintaining engagement with existing client leads and identifying opportunities to expand the scope of projects. Supporting the acquisition of new clients through actively pursuing new client leads. Significantly contributing towards proposals and pitches to convert these into new wins.
• Leading others – Leading, managing and developing consulting colleagues through effective communication and feedback, supporting personalised development to foster innovation and diverse thinking that adds value for our clients whilst building capabilities and behaviours that enable our people to realise their potential.
• External engagement – Promoting Solici to enhance our strategic decision making and competitive positioning through writing blog articles and attending key events [e.g. conferences, networking events etc.], interacting with a variety of external stakeholders [e.g. clients, experts etc.], gaining insights, keeping abreast of industry developments and developing professional networks.
• Internal engagement – Contributing and supporting internal improvement initiatives to increase the efficiency, delivery rate, and profitability of projects. Shaping Solici and CHR culture for the future through active participation in wider projects and initiatives.

Requirements

Who will thrive in this role
 

You will have an advanced [Masters or PhD] degree with experience in one or all of the following; Oncology, Immunology, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic diseases [CVRM], Rare diseases. You will be an experienced life sciences consultant, having developed the following capabilities over three to four years:

• A proven record or demonstrable potential to lead profitable projects that deliver value for clients. 
• The ability to engage with existing and prospective clients, to understand their needs and win new business.
• Be able to lead and develop others to deliver high quality outputs and utilise industry expertise.
• Acquire knowledge to develop impactful and commercially relevant solutions for clients.
• Be able to balance your scientific background with strong commercial astuteness to achieve revenue and profitability targets. 
• High levels of emotional intelligence, to develop effective relationships with clients and colleagues.
• A growth mindset, to thrive in a complex and ever-changing environment.

You will be energised by driving innovation and improvement projects that align with CHR’s strategic and cultural goals, in addition to being skilled in leading your team through change programmes.

Who We Are 

At CHR, we pride ourselves on a culture that nurtures the talented and the curious, helping the inquisitive and the ambitious to develop skills which enable them to grow as people, within a dynamic team environment.     

CHR for Society:We believe that a great business is not just about revenues and profits. It’s also about using our expertise and resources to have a positive impact on society and the environment. At CHR we are fully committed to driving positive change in the world – we want our employees to not only build fantastic careers, but also to know they have the ability to positively impact society along the way. 

Benefits

Compensation & Benefits

CHR's head office is in Shoreditch, London and provides the opportunity to work within our hybrid working model. Due to the customer-facing nature of this role, we anticipate 2-3 days per week on-site in our London office. We offer a collaborative and stimulating environment with an opportunity to make and influence decisions that will drive CHR forward, as well as a competitive salary and benefits package that includes:

• Base salary depending on prior experience
• Annual bonus
• 25 days holiday per year (with an additional day per year of service, up to 30 days) plus all bank/public holidays and Christmas/New Year closure
• Private Healthcare and Life Assurance
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Mind & Body allowance to support activities that proactively support your health & wellbeing (such as gym membership or wellbeing apps)
• A collaborative and stimulating leadership environment
• An opportunity to make and influence decisions that will drive CHR forward

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and make all employment decisions without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.