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Senior Consultant- Capability Building/Business Transformation

Executive Insight
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3 months ago
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Senior Consultant – Capability Building / Business Transformation
Location: London | Full-time
Join Executive Insight and help shape the future of healthcare.

About Executive Insight
Executive Insight is a specialized healthcare consultancy that partners with leading biopharmaceutical companies to prepare, launch, and commercialize their products successfully. With offices inLondon, Zurich, and New York, we work as one integrated team across borders.

Our culture is built onhonesty, freedom, and caring. We believe that while individual talent is essential, true excellence is achieved throughcollaboration, shared ideas, and intellectual curiosity. We foster a non-hierarchical, open environment where teamwork and trust drive impactful outcomes in the dynamic world of healthcare consulting.

About the Role
As aSenior Consultantat Executive Insight, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-impact projects, shaping strategic recommendations, and mentoring junior colleagues. You’ll lead workstreams within larger engagements and contribute to business development alongside managers and partners.

You’ll collaborate closely with clients as part of cross-functional teams to optimize processes, enhance operating models, and deliver enterprise-level transformation with focus on elevating the medical affairs function. You’ll be trusted to engage directly with a broad set of client stakeholders (including executives),, propose actionable frameworks and solutions, maintain clear communication to client teams and leadership. As a primary contact, you will source necessary inhouse expertise and help coordinate across interfacing projects within one of our top accounts. While the core focus is on medical affairs, capability building may also extend to adjacent functions such as market access, depending on client needs.

What You’ll Do
As a Senior Consultant specializing in Capability Building / Business Transformation, you will join fast-paced highly visible transformation projects, with focus on elevating the medical affairs function:

  • Analyzebusiness problems and identify opportunities for improvement across strategy, operations, and organizational structure.
  • Develop and present strategic recommendationsbased on data-driven insights, client inhouse analysis, and client goals.
  • Collaborate with client stakeholdersto understand needs, align on objectives, and ensure successful implementation of solutions.
  • Lead or support project workstreams, managing timelines, deliverables, and team coordination.
  • Facilitate workshopsand meetings to gather input, drive alignment, and build consensus among cross-functional teams.
  • Support change management efforts, including communication planning, training, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Contribute to business development, such as preparing proposals, identifying new opportunities, and building client relationships.
  • Support internal initiativessuch as marketing, recruitment, and training.

What We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate for theSenior Consultantrole will have:

  • A minimum of 4 years of consulting experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry (expertise in Medical Affairs and Capability Building an advantage)
  • Excellentanalytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, coupled with a collaborative and relationship-driven mindset.
  • A structured,results-oriented working style that’s adaptable to dynamic environments.
  • Strong experiencein one or more of the followingproject areas:
    ->Capabilitybuilding - critical assessment of organisational capabilities, developing functional strategies, transformation roadmaps and driving management buy-in for a business area.
    ->Business /Enterprise Transformation- development or improvement of processes, operating models designs, capability building programs (knowledge of relevant transformation concepts an advantage)
  • Proven experience as the primary client contact, with the ability to align stakeholders, managing leadership steering committees, reaching organizational buy-in and communicate effectively across diverse audiences.
  • Fluency inEnglish, with proficiency in additional languages being a plus.
  • Candidates must havefull right to work in the UK, as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

Why Executive Insight?
At Executive Insight, we valuediverse perspectives, deepexpertise, and long-term client relationships. We are committed to delivering exceptional quality and fostering a supportive, high-performing team culture.

We know that our people are our greatest asset. That’s why we invest in a thoughtful recruitment process—to ensure the right fit for both you and us.

Please note: We are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies for this role.


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