Senior Manager, R&D Medical, Business Consulting, Belfast.

Overview

In this Senior Manager role, you will lead Life Sciences consulting work across Commercial Strategy, Market Access and R&D Medical to help pharma/biotech/medtech clients solve affordability and delivery challenges. You will guide multi-disciplinary teams, shape strategic recommendations, and drive business development within EY’s Health Sciences & Wellness practice. The position offers high-impact opportunities to influence how life sciences organizations bring high-value therapies to patients globally. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions and thought leadership in a fast-growing sector.

Responsibilities

• Inspire and lead multiple client engagements and project teams to deliver high-quality insights
• Supervise day-to-day team work and ensure output quality with Directors/Partners
• Address franchise/portfolio/disease strategy, market access, pricing and reimbursement, and medical strategy for clients
• Recommend technology platforms or digital/AI solutions to support biopharmaceuticals
• Build trusted client relationships and identify opportunities for new business and proposals
• Lead new business proposals including scoping, approach, and resource planning
• Support recruitment and allocation of project resources
• Develop and deliver specialist EY methodologies through training and thought leadership

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in management consulting and/or global pharma/biotech/medtech environments
• Experience defining and implementing strategies in R&D, Medical, Commercial Strategy, Pricing, Market Access, or related areas
• Client-facing track record with workshops and delivering strategic recommendations
• Experience working in global multidisciplinary teams and across regions
• Thought leadership evidenced by writing or speaking engagements
• willingness to travel and work overseas

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Strong client relationship building
• Intellectual curiosity and creative problem-solving
• Strategic planning in Life Sciences
• Market Access, pricing and reimbursement
• Digital/AI solutions implementation

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