Job Description

Supporting some of the most important and exciting therapy areas, with exposure to the full drug lifecycle from preclinical to clinical development, regulatory and commercialization strategies, this is a great start to your career in life science competitive strategy consulting.

As a Research Consultant you will be working as a team member on a range of projects, to develop high quality insights that will support the client’s decision making process. You will tap into the knowledge and expertise of a range of industry stakeholders and key opinion leaders through telephone research and attendance of international medical congresses. You will then use your strong analytical skills to shape and develop your findings into high value, actionable insights for your clients.

Individuals with a curious nature will thrive here; as you move from one project to the next, you’ll need to quickly get up to speed with a new therapy area. Personable and enthusiastic, your can do attitude will push you to go the extra mile. The learning curve will be steep and often challenging and you will get the support you need from a focused and dynamic team, but the professional rewards will be highly significant.

Your growth is fundamental to the company so you’ll be given the necessary training to get you up the learning curve quickly and effectively. At the same time, your strong drive and sense of initiative will help accelerate your progression. The organisation’s flat structure will allow bright and driven people to flourish. In addition, there is an active office rotation scheme in place.

Desired Skills & Experience

Essential

PhD degree (or MBA / masters) in the bio-medical or life sciences
Highly effective communicator, confident and assertive when necessary
Strong interest in business and/or commercial acumen
Strategic problem solving skills
Quick learner and a strong sense of initiative
Proven written and oral communication and presentation skills
Driven, completer-finisher
Strong team player
Openness to travel (20-30% of your time)

Desirable

University Technology Transfer Experience
A demonstrated interest in business through attendance to e.g. MBA modules
A specific and relevant background in a major therapy area would be a particular advantage
Strong knowledge of and application of pharmaceutical research resources
Life Science industry experience
Pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical marketing or market research experience
Strategy consulting experience
Understanding of market/financial analysis in context of Life Sciences business needs
Additional foreign language, especially German would be an advantage for the London office

For candidates with > 1 year consulting experience, please apply for the Consultant post
Application procedure & start date

London: Application with CV & cover letter to Patrick Romano, patrickr@deallusgroup.com
New York: Application with CV & cover letter to ClaudioD’Ambrosio, claudiod@deallusgroup.com
Start date: within 1-3 months, but flexible for the right candidate

Job Description

Demonstrating knowledge and experience in pharma or biotech consulting, with particular focus at the product/brand level, the role requires the ability to develop sales opportunities, manage a portfolio of existing clients and deliver high impact projects by effectively employing a range of rigorous research methodologies.

• Project Management: To communicate with the client directly to ensure that project scope and objectives are met and that all requests are handled in a timely, accurate and relevant manner. Finalise and present deliverables to the client. Lead the client – and be led by him – to ensure that the optimum results are achieved.
• Account Management: Maintain excellent working relationships with existing clients to deliver consistent quality in all outputs. To actively seek and respond to new opportunities within existing client base and participate where necessary in gaining new clients.
• Proposals: To participate in the preparation of research proposals for existing and potential new clients. Attend client meetings to pitch for business and help in the formation of work orders.
• Research and Analysis: To be fully able to conduct – and manage others conducting – primary and secondary research using a range of information sources according to project scope and therapeutic area and to execute analysis following this research in order to produce high quality client deliverables.
• People Management: To maximise working relationships with both internal and external researchers to match skills to business area requirements and actively develop skills internally. Ensure that Research Consultants are stretched in their learning and are appropriately managed to ensure that future resourcing needs are met.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Product strategy consulting experience (> 1 year) and/or MBA
• PhD in Science (Life Science preferred)
• First hand experience of primary and secondary research within the biopharma space
• High degree of knowledge and experience in the business and operations of pharmaceuticals, particularly in the areas of clinical development and marketing
• Ability to effectively interact with senior leadership within client companies
• Experience in any of Situation Analysis Evaluation, Competitive Intelligence, Market Dynamics Assessment, Strategy Development, Market Research Planning, Primary/Secondary Market Research, Target Product Profiles & Claims Development, Commercial Opportunity Assessment & Forecasting
• Commercially driven with the ability to see and develop business opportunities
• Proven leadership and people management skills
• Highly effective communicator, confident and assertive when necessary
• Strong project management skills
• Strategic problem solving skills
• Driven, completer-finisher
• Strong Team Player
• Additional Languages
• Openness to travel (30-40% of your time)

Application procedure & start date

London: Application with CV & cover letter to Patrick Romano, patrickr@deallusgroup.com
Start date: within 1-3 months, but flexible for the right candidate

Singapore: Application with CV & cover letter to Carole Bruckler, caroleb@deallusgroup.com
Start date: within 1-3 months, but flexible for the right candidate

As an intern you will be working as a team member with Research Consultants and Consultants on a range of projects, to support our consultant on a range of activities from research through to proposal writing, giving you a strong exposure to the day to day running of a life science competitive strategy consultancy. As an integral part of the team, we will help you develop valuable professional skills and depending on your skill set you may be asked to participate directly on strategic research projects. Personable and enthusiastic, your can do attitude will push you to go the extra mile. The learning curve will be steep and often challenging and you will get the support you need from a focused and dynamic team, but the professional rewards will be highly significant. We will provide training at the onset of your position to ensure that you can capitalise as best as possible on your time within our organisation.

The starting dates and duration of internship will be discussed with the suitable candidates on a mutually agreeable basis. This internship would suit also PhD candidates in their penultimate or final years as well as Masters students.

Desired Skills & Experience

Candidate Requirements:

Essential

Undergraduate or Postgraduate degree in the bio-medical or life sciences
Strong Microsoft office skills including Word, Powerpoint and Excel
Highly effective communicator, confident and assertive when necessary
Interest in business and/or commercial acumen
Strategic problem solving skills
Quick learner and a strong sense of initiative
Proven written and oral communication and presentation skills
Driven, completer-finisher
Strong team player

Desirable

Good knowledge of and application of pharmaceutical research resources
Pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical marketing or market research experience
Strategy consulting experience
Understanding of market/financial analysis in context of Life Sciences business needs

Application procedure & start date

London: Application with CV & cover letter to Patrick Romano, patrickr@deallusgroup.com
New York and Los Angeles: Application with CV & cover letter to ClaudioD’Ambrosio, claudiod@deallusgroup.com
Singapore: Application with CV & cover letter to Carole Bruckler, caroleb@deallusgroup.com
Start date: within 1-3 months, but flexible for the right candidate

Deallus Biopharma Consulting Parachute Programme

Giving you the biopharma business skills to help provide you with a soft landing upon repatriation!

• Are you a life/biomedical science PhD graduate who obtained his/her degree in the UK and is now returning to your home country?
• Do you want to get some paid training in qualitative biopharma market research?
• Are you interested in pursuing a career in biopharma consulting within your home country?

We are looking for talented, inquisitive fast-learners to train up in our London headquarters over a period of 2-4 months who would then have the opportunity to partnering with us upon returning to their home country. We are particularly interested in citizens of emerging markets such as China, India, Brazil and Russia but more broadly we would be interested in hearing from you if you are from Latin America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

The Position
As biopharma companies globalise their sales and operations, we too are building our network of consulting professionals to meet the need strategic needs of our international customer base. Our aim is to train you with the basic research and consulting methodologies, to then partner with you once you are established within one of our region/country of interest. Where your time overlaps with one of our regular externally commissioned training events (previous examples from McKinsey and INSEAD consultants), you will also be invited to participate in these.

Desired Skills and Experience

Essential
• Life Science PhD
• A strong interest in or proven experience within the
• biopharmaceutical industry
• Excellent oral and written English
• Native language speaker in the countries of interest
• An ambitious and inquisitive nature
• Attention to detail
• An analytical mind
• An entrepreneurial spirit

Desirable
• An existing contact network within your home country
• Experience in qualitative market research

Remuneration
We will pay you a salary during your time in our London office. The details of the partnership will be negotiated on a case by case basis

Application Process
London: Application with CV & cover letter to Patrick Romano, patrickr@deallusgroup.com
New York and Los Angeles: Application with CV & cover letter to ClaudioD’Ambrosio, claudiod@deallusgroup.com
Singapore: Application with CV & cover letter to Carole Bruckler, caroleb@deallusgroup.com