Management Consulting - Therapeutic Area Strategy ...

Accenture is one of the leading providers of management consulting services worldwide with more than 15,000 consultants in 49 countries. Our management consultants create, design and build new business models and help our clients integrate and operate them.  Youll have the opportunity to turn theory into practice and shape strategies right through from inception to execution. How?  By acting as a trusted advisor in identifying and creatively solving complex problems, designing/restructuring critical processes, and fundamentally transforming the way a company operates, in order to help them become a high-performance business.  Our suite of services deliver tangible business outcomes for our clients and are built on both industry and business expertise.   Job Description Professionals within Accentures Growth Strategy Practice are focused on how to improve returns from existing business and achieve sustainable high performance. They identify and implement high performance business value creation and transformation opportunities by delivering independent strategic and general management consulting services focused on the CEO, Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Medical Officer and Therapeutic Area Business Leads agenda.  The Therapeutic Area Strategy Manager will collaborate with client teams to define, architect, drive and deliver transformational strategies that generate long-term client value.     Responsibilities: The Therapeutic Area Strategy Manager will join the North American Growth Strategy practice and bring leading consulting skills to support Therapeutic Area strategy development.  This includes the creation architecture and delivery of value provided by the application of:

• Strong executive presence and client building / influencing skills
• Exceptional communication and team building / mentoring skills
• Ability to drive rigorous, fact-based appraisal of industry performance drivers and competitive dynamics
• The application of innovative as well as established analytical tools to device a clearly articulated corporate strategy and business value
• Deep business unit, commercial and/ or brand strategy experience
• Deep industry knowledge and insight within Healthcare focusing on Pharmaceuticals and/or Medical Devices

The Therapeutic Area Strategy Manager will support delivery of client work and develop new client opportunities with both existing clients and prospective new clients:

• Drive rigorous and structured approach to identifying and solving client problems
• Structure and perform complex financial analyses and develop business cases in conjunction with industry and/or opportunity analyses
• Lead efforts of managers, consultants and analysts on client engagements to ensure that the focus is correct and the work is accomplished on time, and meets or exceeds the highest quality standards.
• Structure and develop high impact client communications
• Conduct work in such a way that the results are both of distinctive quality and useful to the client in terms of improving competitive positioning

QualificationsBasic Qualifications:

• MBA or MPH degree required
• Minimum of 5 years post graduate work experience
• Minimum of 5 years experience in strategy (i.e. business unit strategy, functional strategy, portfolio strategy, brand strategy) within life sciences focusing on Pharmaceuticals and/or Medical Devices 
• Minimum of 5 years experience at a major consulting firm or equivalent in an internal consulting role
• Minimum of 3 years in a consulting supervisory position 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Significant experience in identifying and closing sales opportunities based on an extensive network of relationships in the Pharmaceuticals and/or Medical Devices industries 
• Deep functional experience in therapeutic area strategy development as well as international experience (assignments outside of the US)
• Industry experience in Medical Affairs, Market Research or Health Economics/Outcomes
• Experience planning for and/or executing pharmaceutical product launch and product lifecycle management (e.g. primary care and specialty)
• Experience in vaccines and specialty pharma 
• Experience in developing professional post graduate (i.e. MBA) talent
• Ability to meet travel requirements, up to 100%

  Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration   Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa