Director Healthcare and Life Sciences Pharma & Biotech
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Boston, MA - USA
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Job Summary
Simon-Kuchers sole focus is on unlocking better growth for our clients increasing their long-term sales value and profit. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy customer engagement product pricing innovation marketing distribution and sales.
Our Healthcare & Life Science Division works across the highly innovative complex healthcare sector including pharmaceuticals & biotech medical technology diagnostics digital health & healthcare IT healthcare B2B providers consumer health and animal health. Our North America Healthcare & Life teams are based in Boston Chicago New York and San Francisco. As a global division our project teams often include colleagues from around the world. We value the expertise and perspectives each of our diverse colleagues brings to the table and encourage collaboration across offices and disciplines.
- Become part of a unique entrepreneurial team. Think independently use your initiative and take some risks. Entrepreneurship is a powerful force that drives the growth not only of our firm but our clients and people.
- Unlock the power of opportunity. Advance your career in a thriving company with a startup feel. We invest in your professional development every step of the way.
- Enjoy balance and flexible working. Be empowered to do your best work whether its from home or in the office.
- Prioritize your health and well-being. No matter where you live we offer a competitive suite of health benefits to help keep you and your loved ones safe.
- Invest in your future. All US and Canadian employees enjoy 401(k) & RRSP benefits with company matching.
- Work in a values-driven culture. At Simon-Kucher our vision is to become the worlds leading growth specialist. Our values guide the way we do business and communicate our distinctiveness. They sum up what we stand for influence our culture and drive how and why we do things.
- As a Director you will be a vital member of our Healthcare & Life Sciences Division / Pharma and Biotech practice in North America and create impact in 5 key areas:
- Strategic Focus Area
- Lead the development and execution of pricing and market access (P&MA) strategies across the product lifecycleincluding pre-launch pricing and access planning contracting strategy and launch / lifecycle excellencefor pharma and biotech clients.
- Deliver high-impact consulting engagements by leveraging deep content knowledge of US P&MA trends and a strong understanding of client commercial models in the biopharmaceutical sector.
- Ensure strategic alignment with client objectives navigating complex regulatory access and payer environments across US and global markets.
- Identify client pain points and develop custom solutions to complex strategy engagements.
- Business Development
- Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to senior client stakeholders in pharma and biotech proactively identifying their unmet strategic needs.
- Support and/or drive business growth by sourcing and converting project opportunities authoring compelling proposals and participating in client pitches and strategic account development
- Lead new service development and thought capital initiatives to expand the Pharma and Biotech teams offerings in pricing access and broader commercial strategy.
- Client Relationship Management
- Build and sustain high-trust relationships with senior client stakeholders providing strategic counsel grounded in actionable and data-driven insights.
- Act as a senior presence in client engagements ensuring executive-level alignment facilitating workshops and guiding clients through complex pricing and access challenges.
- Demonstrate an elevated level of empathy and emotional intelligence when managing conflict and or communicating change.
- High energy hands-on creative consulting leader who can work with clients staff and Partners in a non-hierarchical model.
- Team Leadership
- Lead mentor coach and develop a team of consultants and managers fostering a culture of collaboration curiosity and high performance.
- Manage and oversee multiple client engagements and project teams simultaneously providing strategic direction day-to-day support and ensuring on-time high-quality delivery while balancing delivery excellence team development and execution efficiency.
- Support the recruitment and onboarding of new talent into the practice shaping the next generation of pricing and access leaders
- Thought Leadership
- Lead the creation of thought leadership contentincluding white papers case studies and access frameworksfocused on the evolving pricing and market access landscape.
- Represent Simon-Kucher at industry events webinars and conferences strengthening the firms brand in the global P&MA ecosystem.
- Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to our clients businesses.
- Outstanding drive determination and desire to be part of a growing top-tier consulting firm.
- Strong knowledge of and passion for the pharma and biotech sector.
- An undergraduate degree is required; MS MSc MPH PhD MBA or other advanced degree are a plus but not required.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in management consulting life sciences strategy or healthcare commercialization with a strong track record in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors.
- Deep expertise in one or more of the following: US pre-launch pricing and access planning contracting strategy and launch / lifecycle excellence.
- Strong understanding of global pricing and market access trends the US healthcare landscape and US payer / provider dynamics
- Proven ability to lead complex consulting engagements from end to end including content client management and team leadership.
- Strong analytical skills and comfort with data-driven decision making; experience with payer data forecasting models or advanced analytics is a plus.
- Effective communicator with excellent presentation skills and executive presence.
- Demonstrated success in building mentoring and managing high-performing teams
- Proven track record in leading client engagements and delivering P&MA strategy
- Excellent business development capabilities including identifying opportunities writing proposals and converting prospects into projects.
- Willingness to travel as needed with a hybrid work model (2-3 days / week in office or client site)
Total compensation for this role includes base salaryperformance bonuseligibility for annual merit-based increases and a comprehensive benefits package.
The basesalary range for this position is between $215000 to $275000 per year forU.S. roles. Specific compensation within these ranges will depend on factorssuch as experience skills and location. Salary ranges are reviewedperiodically to ensure alignment with market conditions.
Benefits foreligible employees include paid time off 13 paid holidays medical dentaland vision coverage life insurance and a 401(k) plan.
Simon-Kucher
is a global consultancy with more than 2000 employees in 30 countries. Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy product price innovation marketing and sales based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With 40 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds we are regarded as the worlds leading pricing and growth specialist.
Simon-Kucher is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion gender national origin age disability marital status veteran or militarily status or any other legally protected status.
Webelieve in building a culture that embraces belonging creating an environmentin which our people feel valued are able to be themselves and feel theircontribution matters. If we get that right great things will happen; peoplewill grow faster innovate feel valued and create better outcomes foreveryone our people our clients and of course our business.
Simon-Kucher North America Talent Acquisition Team
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Director
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