Consultant – Healthcare
Main purpose of the job
Your primary role will be to use your technical and commercial acumen to manage and to create value on projects for medical device, clinical diagnostics, medtech and pharmaceutical companies.
Type of work undertaken by the division/group
We combine highly creative lateral thinking with excellent commercial and technical skills and a broad base of industry experience to form a powerful team. Our work ranges from
- Work with companies to enable their growth both organically and inorganically
- Evaluations of market and customer needs for companies developing truly innovative products
- Partner and product selection for companies proposing to licence or acquire new products
- Product and portfolio management for companies looking to identify and develop new innovative products
The distinctive feature we bring to our consulting work is the combination of industry understanding, market knowledge, relevant in-depth technical expertise as well as proven consulting tools and methodologies.
Our consulting activities are centred primarily in the UK and Northern Europe, and the USA, although most of the work is based in the Cambridge office.
Specific responsibilities
You will be taking the lead role in planning, proposal generation, liaison with clients and project management of teams. You will also use your strong technical and commercial skills to make a significant contribution to consultancy projects, often working on more than one concurrently,
to achieve this, you will be expected to:
- Lead meetings with clients, give presentations and communicate ideas and concepts to all disciplines
- Support the activities of Business Leaders in sales meetings, writing sales presentations, project proposals and planning projects
- Produce consistently excellent work, in your area of expertise and be sought out for advice in this area within Cambridge Consultants
- Take a role in developing new product offerings in the company through the recruitment, training and mentoring of analysts
Minimum requirements
To meet the demanding requirements of this role you will have an excellent first degree in chemistry, engineering, biochemistry, physics, pharmacology or related area, a PhD and or a MBA would be an advantage. You should also have experience in and a good knowledge of the medical devices industry in a product management, business development or project management role preferably in a multinational company. Experience of consultancy with medical device companies would be an advantage. You will have a track record of delivering challenging projects against tight time and budget constraints.
You will have a proven ability to lead teams and have the ability to analyse and communicate commercial and technical recommendations both within the project team and to clients.
Future Prospects
Cambridge Consultants' is committed to developing its employees’ careers and has a flexible policy for individual capabilities and preferences. Within the line management structure there are opportunities for promotion to Senior Consultant with responsibility for managing one of the company’s business areas. Cambridge Consultants is a growing company that encourages spin-off enterprises. Promotion is linked to merit.
Employment benefits
- Good salaries, based on merit and reviewed annually
- Profit share in addition to basic salary
- Flexible working hours
- Free lunches and refreshments
- Private medical insurance and company sickness scheme
- Pension scheme including free life assurance
- 25 days annual holiday plus bank holidays
- Assistance in relocation if applicable
- Active social committee
- Well equipped and pleasantly situated building on the Cambridge Science Park
- Above all, real responsibility for real business problems with good career prospects based on merit
- Excellent Career development and training opportunities.
To apply, send your CV to: UKrecruitment@CambridgeConsultants.com