Director - Life Sciences Advisory - Data & Analytics (Client Facing)

Job Family Strategy & Transformation Consulting Travel Required Up to 50% Clearance Required None Is life sciences in your DNA? Breakthroughs in pharma are helping people live healthier lives, while medical devices enable patients to proactively maintain health – this is undoubtedly a transformative time for health care companies. Guidehouse’s Life Sciences practice is an engine of innovation, helping pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and diagnostic companies develop custom solutions that tackle today’s challenges, while anticipating tomorrow’s. You will have an immediate impact by partnering with our clients, across all levels, to deliver product planning, pricing, reimbursement, product commercialization, and regulatory and compliance solutions. Do you think you are up for the challenge? We continuously strive to foster an inclusive and diverse work culture and thoughtfully develop our people through challenging work, valuable learning and educational programs. We cultivate a culture of mentorship and feedback for professional and personal growth. We help our clients take control of their future. This mission extends to our employee's careers, health and well-being and by the many ways we give back to our communities. If you’re passionately motivated to make a difference and deliver exceptional work, we invite you to learn more about your career opportunities at https://guidehouse.com/careers

What You Will Do

Directors are responsible for managing projects from identification to completion. Develops strategic planning and assesses the operating model for client organizations. Assists on business case analysis and innovation design and ideation. Offers leadership assessment, leadership development and coaching, and culture assessment and strategy. Advises on customer experience strategy and transformation. In this role, you will lead the activities of the designated project team and support the day-to-day management of the client relationship. You will effectively develop and manage analytics work plans, staffing, deadlines and budgets and manage multiple projects simultaneously. Your work products are high quality and client-ready. In this visible role, you’ll lead team meetings and guide, manage, and coach staff consultants, providing constructive feedback on their project participation and overall career development. You will also collaborate with other Directors and Partners, keeping them abreast of project progress and important developments. You will be responsible for identifying product and service innovation solutions and bringing them to market. The Director is also accountable for achieving defined business development, sales, and revenue targets for Guidehouse. Travel is project dependent but averages 30 percent. What You Will Need

• BA/BS degree in a quantitative field, such as Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Business Analytics or related course of study; advanced degree/PhD preferred.
• Minimum 10+ years of prior relevant consulting or work experience working with large global pharma, mid-sized pharma and/or biotech clients.
• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, including drug development and launch.
• The ability to analyze complex information, quality check results, and develop a structured, data-informed story.
• Excellent communication skills to convey strategic recommendations to various stakeholders, including senior management.
• Must have subject matter expertise in Data Analytics and possess a strong knowledge of modern datasets and analytics environments.
• Strong foundation across life science functions, including commercial operations, market access, patient services, and medical.
• 5+ years of experience leading project engagements which includes planning, scoping, budget development, management and resource allocation, and managing multiple or more complex projects within scope, timeline and budget.
• 5+ years of formal management of team performance to achieve project goals and exceed client expectations.
• Must be willing and able to travel to client sites across the US, up to 30% of the time.
• Demonstrated success formally supervising, coaching and mentoring junior level staff including ownership and guidance of their career development.
• Authorized/eligible to work for any US employer without sponsorship.

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to code in SQL, with additional competencies in Python, Spark, or R for analysis and automation
• Track record of managing a team’s performance

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