(Senior) Manager Life Sciences

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Roles & Responsibilities

Alongside the Life Sciences Sector Lead and Life Sciences Strategy lead, co-lead the development of KPMG Life Sciences service offering:

• Actively participate in the development of our Life Sciences service offering to meet our Life Sciences clients’ strategic and operational opportunities and challenges;
• Lead business development activities within the Life Sciences service line or cross- Advisory by leveraging new and existing relationships with C-level executives;
• Be co-responsible for profitable growth of the Life Sciences practice;
• Support the recruitment and capability development of consultants across Life Sciences;
• Lead strategy and operational engagements in the Life Sciences sector, potentially as well in other process industries, such as chemicals;
• Establish client value propositions that tie key strategic, financial and operational metrics directly to near and long-term business improvement;
• Manage the engagement from start to finish, including setting scopes, budgets, staffing resources, creating and coordinating final deliverables, and assisting with the presentation of results;
• Act as an engagement manager on one or more projects and clients to help ensure successful problem formulation, comprehensive analysis, and problem resolution;
• Provide oversight of highly skilled KPMG work teams throughout the project lifecycle and serve as the primary team interface with various levels of executives.

Skills & Qualifications

• Either a minimum of 5 years consulting experience in a client-facing discipline at a Big 4 or boutique consulting firm, with a demonstrated spike in one or more Life Sciences sectors (pharma, medical devices, biotech);
• Or a minimum of 2-year experience at a Big 4 or at Tier 1 strategy consulting firm or at a Life Science consulting boutique complemented by at least 3 years of experience in the Life Sciences industry in a corporate strategy, internal consulting, brand management, market access, business development, or commercial excellence discipline
• Experience in one or more of the following consulting areas: organic and inorganic growth strategy, portfolio strategy and corporate planning, product innovation, market/product assessments, business model transformations, operating model, and profitability improvement
• Strong business acumen, proven analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent project management and people management skills, deep knowledge of one or more Life Sciences sectors, and an excellent communicator in English and French and/or Dutch.
• Additional strong assets:
• Proficiency in English and Dutch or French
• Knowledge of several Life Sciences sub-sectors
• Knowledge and experience with design thinking and strategic design consulting

We offer

At KPMG, we truly believe our people are the heartbeat to our success. We commit ourselves to encouraging true team spirit and creating an international and dynamic working environment in which each can pursue the knowledge needed to boost their career. Additionally, as Top Employer, we highly invest in our people’s development of soft skills and technical knowhow

In addition to a competitive and attractive compensation package, we offer a great number of extra-legal advantages such as flexible working hours, 27 vacation days, group & hospitalization insurance, company car and fuel card, net allowances, a laptop and iPhone/iPad, as well as the opportunity to shape your compensation package to your needs with our ReFlex@KPMG plan.