UKI Business Consulting – Life Sciences, Manager Commercial Strategy, Market Access, R&D Medical

General Information

Location: Ireland

Available for Visa Sponsorship: Yes

Business Area: Business Consulting

Contract Type: Full-Time – Permanent

The opportunity

Life Sciences is a rapidly growing sector in EY Ireland. Within this area, we are building significant Life Sciences Commercial, Market Access, R&D Medical capability, with an ambition to become the leading Life Sciences Strategy practice in Ireland.

We intend to focus these roles along the whole Life Sciences R&D Medical, Commercial and Market Access value chain with a strong portfolio of offerings for Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Med Tech organisations. The role will operate as part of the wider Health Sciences & Wellness team as well as holding the specific accountabilities set out below.

Joining the Life Sciences team as a Manager gives the right candidate the opportunity to accelerate their career in Life Sciences business consulting and help shape how EY takes the Life Science business forward by bringing innovative solutions to the pharmaceutical / biotech / medtech sector and changes to health systems currently facing major affordability and delivery challenges. The nature of the role demands a hybrid skill set that combines commercial strategy, qualitative and quantitative rigour to problem solving, with strong creative intuition and a growth can-do mindset.

Your key responsibilities

• Engagement responsibilities, which include:

• Managing multiple clients and project teams, ensuring a deep understanding of the main challenges for pharmaceutical/ Biotech/Med Tech organisations across the commercial value chain and the delivery of high-quality insights by applying critical thinking

• Partnering with clients to resolve their most pressing challenges in areas such as franchise/portfolio/disease strategy and asset positioning; product launches, commercial & medical affairs alignment; evidence, market access, pricing and reimbursement strategies; delivering innovative health care solutions to improve patient care pathways

• Delivering high quality engagements and solutions to clients by leveraging your skills and experience and ensuring all team members are fully aligned on the project scope, deliverables and timelines

• Building and fostering trusted relationships with new and existing clients

• Identifying and acting on opportunities within projects and across both your own and EY’s network of clients to secure and contribute to new business proposals, pitches and business growth as required

• People responsibilities, which include:

• Supporting the Partners/Directors with the allocation of resource to each project

• Developing junior team members through supervising, coaching and mentoring

• Contributing to performance feedback & people initiatives including training, recruiting and retaining talent within the Life Sciences Community

• Other responsibilities, which include

• Driving internal initiatives aimed at accelerating EY’s leadership in Life Science Consulting

• Contributing to practice thought leadership through writing and speaking engagements

To qualify for the role, you must have

At least 3 years experience gained in a combination of a traditional management consulting environment and/or a Global Pharmaceutical / Biotech or Med Tech organisation. A combination of both consulting and industry experience is preferred.