Senior Consultant, Life Sciences Operations, Industry & Domain Solutions, Technology & Transfor[...]

Our Life Sciences Operations and Industry Domain Solutions team are transformation and industry specialists working with some of the most interesting and cutting-edge Life Sciences clients globally. Working with colleagues across Deloitte, we combine business design, process design and cost transformation with digital / technology fluency to solve our clients’ biggest challenges, bringing the unpredictable and unknown into focus to enable our clients turn their bold ideas into reality.

The Life Sciences Operations & Domain Solutions team recognises that our success in the industry is due to our incredible people. We invest heavily in our practitioners providing them with the right tools, training and working flexibility to enable them to deliver and be successful in a rewarding and motivating working environment. Most importantly, we are driven by the impact we can create together by helping Life Sciences companies achieve their strategic goals and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

We are looking for candidates with a mixture of business, technical, and project-based expertise to join us, working in fast-paced teams with other highly talented, fun and motivated colleagues. As a Senior Consultant within our Life Sciences Operations and Industry Solutions team, you will manage and work alongside operations transformation experts to help clients innovate and transform their business models and core operations.

Our projects vary greatly and your responsibility as a Senior Consultant will differ based on the focus of the client engagement and your skillset. Opportunities within the role include:

• Working in teams to understand and solve our clients’ challenges by designing, building, implementing and transforming their future operations.
• Supporting development of business cases to deliver sustainable cost efficiencies in collaboration with clients.
• Analysing, streamlining and re-engineering processes to enhance efficiency, improve outcomes and drive productivity.
• Working at the interface between business and technology to solve client problems digitally, advising them on embracing new technologies and ways of thinking to improve their business operations and teams.
• Developing relationships across a broad range of stakeholder groups within Deloitte and with clients.

We are looking for people to join our team who embrace change and have a passion for the Life Sciences industry. The quality of our technical skills is enhanced through our practical knowledge of implementation and our ability to learn from each other. In addition to a keen interest in Life Sciences and a strong work ethic, we are also looking for the following:

• Experience of being a part of transformation projects or programmes with the aim of delivering a real step change to an organisation’s ways of working.
• Ability to rapidly understand complex business challenges, comfortable working with data to build a grasp of the client’s operating model and processes and draw conclusions in a logical manner.
• Strong communicator with the ability to share a point of view and tailor messaging to the audience, ability to organise insights into a logical flow and content to enable impactful storytelling when presenting recommendations.
• Aptitude in contributing innovative ideas and managing change and ambiguity effectively and confidently.
• Track record in successfully developing junior talent within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.

A successful candidate may additionally be able to demonstrate, although this is not essential:

• Keen interest and understanding of Life Sciences trends with the ability to spot future industry trends and develop compelling points-of-view.
• Experience in process simplification, including any relevant accreditations e.g. Lean6 Sigma.
• Experience in applying data visualisation and data analytics tools to support decision-making.
• Track record of building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders at all levels within an organisation, comfortable with senior stakeholder engagement.

At Deloitte, we value difference and welcome neurodiverse thinking, with respect at the heart of our inclusive culture. We recognise that our people are juggling demanding careers with commitments and interests outside of work. We are open to discussing with you the different ways in which we can support agile working arrangements.

Our hybrid working policy allows you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing.

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before. We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution.

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.