Consultant – Medical Affairs Transformation & Capability Building (Lifesciences)

Consultant – Medical Affairs Transformation & Capability Building (Lifesciences)

Executive Insight is a specialized healthcare consultancy that partners with leading biopharmaceutical companies to prepare, launch, and commercialize their products successfully. With offices in London, Zurich, and New York, we work as one integrated team across borders. Our culture is built on honesty, freedom, and caring.

About the role

As a Strategy Consultant at Executive Insight, you will work on a variety of exciting projects with the particular focus for this role being on capability building, organisational transformation, and functional excellence within medical affairs divisions of biopharmaceutical companies. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams to develop solutions that drive the commercialization of biopharmaceutical products and navigate the complexities of healthcare systems. This position offers the opportunity to further deepen your expertise in healthcare strategy while supporting project delivery and providing meaningful insights that help our clients achieve their objectives. You’ll receive guidance and feedback from Project Managers on your project work, while a dedicated Mentor will support your broader professional development at the company.

What You’ll do

• Support project teams in translating complex or ambiguous business challenges of (pharma) medical affairs and market access teams into tailored deliverables aligned with client situation and senior client stakeholders.
• Support Project Managers to define functional strategies, organisational change requirements, and deliver transformation initiatives that align people, processes, and technology to achieve sustainable results.
• Assist in designing business cases, KPIs, and performance measurement frameworks to measure impact and sustain performance.
• Support with the design and delivery of change management programs, training, and organisational development initiatives that drive sustainable adoption and capability building.
• Help maintain long‑term client relationships based on trust, transparency, and consistent value delivery.

What we’re looking for

• A minimum of 3 years consulting experience at a strategy or management consultancy with strong preference for experience in pharma/medical affairs.
• Experience contributing to projects in one or more of the following areas: capability building, business/organisational transformation, and stakeholder engagement.
• Core strategy consulting competencies: structured problem solving, intellectual rigour, executive presence, and change navigation.
• Fluency in English, with additional languages being a plus.
• Candidates must have full right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not available.

Why Executive Insight

We value diverse perspectives, deep expertise, and long‑term client relationships. We are committed to delivering exceptional quality and fostering a supportive, high‑performing team culture. Our people are our greatest asset, so we invest in a thoughtful recruitment process to ensure the right fit for both you and us.

Please note: We are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies for this role.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Business Development and Sales

Industries

Business Consulting and Services

Location: London