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Working in the Advisory Service team, who provide strategic management consulting services to the healthcare industry. Working as a key part of the project delivery team.

Provides support to senior consultants and project lead through data collection, tabulation, and analysis. The position is designed to apply and develop analytical, interpersonal, creative thinking, business management and leadership skills from day one.

Positions at this level are responsible for specific elements of project delivery within a larger team delivering projects for a variety of clients from start-ups to recognizable pharmaceutical/healthcare organizations. G&L works with some of the biggest companies across a variety of industry sectors and this role will play a key role in supporting the delivery teams in achieving great outcomes.

The role incumbent is expected to be highly professional in all aspects of delivery, highly motivated to learn and deliver meaningful outcomes, with aptitude for critical thinking, and detailed research.

Expected to be client facing and comfortable engaging with a variety of stakeholders.

Should the opportunity arise, the job holder may be required to attend a client site and act as an ambassador for G&L.

Typical responsibilities:

Help project leadership define project scope and develop approach; coordinate project task execution by ensuring progress, organizing project data and coordinating team meetings; conduct issue analysis and develop hypotheses on the key client issues; design and execute qualitative and/or quantitative analyses to test and analyze hypotheses; synthesize findings, develop recommendations and communicate results to clients and internal teams.

Identify information sources, gather and interpret data, executing analysis, and presenting findings to project team and client stakeholders. Interview stakeholders—work that will become the basis of the project team's strategic recommendations. Compare current and future state business situations in order to identify the changes required for improvement. Assess and document the drivers, costs, benefits and impacts of a proposed business change; Develop and deliver solutions to complex and/or business problems and providing important insights through data analysis, latest thinking, and industry experience and observed trends.

Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making; Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes; Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organization, technology and information; Document the current situation and apply relevant techniques to structure information. Assist in the development of options and recommendations for change. Model business processes using relevant techniques. Perform business process analysis and improvement. Redesign business process models in order to reflect changes in working practice or deliver improvements. Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience.

Within a Project Management Office (PMO), drive governance standards portfolio-wide, including tracking, monitoring and updating the status of project and program work; ensuring program-level dependencies are tracked and managed; supporting project planning, scope management, forecasting, budget/financial management, resource and change management activities across the program.

Create PMO packs (including actions, work stream updates, key achievements, upcoming activities, milestones, budgets, metrics, templates); draft new and improved existing project management office policies and processes.

Location:

Paddington

Competencies and key behavioral indicators:

· Able to communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders

· Able to present complex data to a variety of levels within the organization

· Project planning proficiency

· Strong agile and critical thinking approach leading to objective conclusions

· Strong attention to detail

· Excellent research, data gathering, analytical and numerical skills

· A strong interest in business, with an understanding and ability to manipulate and analyse large and independent data sets

· Ability to work on one or more projects, applying problem-solving frameworks

· Strong interpersonal skills, self-motivated, self-reliant, confident

· IT competent (advanced working knowledge of the Microsoft Suite)

· Ability to work as a team

· Articulate, both orally and in writing, in English (fluency in other languages is a bonus)

· Well-developed industry expertise in pharmaceuticals / regulatory affairs domain.

Minimum qualifications:

· Undergraduate degree (BSc/BA or above MA/MSc Degree) in a relevant discipline.

· MBA qualification a plus.

· 3-8 years of direct experience in management consultancy in an appropriate business specialization, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

· A proven track record of supporting delivery activities on large programs of work within

pharmaceuticals / regulatory domain expertise including knowledge of designing/operational of global regulatory affairs organizations.

· A project management qualification a plus (e.g. Agile/CSM, Prince2, PMQ, APM, Six Sigma)

Any special requirements:

Candidate may be required to travel to client site or business meetings on occasion.

G&L Healthcare strives to attract and retain the best individuals and provide an environment where they can grow professionally and build a rewarding career. We continually strive to create an environment that balances work life and offers benefits that will enhance the compensation package. We offer Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, Personal Leave, Holidays, 401(k) plan with company match and work/life balance.

G&L Healthcare provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, or other characteristics unrelated to a person’s qualification and/or job performance or protected by law.

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Paddington: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Project management: 3 years (preferred)
• Consulting: 1 year (preferred)
• BioPharma: 2 years (preferred)
• Business management: 5 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person