Consulting Project Team Lead - New Product Planning

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Our New Product Planning (NPP) teams help life science companies turn innovative ideas into successful products by combining market insights, scientific expertise, and strategic road mapping. We guide clients through every stage, from concept validation through late-stage development ensuring their solutions meet real-world needs. We have expertise across therapeutic areas and therapeutic modalities.

Role Overview

• Manages anywhere from 2 to upwards of 5 projects of varying complexity at a time depending on experience in the role.
• Lead a broad range of typical ClearView NPP project types and should be able to support any situation and help instill order and structure to a project situation even if unfamiliar project type or content area.
• Exhibits exceptional project management skills including raising issues to leadership early, designing impactful internal and external agendas and avoiding 'fire drills' with teams.
• Elevates quality, clarity and simplicity of team output with early and clear direction, hypothesis-based thinking, simplification of storylines, impact of visuals and pithiness of writing.
• Proactively collaborates with leadership such as engaging for thought partnership early, raising potential 'red flags' regarding client or team experience and around team performance.
• Consistently creates positive experience for teams.
• Invests in mentorship within and outside of the project setting and commitment to high-quality coaching.
• Becomes a standard bearer of ClearView values.
• Demonstrates impact to firm growth even outside of project delivery through internal initiatives and coaching/mentorship.
• Consistently and independently drives high impact client meetings by challenging client thinking, leaning into hard questions and adding value on top of the team.
• Highly trusted by leadership and perceived eventually in role as nearly a peer.
• Develops and grows strong client relationships resulting in some account alignment and client 'stickiness' (e.g., clients request to work with you).
• Perceived as a strong role model in the organization (e.g. helping others navigate various challenges in the client setting as well as within ClearView).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a science, engineering or business major is required; advanced degree such as a master’s in science, healthcare, business administration (MBA) or PhD is preferred.
• 5 to 7 years of experience in life sciences strategy consulting.
• Project leadership within the areas of new product planning such as opportunity assessments, indication prioritizations, disease landscapes or demand studies to name a few.
• Thought leader and one who has high resolution of how robust scientific data translates in to great products, provides more defensible assumptions in valuations and is able to engage cross-functionally at a higher level than our peers to define a clear path forward for our clients.
• Experience working cross functionally and bringing together various client teams.
• Track record of managing simultaneous client projects and corresponding teams is required.
• Exceptionally strong at problem solving.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills that reflect significant experience in client-facing situations.
• Enthusiasm for working collaboratively in a dynamic, team-based environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Highly analytical approach to solving complex problems.
• Ability to work in the London office at least 40% of the time.