Practice Head - Healthcare/Lifesciences

Very Urgently looking for a Practice Head / Principal Healthcare /Lifesciences Consulting (10-15 yrs)

I am working as a Team Manager for a Executive Search Team hiring for top of the Business Groups at Sr. Management or Executive space. Few of prestigious clients includes : Amazon, Accenture, Cognizant, KPMG, Flipkart, Ingersoll Rand, Sanofi, Ranbaxy, Bank OF America, Boston Analytics and many others.

Currently we are working for a high worth assignment for searching a Practice Head for a Management Consulting Group for their Healthcare or Life-sciences Consulting.

The Life Sciences industry group works with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical products and other companies across the life-sciences value chain, providing services such as large-scale business and technology transformation, targeted business performance improvement, and post-merger integration.

Our key areas of focus include research and development, supply chain, manufacturing, marketing and sales, and select back-office functions. Additionally, we operate life sciences-specific business process and IT outsourcing services across all geographies in the global industry
Core Life Sciences offerings include:

- Research & Development solutions

- Marketing & Sales solutions

- Supply Chain solution

Key responsibilities of the role may include:

- Business Development: Developing and maintaining contact with top decision makers at key clients, organizing and leading pursuit teams, participating and leading aspects of the proposal development process.

- People Development: Performing the role of counselor and coach, providing input and guidance into the firms staffing process, and actively participates in staff recruitment and retention activities.

- Engagement Management: Managing engagement risk, project economics including planning and budgeting, managing account receivables, defining deliverable content, ensuring buy-in of proposed solutions from top management levels at the client.

- Domain Development: Development of assets and methodologies, development of point-of-view, research or white papers, support development of marketing collateral, public speaking and publication in industry periodicals.

Experience:

- Minimum 10 years of progressive business and consulting experience. Global consulting experience is preferred.

- Preferably worked in an international context servicing clients or worked internationally

- Should have worked in the Life sciences space and done work around Product Management, Brand Management, Channel & Distribution strategy, Channel optimization, Sales strategy & operations, Sales process & functional design and other similar functions (Multi area exposure is preferred)

- Should have an excellent, established track record for selling & delivering consulting engagements.

- Experience working with “C” level executive clients

- Should have an MBA from a Tier 1 B School. MBA from an international B School is preferred.

- Should have managed teams and delivery

- Should possess strong program management skills

Key Competencies and Characteristics:

- This individual must be comfortable working at the highest levels of client organizations and interacting closely with the “C” level executives in a range of environments

- The individual should be comfortable functioning in a broadly positioned and highly diverse consulting firm

- The individual should possess an impressive executive demeanor, a team oriented and collaborative approach, and excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities

- The individual should have demonstrated entrepreneurial instinct

- The individual must be a self starter, someone who has led teams, has strong conceptual and inter-personal skills.

We would be open to discuss more about the role and Organization. Drop me a message at at my linked id : http://in.linkedin.com/in/guptakanikag

Referring - Head Healthcare / Lifesciences Consulting Head

Keen to establish long term professional relationship

Kanika Gupta