Vice President, Consulting (Pharma & BioTech Practice)
Job Description
Job title: Vice President, Consulting (Pharma & BioTech Practice)
Company: Kx Advisors
Job description: Kx Advisors is seeking an experienced Vice President with proven business development, client management, and team management skills to drive the success of the practice. Kx Advisors provides strategic support to executives at leading Pharmaceutical and Medical Device companies. Our work leverages primary research, data analysis, and knowledge/learnings from previous engagements to support critical commercial decisions for Global 500 corporations through portfolio strategy, commercial due diligence, go-to-market strategy, competitive strategy, and product commercialization.
This VP position offers a unique entrepreneurial role for a candidate with deep healthcare subject matter expertise and demonstrated success in establishing relationships, winning, advising and growing clients. This position provides the opportunity to step out, lead a team, and experience a rewarding career trajectory – including a clear and exciting path to Partner.
As a Vice President, you’ll:
Focus on growing Kx Advisors within areas of concentration including market opportunity assessments, product development, go-to-market strategy, BD&L, and/or competitive strategy
Work in close partnership with other VPs and Partners to strategically grow core client accounts and develop new business
Leverage institutional knowledge, subject-matter expertise, and business acumen to produce superior project outcomes
Provide thought leadership and innovation within Kx Advisors
Support development of intellectual capital to emphasize Kx Advisors’ unique value proposition in the marketplace
Motivate, coach, and serve as a role model for consultants
Support and mentor consultants in their personal and professional development
Manage profitability at the project and practice level
Required Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have 7-10 years of consulting experience with a leading healthcare consulting firm. They will have demonstrated business development success within a strategy consulting context and have an established network within the healthcare sector.
7-10 years of consulting experience with a top healthcare consulting firm
Demonstrated success within a strategy consulting context, with proven abilities to attract, acquire and develop client relationships
Required: BA/BS from a top four-year university or college
Preferred: Advanced degree
Highly effective problem solver
An established network within the healthcare sector
Executive-level presence and communication
Comfort working with and leading groups, as well as sensitivity to the individual, group, and organizational dynamics
Creative, “big picture” thinking while maintaining a keen attention to detail
Ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple tasks (business development, client management, project management, team management, firm leadership)
Demonstrated success building and leading consulting teams
