Oliver Wyman - PhD Senior Consultant/Associate - Health & Life Sciences - Marsh McLennan : Job Details

Company:Oliver WymanDescription:*Please note, this role is not for candidates currently enrolled in school*The Health & Life Sciences PracticeThe HLS practice mission is to transform healthcare through the relentless pursuit of a better way. The team works with C-suite and senior executives and management teams across the health and life sciences industry, including Health Insurance, Health Services, Retail and Consumer Health, Healthcare Providers, Health IT, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical Device and Diagnostics companies, on wide-ranging issues of strategic impact. We have the expertise needed to help health and life sciences companies address their most pressing strategic questions by delivering critical commercial, marketing, development, portfolio, pricing & market access strategy, and R&D guidance.Come aboard if you are excited by challenges and at ease working across cultures. You'll find interesting people who speak their minds and measure success not by how many hours are worked but by what gets accomplished.The RolePhDs play an integral client-facing or work-stream leadership role. The position offers excellent career and growth opportunities for talented, highly motivated professionals. We are seeking candidates for both the Senior Consultant and Associate levels. Initial responsibilities could include:

• Managing the execution of individual project modules; developing hypotheses, model creation and analyses, conducting primary and secondary research, and surfacing insights
• Analytics and Problem Solving: Conduct client interviews related to data and process design to solve business problems, construct and lead data collection and analysis, produce client-ready deliverables
• Client Relationship Management: Independently lead client interviews, run well organized meetings, act as the direct point of contact with client, effectively obtain feedback and address concerns
• Supporting our Partner group in project delivery through accurate and high-quality project execution
• Owning and developing executive client relationships and presenting to a wide range of audiences
• Management of junior team; effectively providing leverage for the senior project staff
• Professional Acumen: Demonstrate Oliver Wyman's core values, high self-awareness, and effective communication skills

Desired Skills and ExperienceBasic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required, PhD degree in biology, chemistry, biomedical engineering, or other related life sciences (must have already completed degree)
• Strong background in conceptual problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to apply depth of content knowledge for thought leadership in project execution, and to develop new intellectual capital to support business development activities
• Outstanding communication skills; confidence in presenting to senior executives
• Willingness to travel

Preferred Requirements:

• Primary (industry expert interviewing) & secondary (industry research, market profiling, journal review) research
• Data synthesis, analytics (financial modeling, database creating & manipulation, market sizing)
• Communication and presentation skills
• Management and training of junior staff

Locations:New York, NY - Chicago, IL - Boston, MA - San Francisco, CAAbout Oliver WymanOliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 6,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh McLennan [NYSE: MMC]. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman.Marsh McLennan and its Affiliates are EOE Minority/Female/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity employers.