Impatient Health
Strategy Consulting Manager
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Strategy Consulting Manager – Life Sciences
About the Role
This is a senior-level opportunity for a proven leader in strategy and design to shape the future of a fast-growing consultancy. As our Strategy Consulting Manager, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-impact projects end-to-end and supercharging the growth of our life sciences practice.
Working directly with the Head of Consulting, you will take ownership of:
- Building client relationships
- Crafting innovative project designs and strategies for complex challenges
- Scaling systems to ensure continuous growth
This role is ideal for someone with deep expertise in life sciences consulting who is keen to grow with an ambitious startup.
We are looking for only the brightest and sharpest minds. Are you: ✔ A strategic thinker with a deep curiosity in healthcare’s biggest challenges? ✔ A problem-solver who doesn’t fit the ‘conventional’ consultant box? ✔ Excited to contribute your knowledge alongside a diverse global team?
If so, we’d love to hear from you.
Our Practice Areas 🔬
Our focus areas align with tomorrow’s most pressing needs in the life sciences industry:
Key Practice Areas
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Human AI & Digital Transformation We believe AI should augment human intelligence, not replace it. We help teams, leaders, and cultures thrive with AI embedded in their workflows.
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Marketer of the Future Rooted in Customer Leadership, this philosophy challenges teams to:
- Think boldly
- Experiment fearlessly
- Craft inspiring customer stories and strategies We enable brand mindset shifts and embed actionable storytelling into daily engagement.
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Medical as a Strategic Force We help Medical Affairs teams define their future roles, build cross-organisational capabilities, and translate complex science into compelling narratives for effective engagement.
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Patient 360 Our patient-centric strategy ensures continuity in:
- Insights heard
- Interpretation consistency
- Decision-making clarity We drive lasting impact by shaping strategies across the entire product lifecycle.
Who We’re Looking For
We seek an experienced leader hungry to disrupt the status quo in pharma, with the following minimum qualifications:
Minimum Requirements
✔ 7+ years in strategy or management consulting, including:
- At least 4 years focused on life sciences or pharma (preferably in-depth expertise)
✔ Commercial Neuroscience & Relationship-Building:
- Confident partnering with the Sales team on client calls
- Designing winning proposals and scoping projects beyond traditional consulting
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✔ Deep Industry Knowledge:
- Hands-on experience within-house or on consultancy projects in:
- Human AI / Digital Transformation
- Medical Leadership
- Patient Engagement Strategies
✔ Pace-Setter Leadership:
- Committed to bringing out the best in teams
Who You Are 🎯
Beyond the minimum qualifications, we’re searching for these defining qualities:
- Impact-Driven: You want every project to improve the world—this mission sparks your excitement.
- High Standards: You spot genuine innovation and demand excellence from your team.
- Creative Painter (Not Copier):
- You reject "cookie-cutter consulting"
- You’re obsessed with finding the best possible solution—even if it’s unconventional
- Unafraid of Ambiguity:
- Thrives in uncertainty, not structure.
- Turns chaos into clarity and trains teams to do the same.
- Engaging Facilitator:
- Rapidly builds high-energy workshops
- Mentors others to design creative engagement
- Charismatic Communicator:
- Articulates clear, persuasive messages to inspire skeptics.
- Resilient & Relentless:
- Translates bold ideas into action, unlikely to halt when faced with obstacles.
- Independent Darter:
- Thrives in a low-hierarchy, high-trust culture
- You don’t wait for instructions—you take action.
Responsibilities
As Strategy Consulting Manager, you will own high-priority client engagements, scale the firm, and mentor consultants. Key responsibilities include:
Core Responsibilities
- Business Development Lead:
- Identify opportunities, draft compelling proposals, and pitch to prospective clients.
- Build lasting partnerships by deeply understanding client challenges and positioning Impatient Health’s unique strategic value.
- Practice Portfolio Grower:
- Partner with the Head of Strategy to shape and execute a long-term vision for the consulting practice.
- Expand our reach by working with existing clients and securing new high-value engagements.
- End-to-End Project Leader:
- Own high-impact consultations from inception to delivery.
- Focus on flagship practice areas (Human AI, Marketers of the Future, Medical as Strategic Force, Patient 360).
- Ensure tangible outcomes that maximize client satisfaction.
- Hands-On Strategist:
- Collaborate with clients to navigate complexity—from drug development and launch challenges.
- Facilitate corporate strategy shifts and stakeholder dialogue.
- Thought Leader:
- Share insights as an Impatient Health and industry thought leader (in-person and virtual stages).
- Solution Designer:
- Translate complex needs into innovative solutions while maintaining business and operational excellence.
- Team Mentor & Coach:
- Lead diverse teams of high-caliber consultants from globally dispersed bases.
- Foster a collaborative culture that drives impact.
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About Us 🚀
Thousands of consulting firms exist—but we believe Impatient Health is one of the few that offers something new.
Why We Exist
Pharma and biotech often operate with risk-averse, conservative mindsets. Our mission? "Help them become more ambitious, open-minded, and creative—because patients demand it."
We’re here to help them: ✔ Dream big ✔ Turn visions into reality
What Gives Us an Edge?
- Our firm is young but fast-growing (5 years old but already ranked among top disruptors in the industry).
- Unmatched industry mappings:
- We know everyone involved in the biotech/pharma space.
- We are seen as a "truth-teller"—an independent voice clients trust.
- Our CEO is a renowned transformative thinker who reshapes how the industry approaches change.
- Rapid organic inbound demand—companies approach us daily, eager for our: unconventional thinking, precise industry focus, and high-impact delivery.
Growth Phosphorescence
We receive dozens of organic project requests monthly. As the firm evolves, we need:
- A trusted leader to work alongside our Head of Consulting.
- Someone who excels at:
- Identifying 'high-potential' strategic opportunities
- Securing them
- Developing repeat business (turning one-off projects into long-term partnerships)
Interview Process 📅
Here’s what to expect:
- Intro Call (20-25 min)
- Meet our team and discuss your motivations.
- Skills Interview (50 min)
- Deep dive into technical and strategic problem-solving abilities.
- Take-Home Task
- Submit a solution/protein based on considerable, short- or long-term challenge.
- Final Presentation (50 min)
- Present your findings to our leadership team and the Head of Consulting in-house.
All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
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