IQVIA Posted October 23, 2026

Consultant/Manager, Life Sciences Strategy Consulting

London, United Kingdom Full time
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About this opportunity

Commercial Solutions Excellence Centres (CSEC)

CSEC is a global function that centralizes service delivery across IQVIA’s core commercial offerings. It brings together global and regional teams to deliver scale, quality, efficiency, and innovation. By combining diverse talent with automation and AI, CSEC accelerates commercial excellence worldwide, working closely with global functions and regional business units to continuously improve delivery performance.

Advisory Services

Advisory Services is IQVIA’s global consulting engine and a leading advisor to life sciences and healthcare clients. We support global and regional headquarters across the full product lifecycle, addressing complex commercial and access challenges. Our work spans brand and go-to-market strategy, pricing and market access, portfolio and asset strategy, launch excellence, commercial model design, digital health optimization, and omnichannel engagement.

We are a highly international team with a truly global way of working. Our culture emphasizes collaboration, analytical rigor, continuous learning, and practical impact. We leverage modern tools, standardized ways of working, and increasing use of automation and AI so our teams can focus on delivering meaningful outcomes for clients.

Joining Advisory Services offers a rewarding career in life sciences consulting, with exposure to diverse therapy areas, geographies, and business challenges. Team members collaborate with leading experts in pharma and healthcare, benefit from continuous learning, and contribute to innovative thinking shaping the future of healthcare.

The Role

In this role, you will support and lead strategic consulting engagements for leading life sciences companies.

You will help clients solve critical business challenges across a range of strategic topics, including Brand & Commercial Strategy, Asset & Portfolio Strategy, Pricing & Market Access Strategy.

Working closely with senior client stakeholders and multidisciplinary IQVIA teams, you will develop evidence-based recommendations that support key business decisions across the product lifecycle, from early asset development through commercialization and lifecycle management.

Depending on your level of experience, you may be responsible for leading individual workstreams, managing large project teams, or overseeing multiple concurrent consulting engagements.

This exciting opportunity will allow you to solve complex business problems, deliver meaningful impact for clients, and help drive healthcare forward.

What You'll Be Doing

·       Leading or supporting multiple strategic consulting projects across the life sciences industry

·       Structuring complex business problems and developing practical, evidence-based recommendations

·       Conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses to generate strategic insights

·       Designing and overseeing primary and secondary research activities

·       Managing stakeholders across client organizations, cross-functional teams, and project leadership

·       Designing, structuring, and delivering client reports, presentations, and workshops

·       Presenting findings and recommendations to client teams and senior executives

·       Developing client relationships and identifying opportunities for follow-on work

·       Supporting business development activities, including proposal development and pitch materials

·       Developing broader and deeper knowledge of consulting methodologies and healthcare industry trends

·       Coaching and mentoring junior team members to support their development

·       Leading internal initiatives such as recruitment, training, capability building, and knowledge sharing

·       Supporting innovation through the adoption of advanced analytics, automation, AI-enabled solutions, and new ways of working

Who You Are

Consultant: 3-6 years of relevant experience

Manager: 6+ years of relevant strategy consulting experience, including

experience leading project workstreams and managing client relationships

·       Interested in solving complex strategic challenges across areas such as Brand & Commercial Strategy, Pricing & Market Access, Asset & Portfolio Strategy, Launch Excellence, and Commercial Transformation

·       Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced, and intellectually stimulating environment

·       A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills

·       Highly analytical, with strong problem-solving and critical-thinking capabilities

·       Able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional quality standards

·       Curious, adaptable, and eager to continuously develop new expertise and capabilities

·       An effective and collaborative team player

Qualifications & Experience

·       Bachelor's degree or equivalent required

·       Advanced degree (MBA, MSc, MPH, PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent) is advantageous but not required

·       Fluency in English (spoken and written)

·       Demonstrated experience in life sciences strategy consulting a related field

·       Experience delivering strategic projects within the pharmaceutical industry

·       Strong analytical, interpretative, and problem-solving skills

·       Experience managing workstreams, projects, or client relationships

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation development and executive storytelling

·       Experience working effectively within cross-functional and international teams

·       Knowledge of consulting methodologies, strategic frameworks, and structured problem-solving approaches

·       Strong leadership potential and collaborative mindset

·       Right to live and work in the recruiting country

Available locations: London/Cambridge/Paris/Munich/Madrid/Amsterdam (hybrid work arrangement)

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.

Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
BD&L & Strategic Planning
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active BD&L & Strategic Planning role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 123 comparable Manager BD&L & Strategic Planning roles across 42 biopharma companies.

123Comparable roles tracked
113Currently active
42Companies hiring similar roles
25Countries represented

Salary context

40 of 123 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Senior Inside Business Development Manager · AbbVie $27/hr – $48/hr (≈ $56,160–$99,840/yr)
Highest disclosed · External Innovation, Associate Director · Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (US) $170,400/yr – $255,600/yr
Peer group range $78,000 – $213,000 (median $189,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 123 comparable roles

United States64
China14
India7
Germany6
Japan5
Switzerland4

+ 19 more countries

Seniority mix

123 of 123 peers have a known seniority level

Manager73
Associate Director47
Associate3

Therapeutic area mix

15 of 123 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Dermatology & Aesthetics9
Immunology2
Oncology1
Neuroscience1
Gastroenterology1
Cardiovascular / CVRM1

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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