Alira Health

Global healthcare consulting for life sciences

Senior Consultant

Strategy & Management ConsultingUpdated on Nov 12

Full-timeBarcelona, SpainNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

4–5 years of professional experience in management consulting, private equity, life sciences companies, or health technology assessment agencies.
A graduate degree in a Life Sciences-related, Business, Economics, or Engineering program.
Strong analytical skills and ability to solve unstructured or ambiguous challenges.
Project management skills, including client interaction, full execution of deliverables, clear communication, and negotiation.
Ability to communicate effectively and sell ideas to internal and external stakeholders, and to work in a multicultural environment.
Ability to coach and develop staff, including goal setting, feedback, and performance development.
Excellent English, written and verbal.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

Responsibilities

Own assigned complex projects and deliver components of client engagements.
Drive project success and develop long-term client engagements.
Manage project execution, develop plans to address client needs, and identify strategies and project approaches with limited guidance from senior roles.
Coordinate client and stakeholder engagements, lead meetings, and report to clients on overall project execution.
Guide and review quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify client issues and develop client deliverables.
Anticipate potential issues or challenges arising from the initial problem and communicate them effectively to the project team and senior roles.
Coordinate creation of reports, presentations, workshops, and other client deliverables.
Ensure the quality, timeliness, and accuracy of complex deliverables.
Develop in-depth knowledge of the life sciences and healthcare industry and related consulting methodologies through engagements and formal and informal training.
Provide oversight and direction to staff in line with organizational policies, procedures, vision, mission, and values.
Support business development from lead discovery through proposal defense as part of the execution team.
Contribute to internal strategic projects, knowledge management, technology systems, and related corporate functions.
Manage, coach, and coordinate Associates and/or Analysts, serving as their point of reference for daily activities and training.
Support the preparation and delivery of sales presentations, including quotes and proposals.
Support recruitment and oversee onboarding of new employees.
Support thought leadership projects, including white papers, publications, and specialized conferences.

Desired Qualifications

A PhD, specialized Master's degree in Life Sciences, MBA, or similar degree is a plus.
Another language is a plus.

Join our global team dedicated to innovation and initiative, where physical walls and different time zones don’t limit, but encourage, collaboration. Where all contributions and new ideas are explored with an open mind and work is driven by our shared values: be courageous, be accountable, be honest, be inclusive and elevate others.

Job Description Summary

Job Description

ROLE

Senior Consultants work closely with Engagement Manager, Principals and Partners to solve challenging client questions.

Senior Consultants fully own assigned complex project and deliver components of the client engagement; In addition, the senior consultant drives the success of each project and develop long-term engagement with clients.

KEY RESPONSABILITIES

Project Execution/ Billability (70%-90%):

Manages the execution of a project, develops a plan to approach client’s needs, and leverages business experience and acumen in identifying strategies and project approach to client questions with limited guidance from senior roles.
Coordinate client and stakeholder engagements, leading meetings, reporting to clients on overall project execution
Guide and review quantitative and qualitative analyses to assist in the identification of client issues and the development of client deliverables.
Understands and anticipates potential issues and/or challenges deriving from the initial ‘problem’ and able to communicate this effectively to the project team and senior roles.
Coordinates the creation of entire reports, presentations, workshops, and other client deliverables.
Ensures the high quality, timeand accuracyof complex deliverables.
Develops an in-depth understanding of the life sciences and healthcare industryand a broad knowledge of related consulting methodologies through the delivery of consulting engagement and participation in formal and informal training programs.
Provide oversight and direction to staffaligned with the organization's policies / procedures, vision, mission statement, and values.

Business Development/ Corporate Initiatives (up to 20%):

Support theBusiness Development processfrom lead discovery to proposal defenseas part of the execution team.
Participate incorporate developmentby contributing to internal strategic projects, knowledge management, technology systems, and related functions.
Manage, coach, and coordinate Associates and/or Analysts and act as their point of referencefor daily activities and training, among others.
Support preparation and delivery of sales presentations, including quotes and full proposals.
Support recruitment and oversee new employees onboarding.

Thought Leadership (up to 10%):

Support development ofthough leadership projects, such as white papers, publications, specialized conferences and so forth.

DESIRED QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE

4-5 years of professional experience in management consulting, private equity, Life Sciences companies, or health technology assessment (HTA) agencies.
Graduate degree with an excellent track record in either Life Sciences related, Business, Economics, or Engineering programs; PhD, specialized Masters in Lifesciences, MBA or similar degrees will be considered a plus.
Experience in managing and coaching teams of 2-4 people

TECHNICAL COMPETENCES & SOFT SKILLS

Strong analytical skills and ability to problem-solve unstructured or ambiguous challenges.
Proven project management skills, including client interaction, full execution of deliverables, clear communication and negotiation skills.
Excellent communication, being able to sell ideas effectively to internal and external stakeholders, and interpersonal skills, working in a multicultural environment.
Ability to Coach and develop staff, including goal setting, feedback, and performance development
Flexible to accommodate changing priorities, with a positive and “can-do” attitude.
Excellent English, both written and verbal. Another language can be a plus.
Advanced skills in MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, and Excel).
Self-starter who thrives in a less structured, collaborative environment.

Languages

English

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS): Business Administration/Management, Bachelor of Science (BS): Economics, Bachelor of Science (BS): Finance, Bachelor of Science (BS): Life Sciences

Contract Type

Regular

About the Company

Alira Health

Global healthcare consulting for life sciences

Alira Health provides consulting and services to life sciences companies, helping pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients plan clinical strategies, conduct clinical research, advocate for patients, and select CDMOs. Its offerings include the enhanced Lupus Patient Registry (developed with FORWARD), which collects patient data to support research timelines and recruit participants for studies, plus market insights on biologics and advanced therapies. Services are delivered as advisory support, data assets, and registries to inform decision-making and accelerate development. The goal is to help clients optimize product development, improve trial recruitment, and make evidence-based, value-driven decisions in biologics and advanced therapies.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Debt Financing
Total funding: $233M
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 1999

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