Senior Consultant - Manager, EY-Parthenon, Life Sciences Pricing and Market Access Strategy, London

Senior Consultant (Manager) - EY-Parthenon - Life Sciences Pricing and Market Access Strategy, London. 

The opportunity

At EY-Parthenon, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help us become even better. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

EY-Parthenon is a global strategy consultancy. We challenge assumptions to design and deliver strategies that help improve profitability and long-term value. We have more than 9,000 professionals around the globe, working across three areas of focus:

1. Corporate & Growth Strategy: Developing growth strategies by providing in-depth market, competitor and customer insights.

1. Transaction Strategy & Execution (TSE): Developing, evaluating and executing transaction strategies across the whole M&A and investment lifecycle.

1. Turnaround & Restructuring Strategy: Rapidly creating, preserving and recovering value in urgent and complex situations.

This job opportunity relates to Corporate & growth strategy UK only.  In the UK, we are also recruiting for roles in our Transaction strategy & execution team, please refer to separate opportunities listed for details of roles also available. Please note you will only be able to apply to one role at EY-Parthenon, so please ensure you are clear on where you want to apply before submitting your application.   

About EY-Parthenon Corporate & Growth Strategy

At EY-P Strategy, we put our purpose — Building a better working world — at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to using unconventional yet pragmatic thinking to deliver actionable strategies to help our clients navigate the ever-changing business landscape.

You’ll be part of a collaborative team that helps transform client businesses using cutting-edge research, analytics and AI-powered tools. The London office focuses on Education, Industrials & Energy, Health Sciences & Wellness, Retail & Consumer Goods, and Technology, Media & Telecom.

This role sits within our Health Sciences & Wellness team and focuses on Life Sciences pricing and market access strategy. We work collaboratively to tackle complex challenges and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

We advise on a broad range of strategic issues, including core value propositions, competitive positioning and growth strategies. Within Life Sciences, we help pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech clients navigate pricing, reimbursement and market access challenges so that innovative products can reach the patients who need them. EY-Parthenon Strategy employees work closely with influential and highly experienced professionals within the firm and at clients’ organisations.

Our work applies deep Life Sciences, health system and strategy knowledge across projects such as:

• Pricing, reimbursement and market access strategy, including price potential, payer strategy and product launch sequencing
• Value proposition, value communication strategy, payer objection handler development and negotiation strategy
• HTA, evidence and launch readiness strategy, including evidence-gap assessment and implications for HEOR and real-world evidence planning
• Disease area strategy, patient journey assessment, stakeholder mapping, and funding landscape assessments
• Portfolio, indication and market prioritisation, opportunity assessment, and innovative access and contracting models

You’ll lead high-performing, integrated teams supporting global and local pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech clients. The variety of therapeutic areas, markets and product lifecycle stages will provide continuous learning and development opportunities.

We are expanding our Life Sciences team with Senior Consultants at Manager level to lead pricing and market access strategy engagements. You will help clients understand payer and health-system needs, demonstrate product value, make pricing and access decisions, and prepare for successful launches.

 You will lead the day-to-day delivery of multiple engagements or major workstreams, serving as a primary client contact and managing teams to deliver high-quality work on time and within scope. You will structure complex questions, set the analytical direction, review outputs and translate evidence into clear, implementable recommendations. 

The role combines deep pricing and market access expertise with strong consulting leadership. You will manage senior stakeholders, lead payer and expert research, facilitate workshops, and bring together perspectives from strategy, HEOR, evidence generation, medical affairs and wider commercial teams. You will also help grow the practice by identifying opportunities, developing proposals and pitches, building intellectual capital, and supporting recruitment, learning and professional development. You will coach and mentor junior colleagues while fostering an inclusive, high-performing team environment.

Your Key Responsibilities

You will lead your teams in:

• Lead the day-to-day delivery of multiple engagements or major workstreams, establishing clear scopes, work plans, governance, timelines and quality standards
• Structure complex pricing and market access questions, set the analytical approach, and oversee rigorous primary research, secondary research and quantitative analysis
• Direct work across pricing and reimbursement strategy, payer strategy, value proposition, HTA and evidence strategy, launch readiness, and innovative access models
• Design and lead payer and expert interviews, advisory boards, client workshops and working sessions
• Synthesize evidence into clear recommendations and compelling client-ready storylines, and present confidently to senior stakeholders
• Build trusted client relationships, identify follow-on opportunities, and lead or contribute to proposals, pitches and business development
• Manage, coach and provide actionable feedback to team members while contributing to thought leadership, capability building and an inclusive culture

Skills and attributes for success

Successful candidates combine pricing and market access expertise with strong consulting judgement and team leadership. You will be intellectually curious, commercially minded and able to turn complex evidence and stakeholder perspectives into practical recommendations, while building trusted relationships with clients and colleagues.

What we look for

• Be educated to bachelor’s degree level or equivalent and have a minimum of 4 years’ relevant experience in strategy consulting, market access consulting or a combination of consulting and pharmaceutical, biotech or medtech industry roles

• Have a strong track record of leading multiple projects or major workstreams, managing teams and delivering high-quality work to scope, timeline and budget
• Demonstrate substantial experience across pricing, reimbursement and market access, with expertise in areas such as payer strategy, value proposition, HTA and evidence strategy, launch readiness or innovative contracting
• Have experience managing senior client stakeholders, leading workshops and primary research, and developing and presenting strategic recommendations
• Demonstrate strong qualitative and quantitative problem-solving, clear written and verbal communication, and sound commercial judgement

Ideally, you will also

• Bring knowledge of payer, HTA, pricing and reimbursement systems across multiple major markets
• Have experience working with global and local market access teams across therapeutic areas and product lifecycle stages
• Have contributed to business development, proposal leadership, client account growth or market access thought leadership
• Hold a relevant postgraduate qualification such as an MBA, MSc, MPH, PhD, or degree in Health Economics, Health Policy or Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Speak an additional major language and be willing to travel internationally when required

What we offer

We offer an attractive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: Through advanced market access training, coaching and mentorship, you’ll strengthen your leadership and client advisory capabilities
• Deep Life Sciences leadership experience: Opportunities to lead work across therapeutic areas, product lifecycle stages, geographies and complex pricing and access questions
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

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