U.S. Senior Consultant - Life Sciences Biopharma - 2026Location
Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco
Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTIONIf you are a bright, motivated leader interested in tackling some of the toughest and most interesting business problems in life sciences, consider joining L.E.K. as a Life Sciences Senior Consultant.
Senior Consultants are central to our industry-leading life sciences work and sit at the core of our case team structure. Coming from diverse backgrounds and using their creative problem-solving, industry expertise, and managerial skills, Senior Consultants guide our case teams to provide clients insights with impact. You will make a difference by helping to drive our teams to deliver actionable value and targeted opportunities to help our clients win.
Senior Consultants at L.E.K. manage a team of Associates and/or Associate Consultants right from the start and are on point to ensure the team is addressing client problems and delivering an answer. While every case is different, Senior Consultants' primary responsibilities typically include:
- Applying your life sciences industry and scientific expertise to break down the client's key opportunities and define hypotheses
- Designing and supervising the team's core primary and secondary research and analyses on clients' markets, customers, and competitors day-to-day
- Developing presentations and other deliverable structures that drive insights and actionable recommendations
- Participating in the communication of project conclusions to client senior management
- Providing guidance, mentorship, and feedback to more junior staff
L.E.K. recruits the best and the brightest, then offers them the broadest range of high-impact, frequent, and diverse cases for maximum learning. As a Senior Consultant, you will build on a comprehensive foundation that integrates science, business, and economics, and continue to develop as both a life sciences expert and a business leader. You will deepen the strategic and managerial skills that provide an excellent foundation for a career at L.E.K. and strategic leadership in the healthcare and life sciences industries.
In addition to very competitive compensation and benefits and immediate management responsibility, we promote Senior Consultants to Managers as fast as they develop, based on demonstrated performance and contributions.
WHY L.E.K.? The Life Sciences Senior Consultant role at L.E.K. is differentiated from other firms in several key ways:
- Early management responsibility: Senior Consultants have the opportunity to manage the case process and Associate team (L.E.K. hires two undergraduates for every new Consultant).
- Breadth of experiences: While our projects span many services and company types, our focus is strategy and M&A. Senior Consultants typically work on ~6-10 projects a year, providing greater exposure across clients and strategic issues, as well as faster development of business acumen.
- Fun, stimulating work environment: L.E.K. teams spend substantially more time in their home office relative to teams at peer firms, and we pride ourselves on a vibrant social culture, including case team events, office parties, non-profit involvement, and much more.
- International exposure: Approximately one-third of L.E.K. projects involve an international component, which allows Senior Consultants to work on international case teams or, if they choose, to relocate to international offices on either a temporary or a full-time basis. .
- Upward mobility: L.E.K. is a meritocracy with an entrepreneurial culture and frequent feedback. We rapidly progress responsibility to accelerate our team's development.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE While we do not use a rigid checklist, we look for a combination of attributes in candidates that provide an excellent foundation for a successful career at L.E.K., including leadership, drive, intellectual curiosity and academic achievement, analytical ability, teamwork, and uncompromising ethics. Specifically, we look for:
- An MBA from a renowned school with outstanding academic achievement, an advanced degree (e.g., Ph.D., M.D., Pharm.D.), or 3-5 years of full-time professional experience post-graduation in a relevant field
- Industry knowledge of life sciences, especially the nuances of biopharma, medtech, and/or diagnostics
- Experience across a range of life sciences strategy and M&A topics, such as market assessment, commercial strategy, and due diligence
- Superior analytical skills combined with demonstrated expertise in consulting approaches
- Proven ability to motivate and coach people in multiple dimensions including analytical skills, project management, client relationship management, and interpersonal skills
- Strong "bedside manner" with clients: able to engage at varying levels within a client's organization, helping effect the research, strategic planning, and/or change required to realize the project objectives
- Strong project management skills including work planning, presentation development, quality control, and client management
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written and the ability to influence others
- Bright, conceptual and a quick learner, able to quickly assess a situation and generate new insights and actionable ideas
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - The base salary for this position is $200,000 annually. L.E.K. also offers a performance bonus and profit sharing.
- L.E.K. Consulting offers a competitive total rewards package including medical, dental, vision,lifeand disability insurance, 401(k) with employer contribution, HSA contributions (where applicable), paid time off, and other firm-sponsored benefits.
- This role follows our hybrid work model for U.S. offices.We require employees to be in their assigned home office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday each week, as well as the first Friday of each month.
- International candidates will be considered. L.E.K. Consulting will assist you as necessary in accordance with our policy of obtaining employment authorization, however; we cannot guarantee that work authorization will be granted.
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