Tephra Inc.
Life Sciences Advisory - Senior Domain Consultants
Tephra Inc., Edison, NJ
Description:
Experienced Life Sciences Domain / Business or Transformation Consultants driving Advisory Services and Delivery, for pharmaceutical and medical devices companies. Provides specific domain expertise and thought leadership across the industry landscape.
• More than fifteen years of experience in the Life Sciences (LS) industry (incl. Pharma, Biotech, Medical Devices) R&D with experience in the areas of Clinical Development or Clinical Operations or Process Development
• Strong experience Life Sciences R&D areas, with Consulting / Advisory, Global pharmaceutical company / IT Company
• For the domain area of expertise above, has a thorough understanding of Business Processes, KPIs, Challenges, and Industry Trends and Regulations
• Nice to have: Experience in QbD, CMC
• Has experience with IT enablement and business transformations, and holistic knowledge of Business and IT Landscape for the domain area of experience above.
• Has familiarity with conducting Business Process Reviews, Business Process Improvements, IT Landscape Assessment, IT simplification, driving the adoption of new technology
• Experience in developing business aligned IT solutions leveraging latest technologies. Familiar with usual office software plus selected or dedicated (as per focus area above) relevant domain-specific packages
• Direct working experience in the LS related industry for a minimum of 5 years
• Strong team building skills, strategy, and operations thinking, solution & result orientation, intercultural competence
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills - development and delivery
• Good public speaking/publishing record
• Coaching and mentoring teams with strong domain expertise for the R&D domain
• Good understanding of life sciences industry global trends, regulations, guidelines, and directives
Responsibilities
• Drives Advisory opportunity discovery and diagnostics. Helps shape an end state vision for clients' businesses -Clinical Development or R&D areas
• Guides clients in the adoption of leading-edge business processes and best practices; get the best thinking from his/her staff and client team members, in their implementation
• Confidently and effectively manages client stakeholders and TCS resources to deliver results
• Participates in supporting executive level client Steering Committee meetings; can manage conflict resolution among various stakeholders/staff to successfully support change management initiatives.
• Where needed, in an owner or supporter role, drafts proposals, plans phased project execution, develops detailed project plans and manages program budgets and costs; fosters shared accountability for the results-based implementation plan
• Facilitates the development of Life Sciences asset advancements by submissions to TCS' intellectual capital repository.
Qualification
• PhD / Post Graduation in Sciences or Pharmacy / Engineering Graduate or Post Graduate
• MBA is preferred
• Years of experience required for position > 15+ years
Experienced Life Sciences Domain / Business or Transformation Consultants driving Advisory Services and Delivery, for pharmaceutical and medical devices companies. Provides specific domain expertise and thought leadership across the industry landscape.
• More than fifteen years of experience in the Life Sciences (LS) industry (incl. Pharma, Biotech, Medical Devices) R&D with experience in the areas of Clinical Development or Clinical Operations or Process Development
• Strong experience Life Sciences R&D areas, with Consulting / Advisory, Global pharmaceutical company / IT Company
• For the domain area of expertise above, has a thorough understanding of Business Processes, KPIs, Challenges, and Industry Trends and Regulations
• Nice to have: Experience in QbD, CMC
• Has experience with IT enablement and business transformations, and holistic knowledge of Business and IT Landscape for the domain area of experience above.
• Has familiarity with conducting Business Process Reviews, Business Process Improvements, IT Landscape Assessment, IT simplification, driving the adoption of new technology
• Experience in developing business aligned IT solutions leveraging latest technologies. Familiar with usual office software plus selected or dedicated (as per focus area above) relevant domain-specific packages
• Direct working experience in the LS related industry for a minimum of 5 years
• Strong team building skills, strategy, and operations thinking, solution & result orientation, intercultural competence
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills - development and delivery
• Good public speaking/publishing record
• Coaching and mentoring teams with strong domain expertise for the R&D domain
• Good understanding of life sciences industry global trends, regulations, guidelines, and directives
Responsibilities
• Drives Advisory opportunity discovery and diagnostics. Helps shape an end state vision for clients' businesses -Clinical Development or R&D areas
• Guides clients in the adoption of leading-edge business processes and best practices; get the best thinking from his/her staff and client team members, in their implementation
• Confidently and effectively manages client stakeholders and TCS resources to deliver results
• Participates in supporting executive level client Steering Committee meetings; can manage conflict resolution among various stakeholders/staff to successfully support change management initiatives.
• Where needed, in an owner or supporter role, drafts proposals, plans phased project execution, develops detailed project plans and manages program budgets and costs; fosters shared accountability for the results-based implementation plan
• Facilitates the development of Life Sciences asset advancements by submissions to TCS' intellectual capital repository.
Qualification
• PhD / Post Graduation in Sciences or Pharmacy / Engineering Graduate or Post Graduate
• MBA is preferred
• Years of experience required for position > 15+ years