Head of Consulting

As our Head of Consulting, you will help us to redefine what’s possible in pharma.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to supercharge our growth, using your creativity and commercial nous to broaden and deepen our current areas of practice.

This role is ideal for a life sciences leader who can’t stand copy-and-paste consulting and wants to leverage their deep expertise to bring genuinely novel approaches into the world. You’ll be inheriting a talented team committed to delivering deep impact with our clients.

There is only one Head of Consulting - and as such we can only settle for the brightest and sharpest of minds. Are you a strategic thinker with a deep curiosity in tomorrow’s biggest healthcare challenges? Are you a problem-solver that doesn’t quite fit into the ‘conventional’ box? Are you excited to lead a global team and contribute your knowledge and experience by working with life sciences clients? If so, we’d love you to apply.

Why we exist.

There are thousands, maybe even millions, of consulting companies in the world. Only a few are trying to bring something genuinely novel to the world. We believe our company, Impatient Health, is one of them.

Our work is exclusively in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech industries, which tend to think of themselves as mature and conservative in their approach to risk. We’re here to help them become more ambitious, open-minded and creative - because patients demand it. We help them dream, and then turn those dreams into reality.

We are also growing fast. Despite being young (just under 5 years old), we have grown some incredible assets - (i) knowing everyone in the industry, (ii) having an ‘independent’ positioning, and (iii) having a CEO who is known as a disruptor & thought-leader. Because of this, we receive many organic approaches from potential clients who are looking for help on a wide variety of projects. We need someone who can convert this enviable traction into long standing, profitable engagements with a timespan of several years.

this could be for you if...

• You’ve earned your stripes within Pharma, having spent at least a decade immersing yourself in the industry. You’re clear on what’s broken, what needs to change and how.

• You have demonstrable experience growing a team and a consulting practice

• You know and are a trusted advisor to some of the best minds in the industry

• You’re an experienced, pace-setting leader who invests deeply in your team’s growth and brings out the best in those around you.

• You’ve spent at least 7 years in consulting, getting your teeth into a wide range of engagements and touching a different parts of the pharma value chain.

• You have deep experience and endless curiosity about at least one of our current practice areas listed below.

in addition to the above, some of the qualities you possess are…

• You’re impact driven: you want to leave this world better than you found it and our mission gives you chills

• Your standards are sky-high: you understand what genuine innovation looks and feels like and you have a strong track record managing teams who deliver it

• You’re creative: cookie cutter consulting is not your bag. You care deeply about finding the best possible solution for the problem at hand

• Ambiguity excites you: you love turning clarity into chaos and know how to guide teams to solve knotty problems with a clear process

• You’re an engaging facilitator: able to whip up a workshop in a flash and coach others to do the same

• You’re a charismatic communicator: you’re capable of identifying and articulating messages clearly and could inspire a blank wall

• Your commercial acumen is second to none: you’re able to contribute to the overall company strategy and growth

• You’re resilient and relentless: you turn strategy into action and stay accountable to your vision

• You’re independent: you’re most comfortable with a decentralized high trust environment and never wait to be ‘told what to do’

• You have bags of EQ: you’re able to adapt your management style to get the best out of your team.

your responsibilities.

• Develop and execute a crystal clear strategic vision for our practice, building on our successful offerings and developing new ones which anticipate our client’s needs

• Expand our imprint by growing relationships with existing clients and securing new opportunities

• Own strategic accounts and spot new commercial opportunities aligned with our revenue strategy

• Ensure all of our projects are delivered to the highest possible standards and that we keep raising the bar

• Collaborate closely with our Head of Sales and CEO on Sales and Marketing - driving new business through thought leadership, developing project design methodologies and signing off on project pricing and proposals

• Manage, mentor and expand our diverse, global team of consultants, fostering a high-performance environment that is deeply collaborative and supportive

• Embody and champion our values in everything we do - internally and externally

• Play an integral role within our leadership team, supporting and challenging your peers in equal measure.

our current practice areas:

Patient 360 Patient 360 is our approach to creating patient engagement strategies that stay connected across the entire product lifecycle. We believe patient insights have the greatest impact when there is continuity in what we hear, consistency in how we interpret it, and clarity in how we use it to shape decisions and drive change.

Marketer of the Future Our work here is underpinned by our Customer Leadership philosophy. This is about challenging teams to think boldly, experiment fearlessly and craft stories and strategies that will provoke and inspire customers to take meaningful action. We help teams build the right mindset and behaviours and then embed this thinking into the day to day of brand messaging, planning and customer engagement.

Medical as a Strategic Force We work with Medical Affairs teams to define their scope as future leaders, build the capabilities required for effective partnership across the organisation, and translate complex science into clear, compelling stories that enable the right engagement.

Human AI & Digital Transformation

We believe AI should augment human intelligence, not replace it. We focus on human transformation, ensuring teams, leaders, and cultures are equipped to thrive as AI becomes woven into everyday work.