Senior Scientific Strategy Consultant

About the role

Zifo is seeking a Senior Scientific Strategy Consultant with extensive experience in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. The ideal candidate will be based in North America and will join the North American Consulting team. They will be responsible for delivering strategic projects, particularly focusing on the research and development stages of life sciences, and will help drive the evolution of the NA Consulting team.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level project and client consultation to drive overall engagement success
• Manage internal team and mentor associates from across the Zifo organization to deliver effectively and develop in role
• Drive clear problem elucidation on new and on-going engagements
• Develop recommendations and future state strategy
• Communicate proactively and effectively across multiple stakeholder audiences (internal and external)
• Review and update business processes and systems landscape information
• Perform on-site business analysis support for scientific groups
• Evaluate industry trends to identify areas for optimization
• Conduct gap analysis, define business and data process workflows (as-is and to-be) and data models
• Generate audience-appropriate communications and documentation

Requirements

• Bachelor's/Master's degree or equivalent in a scientific / life science field
• 20+ years' experience within the pharmaceutical life sciences industry
• Prior experience in a life sciences lab setting, preferably hands-on bench-level research experience
• Prior experience driving life science informatics solution implementation
• Detailed knowledge of data and operational considerations in application landscape development
• 5+ years of people management and a successful track record of associate development
• Experience presenting information in conferences and in large group settings
• Solid understanding and practical application of Pharmaceutical Research and Drug Discovery & Development processes and Biologics workflows

Skills

• Well-developed communication skills that enable communicating with junior team members, developers, project managers and stakeholders across various levels of maturity
• Ability to effectively influence and guide clients and internal partners on strategic and tactical efforts
• Demonstrated sense of ownership in the success of engagements with clients
• Strong understanding of key systems and informatics concepts such as SDLC, Agile methodology, ITIL concepts, data modeling and application ecosystem design
• People management and associate development
• Effective problem elucidation skills and setting a strategic approach to challenges
• Deep knowledge of informatics systems and associated application ecosystems in use within life sciences, including eLNs, LIMS systems, lab instrumentation, etc
• Strategic Consulting Skills
• Resource & effort planning
• Task planning & scheduling
• Scope & time management
• Risk assessment and tracking
• Vendor management
• Able to facilitate project meetings, prioritize requirements, guide the development team and remove blockers
• Experience in RFIs / RFPs and engaging with commercial partners preferred
• Experience in coding (SQL, Python, Java) and data / metadata principles preferred

Benefits

At Zifo, we offer a competitive compensation package including accrued vacation, medical, dental, vision, 401k with company matching, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.