Location: London | Hybrid
Compensation: £180,000–£350,000 + equity participation
The Opportunity
A specialist healthcare and life sciences advisory firm is seeking an entrepreneurial and commercially driven Partner to lead and expand its Life Sciences practice.
The firm advises corporates, investors and healthcare organisations globally, combining deep sector expertise with rigorous analytics to deliver evidence-led recommendations across complex strategic and transactional situations.
This is a senior leadership opportunity for an established life sciences consulting or advisory professional who has the commercial credibility, client relationships and entrepreneurial drive to build and scale a practice.
The successful candidate will have significant responsibility for shaping the strategic direction of the Life Sciences offering, originating new business, developing senior client relationships and overseeing high-impact advisory engagements.
The Opportunity
The Partner will take a leading role in developing and scaling the firm’s Life Sciences proposition across key segments including:
  • Pharmaceuticals, including innovator and specialty pharma
  • Biotechnology
  • MedTech and diagnostics
  • CDMOs and CROs
  • Healthcare investors, including private equity, venture capital and infrastructure investors
The role combines practice leadership, business development, senior client advisory, thought leadership and team development.
There is a clear mandate to leverage an existing platform and network while identifying new opportunities to significantly expand the firm’s presence across global life sciences markets.
Key Responsibilities
Practice Leadership & Growth
  • Define and execute the strategic vision and growth plan for the Life Sciences practice.
  • Shape and expand the firm’s proposition across pharmaceuticals, biotech, MedTech, diagnostics, CDMOs, CROs and healthcare investment.
  • Identify market opportunities and develop strategies to increase the firm’s share of the Life Sciences advisory market.
  • Lead major commercial due diligence and strategic advisory mandates.
  • Build and scale a high-performing Life Sciences consulting team.
  • Contribute to broader firm strategy, investment decisions and practice development.
Business Development & Client Relationships
  • Originate, develop and close new advisory engagements.
  • Leverage an established senior network to generate immediate pipeline and accelerate growth.
  • Develop trusted relationships with C-suite executives, senior corporate leaders and investment professionals.
  • Expand relationships across pharmaceutical, biotech, MedTech and healthcare investor communities.
  • Identify opportunities to broaden existing client relationships and create repeat business.
  • Strengthen the firm’s positioning with private equity, corporate and other institutional clients.
  • Represent the firm externally at relevant industry conferences, investor forums and client events.
  • Develop thought leadership that strengthens the firm’s market profile and differentiated proposition.
Client Delivery & Advisory
  • Provide senior oversight on complex commercial due diligence, strategy and transaction-related engagements.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to C-suite executives, boards, private equity investors and other senior stakeholders.
  • Ensure analytical rigour, commercial relevance and consistently high-quality client outputs.
  • Bring deep sector expertise to complex strategic and investment decisions.
  • Guide project teams in developing robust analysis, market perspectives and actionable recommendations.
  • Maintain senior-level involvement throughout key engagements while empowering teams to deliver effectively.
People & Culture
  • Mentor, coach and develop consultants and managers.
  • Attract and retain high-calibre Life Sciences consulting talent.
  • Build a high-performing team aligned with the firm’s growth ambitions.
  • Establish clear development opportunities for future leaders.
  • Foster a culture of intellectual curiosity, collaboration, commercial thinking and impact.
  • Contribute to the wider leadership and culture of the organisation.
Experience
The ideal candidate will bring:
  • 12–20+ years of relevant experience in management consulting, life sciences leadership, transaction advisory or a closely related environment.
  • A strong track record in commercial due diligence and/or Life Sciences strategy.
  • Deep experience within one or more areas including pharmaceuticals, biotech, MedTech, diagnostics, CDMOs, CROs or healthcare investment.
  • An established network across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare or investment communities.
  • Demonstrated ability to originate and convert new business.
  • A strong history of revenue generation and client relationship development.
  • Experience leading complex client engagements and multidisciplinary teams.
  • The credibility to engage effectively with C-suite executives, investors and other senior decision-makers.
Core Capabilities
  • Deep understanding of pharmaceutical and life sciences value chains.
  • Strong knowledge of market access, commercial dynamics and industry trends.
  • Extensive commercial due diligence experience.
  • Strong financial and commercial acumen.
  • Exceptional senior-level client management capabilities.
  • Business development and revenue-generation expertise.
  • Ability to develop differentiated advisory propositions.
  • Strong strategic and analytical thinking.
  • Experience building and developing consulting teams.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Personal Attributes
The successful candidate will be:
  • A credible and influential communicator who can establish trust quickly with senior stakeholders.
  • A strategic thinker who remains comfortable getting close to the detail when required.
  • Entrepreneurial, commercially minded and motivated by the opportunity to build.
  • A collaborative leader who develops and empowers others.
  • Comfortable operating in a specialist, intellectually rigorous environment.
  • Highly credible within the Life Sciences sector.
  • Demonstrably high-integrity and aligned with a client-first culture.
What This Role Offers
This is an opportunity to join an established specialist advisory platform and play a central role in its next phase of growth.
The successful Partner will have the opportunity to:
  • Shape and lead a high-growth Life Sciences practice.
  • Influence the firm’s strategic direction and market positioning.
  • Build and develop a team around a clear growth agenda.
  • Leverage an established platform while having significant entrepreneurial freedom.
  • Work with leading global pharmaceutical, biotech, MedTech and healthcare investor clients.
  • Lead high-impact commercial due diligence and strategic advisory assignments.
  • Develop a strong external profile through thought leadership and industry engagement.
  • Participate in the firm’s equity structure.
  • Operate within a collaborative, intellectually rigorous and specialist healthcare environment.
Why This Opportunity?
This is a particularly compelling opportunity for a senior Life Sciences advisory professional who wants more than simply a delivery role. The mandate is to build, lead and grow a practice — combining senior-level client relationships and business origination with the opportunity to shape propositions, develop talent and influence the future direction of the firm.
For an entrepreneurial Partner with an established network, strong commercial due diligence credentials and a genuine appetite for growth, this role offers significant scope to create lasting impact.
Compensation: £180,000–£350,000 + equity participation
London | Hybrid | Life Sciences | Commercial Due Diligence | Strategy | Partner
Specialisms: Market Research
Freelance/Permanent: Permanent
Work Arrangements: Hybrid
Regions: UK

Apply for this position

Allowed Type(s): .pdf, .doc, .docx