DIRECTOR - Pharma

JD - Director - Life Sciences Industry Group (Domain Expert)

Qualifications & Expertise desired:

• Minimum of masters degree in life science or related area, PhD Degree (preferred).
• 15-20 years of experience in the Pharma and Biotechnology or Life sciences IT industry.
• Experienced having delivered Pharma R&D Discovery, Clinical Development or Commercial CRM IT Programs
• Deep understanding of Pharma value chain, Market leading core life sciences products. Working knowledge of any products - Veeva, Salesforce, SAP, Argus, Werum Pas X, LabWare LIMS and ELN products will be an advantage.
• Worked on GxP processes and with GAMP compliant validated pharma IT systems.

Skills:

• Ability to collaborate and influence highly skilled group of scientists, architects and engineers without direct authority.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead people from diverse experiences and technology skills.
• Excellent customer service skills, enthusiastic attitude, and solid work ethics.
• Business and marketing intelligence with respect to new projects, competitors activities and prospective customers.
• Excellent written and oral communication. Hands on with power point and AI productivity tools.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.
• Collaborative team player with strong networking capabilities.

Nice to have:

• Data-driven mindset and ability to leverage data insights for decision-making.
• Individual with lab experience in molecular biology, genomics or genetics (R&D setting in a Pharma or Clinical Research Org ecosystem)
• Hands on Business Analysis/Consulting experience.

Activities within the organisation:

• Sales enablement: Prospecting | targeting clients | account mining | collaborating globally with Delivery and Sales Teams| Pre-sales.
• Life Sciences solutions and offerings ownership: Offering collateral across value chain
• Thought leadership: Contributing to White Papers, PoVs, speaker participation and poster presentation at focused life sciences events.
• Engagement execution and management: Identify value drivers for existing accounts, present that in QBRs and engage in consulting activities in broadening the customers businesses towards newer areas.
• Team and organization: Building LS specific competencies working closely with the technology practices