Munich Office - Life Sciences Specialist (m/f/d) – for PhD and MD applicants only - Start September 2023
About L.E.K. Consulting
L.E.K. Consulting is a global strategy consulting firm that addresses the most critical commercial issues for the leaders of some of the world's most successful businesses.
Clients come to us time and again because we are proven to act as an insightful expert and a trusted partner. We are uncompromising in our approach to help clients make better decisions at crucial moments, changing the trajectory of their enterprise, delivering improved business performance and creating greater shareholder returns.
Our teams combine our core capabilities of research, benchmarking, modelling, data & analytics and strategy development to create game-changing insights and practical solutions that seize competitive advantage and unlock new growth opportunities. We enable clients to make critical decisions with greater certainty and empower them to master their moments of truth.
With more than 1,900 professionals located across five continents, L.E.K. specialises in Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) support with clients across the full range of corporates and private equity. We are expert in a wide range of industries, including Life Sciences and healthcare, retail and consumer, financial services, industrials, energy and transportation.
Our global growth ambitions are huge. Be part of this growth.
The Life Sciences Specialist Role
Life Sciences is one of our largest practice areas. Across our offices in London, Munich and Paris, our European Life Sciences practice is growing fast, making this an exciting place to start your career.
Our team members are dedicated to Life Science projects, with a significant proportion having a technical background. If you have a PhD or MD, you can form a vital part of our team in the role of Life Sciences Specialist (LSS). This dedicated pathway:
- recognises the scientific, medical and technical expertise that you bring to projects from day one
- allows you to dedicate yourself to an industry with which you are already familiar and for which you have a passion
- is a platform for you to build on your technical skills while learning new commercial capabilities
- provides you with an opportunity to follow an accelerated career path
What you will do
As an LSS, you will contribute to projects in many ways:
- Solve: build on medical and scientific findings of the team to contribute to the overall case-solving process and to answer the client’s key questions
- Research: conduct critical primary and secondary research to influence client recommendations, e.g. interview scientific experts and key opinion leaders, review medical literature
- Analyse: conduct quantitative analysis, undertake database manipulation, build sophisticated financial models and interpret complex data
- Communicate: translate scientific and medical data and concepts to advise business strategy
- Manage: from early on, get first-hand experience of managing Associate team members
What we are looking for
L.E.K. seeks highly motivated, intellectually curious, and entrepreneurial candidates with backgrounds in biosciences, medicine, biotechnologies and experience or strong interest into economics and business strategy related to Life Sciences. Successful candidates typically possess outstanding academic achievements, are comfortable with quantitative analysis, have excellent verbal and written communication skills in German and English, relevant professional experience and notable extracurricular interests. Fluency in another European language is considered an asset.
Don’t meet every single requirement here?
Don’t worry!!! If you are excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement in the job description, we encourage you to either reach out to our recruiters or apply. There could be an even better role for you once you talk to us!
Application Process
After completing the online application process, selected candidates will be contacted by our Recruitment Team and invited to a series of interviews. Applicants stating 'fluency' in a language will have this assessed during the recruitment process. Please note that fluency in English is a requirement for this position.
Diversity and inclusion at L.E.K.
Here at L.E.K., we appreciate the value of a diverse and inclusive workforce and are committed to a culture that is inclusive and accepting of all people. Above all, we are committed to ensuring that all employees are treated with respect and dignity. L.E.K. Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We have several affinity groups to support and enrich our employees and in addition, our Diversity and Inclusion committee celebrate events throughout the year with a focus on awareness and education.
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This opportunity is closed to applications.