Associate Consultant

Have you ever wondered how the world's top healthcare and life sciences companies make informed strategic and commercial decisions? Are you looking for an opportunity to apply your life sciences experience in a consulting environment to advance the healthcare industry? We are now recruiting for life sciences graduates to join our team in London and take the first step in building an exciting and rewarding consulting career, working with some of the world's leading healthcare and life sciences companies to help them tackle their most significant challenges. Who we are Solici is the strategic competitive intelligence division of Cambridge Healthcare Research [CHR]. Founded in 2013 and having grown to over 130 staff today, CHR gives healthcare decision makers the power of knowing by providing critical insights, analysis and interpretation that informs pivotal decisions that advance healthcare. Our vision at Solici is to help the brightest ideas reach patients. We achieve this by combining research and insights excellence with deep subject matter expertise in a range of therapy areas and a passion for enabling our clients to deliver innovative products and services to those who need them. Our values enable us to embed considered and curious teams at the heart of any client challenge: Collaboration – We build strong connections to achieve more together Excellence – We aim for greatness in everything we do Community – We deliver beyond work for our people, our clients, and wider society Courage – We embrace challenges as opportunities for growth Integrity – We always do the right thing Our opportunity Associate Consultant is the entry-level role of the Solici consulting career path and provides an opportunity for you to build a strong foundation for a successful career in consulting. You will work across research, consulting, and client teams to build expertise in competitive intelligence, helping clients understand their market and make strategic decisions. Solici's consulting career path provides opportunities for Associate Consultants who have mastered their role to progress into more senior roles providing greater opportunities in client and project management, leadership and business development. Our comprehensive onboarding and training programme, delivered in person during your first four weeks, helps you build the knowledge, skills, and connections you'll need to succeed in your role. This is complemented by on-the-job learning, regular feedback, and coaching to ensure you are set up to succeed from the day you start and at every stage of your career. What you will do As an Associate Consultant, your key responsibilities will include: Research planning – Partnering with colleagues to develop robust research plans, including key milestones and deliverables in line with the client brief. Briefing researchers – Briefing research colleagues to help them identify and access relevant data sources for updates on competitive landscapes relevant to assigned projects and conduct primary research. Providing honest constructive feedback to help researchers improve the quality of their outputs. Formulating client-ready output – Understanding therapeutic areas to authoritatively review [e.g. quality control], evaluate and translate primary and secondary research into insightful client-friendly slide decks and notifications, covering key findings and actionable implications. Project team and client interaction – Coordinating [e.g. building agendas and taking minutes] and participating in internal and external meetings with project teams and clients. Conference coverage – Attending conferences in the UK and overseas, engaging with key opinion leaders and commercial sources to drive conversations that address the key intelligence questions. Writing up daily research outputs into clear, concise and client-ready summaries. Workshop support – Supporting workshops by contributing to the development of materials [such as client briefing packs] and assisting in transcribing discussions. Commercial awareness – Developing an awareness and understanding of project scoping and profitability. Building a broad understanding of the external market, key client challenges, and industry and therapy area trends. Business development – Researching and contributing to the creation of proposal materials and pitches. Representing the company in external settings [e.g. at industry events or publishing thought pieces].

Solici is the strategic competitive intelligence division of Cambridge Healthcare Research [CHR]. Founded in 2013 and having grown to over 130 staff today, CHR gives healthcare decision makers the power of knowing by providing critical insights, analysis and interpretation that informs pivotal decisions that advance healthcare.