Blue Matter is a rapidly growing strategic consulting firm serving clients in the life sciences industry. We partner with our clients to help them achieve commercial success across the lifecycle of their products, portfolios and organizations. Our project types include new product planning, launch strategy & planning, brand & life cycle planning and corporate & portfolio strategy, across a variety of specialty therapeutic areas.
We have a unique entrepreneurial culture and invest in building Blue Matter to be one of the best places to work. We have a strong global presence with offices in the US (San Francisco, New York, Boston), Europe (London, Zurich, Netherlands), and India (Mumbai, Gurgaon, Pune).
What you will do:
As a Consultant / Senior Consultant, you will join a Blue Matter project team to develop creative solutions to our clients’ problems. This process usually starts by working directly with our clients to understand and define the problem, and developing insights into an impactful and actionable recommendation.
Primary Responsibilities
- Execute on assigned project tasks
- Prepare materials for project meetings
- Execute analysis of primary and secondary research efforts
- Create and utilize analytical tools to support decision making
- Develop materials communicating results of analyses
- Identify key insights, recommendations, opportunities, and threats to inform corporate and commercial strategies
- Demonstrate accountability for completion of project responsibilities
- Regularly engage senior level clients
Our ideal candidate profile:
At Blue Matter we look for consultants that can hit the ground running in a project team and are scientifically trained (either by experience or academic accomplishments), have consulting experience, and have a solid base across all of the following competencies, which are:
- Critical Thinker - be able to approach a problem and understand its context and implications and work with ambiguous information to develop creative and pragmatic ideas to solve it
- Collaborative - be able to effectively plan your own work and deliver on what you commit to doing to your project team
- Communicative - be able to transparently and concisely interact with internal and external team members both verbally and in writing
- Proactive - be able to take the initiative, be eager to learn, be receptive to feedback, and take failure in stride
Minimum requirements:
- Consultant: 2+ years of prior consulting or commercial pharma experience
- Senior Consultant: 3+ years of prior consulting or commercial pharma experience
- Advanced degree(s) (PhD, MD, MBA, or MS) preferred
What we can offer you:
- Steep learning curve working on interesting and challenging projects across our clients’ products, portfolios, and organizations
- Projects from biotechs startups to multinational pharmaceutical corporations
- Supportive environment to learn and grow, regardless of your skill and knowledge level
- Being empowered to drive your development and own your work
- We support the wellbeing of our employees by reimbursing health-related aspects such as gym membership, sports coaching, or sports equipment
- Cost-matching education initiatives (even if it is not work-related) for your self-improvement
- Hybrid office and home working model (depending on project schedules), with limited travel requirement
- Structured onboarding program to help you build on your existing consulting skills
- Support for your developmental journey with a:
- Peer-level buddy to help you navigate your way around Blue Matter and share their experiences
- Senior-level career coach to support your overall professional development and Feel you need to get the answer 100% right; we are assessing your approach
Please note that we can only progress with candidates who have a valid work permit for Switzerland.
What We Do
Our Work Blue Matter is a specialized management consulting firm, founded in San Francisco with offices in the US and Europe. We work with life sciences clients to address business issues across the company and product value chain. Our collaborations with bio-pharmaceutical industry leaders focus on providing the strategic insights necessary to create and achieve their visions. Our Story Blue Matter was born out of a vision to bring together a group of people that are passionate about applying consulting skills to help shape great ideas, products, and companies. Blue Matter is founded on the principle of placing the client business issue at the center of every engagement, developing a customized approach, and staffing the engagement appropriately to ensure that we achieve the desired results. Our Team Our team includes experienced strategy consultants with significant professional and educational experience relevant to the life science industry. We work collaboratively to solve the problems of senior leaders of life science companies, and deliver value through providing innovative and actionable solutions. We value personal and professional growth, and emphasize our employees’ development as a key success metric for the company. We are actively looking for qualified new team members. For more information, contact [email protected] for US-based opportunities and [email protected] for Europe-based opportunities.
