SpecialismStrategy & Growth

Transformation & Change

Leaders who redesign how life sciences organisations work, from operating models and organisation design to large-scale change, and the talent, learning and capability behind it.

Functions we cover Operating model & organisation designTransformation programmesChange & adoptionTalent & capabilityLearning & leadership developmentIntegration & separation

Our perspective

Changing how life sciences organisations work

Mergers, rapid pipeline growth, new launch models and AI are pushing pharma and biotech companies to rethink how they are organised and how their people work. Transformation leaders need sector knowledge as well as programme skill: a reorganisation that ignores how medicines are developed and sold rarely lasts.

We recruit people who have delivered change inside life sciences, whether they come from industry transformation offices or from consultancies that specialise in the sector.

Where we focus

The areas within transformation we know best

Operating model and organisation design

Diagnosing how the organisation works today, then redesigning structures, governance, processes and decision rights, including where AI and automation should fit.

Typical rolesOperating Model Lead · Head of Organisation Design · Enterprise Design Director

Transformation programme leadership

Running large cross-functional change programmes and the transformation office behind them, often with agile delivery.

Typical rolesTransformation Director · Head of Transformation Office · Programme Director

Change management and adoption

Making change stick through leadership alignment, communication and new ways of working.

Typical rolesChange Management Lead · Organisational Change Director · Adoption Lead

Talent, capability and performance

Capability models, career paths, succession, reward and performance systems that help organisations keep and grow the right people.

Typical rolesHead of Talent · Capability Director · Reward & Performance Lead

Learning and leadership development

Role-based and launch training, technology adoption programmes and leadership development from first-line managers to the C-suite.

Typical rolesHead of Learning & Development · Leadership Development Director · Commercial Training Lead

Integration and separation

Day-one operating models and capability-led integration after a deal, or carving businesses out.

Typical rolesIntegration Lead · Separation Programme Director · Post-Merger Integration Manager

Levels we recruit

From rising consultants to the leadership table

Consulting

ConsultantSenior ConsultantEngagement ManagerAssociate PrincipalPrincipalPartner

Pharma & biotech

ManagerAssociate DirectorDirectorSenior DirectorVP TransformationChief Transformation Officer

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