Director – Life Sciences

At Capgemini Invent, we help our clients to embrace innovation and transformation to get the future they want.By combining strategy, technology, data science, and creative design expertise with an inventive mindset, we partner with our clients to innovate and transform their business, helping them navigate today, while plotting a course for the future.About Capgemini InventAs the digital innovation, design and transformation brand of the Capgemini Group, Capgemini Invent enables CxOs to envision and shape the future of their businesses. Located in more than 36 offices and 37 creative studios around the world, it comprises a 12,000+ strong team of strategists, data scientists, product and experience designers, brand experts and technologists who develop new digital services, products, experiences and business models for sustainable growth.Capgemini Invent is an integral part of Capgemini, a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of 325,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fueled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group reported in 2022 global revenues of €22 billion.Our brand promise “Get The Future You Want” reflects our passion for people and technology and highlights the company’s commitment to inclusion and sustainability. An important aspect of ‘Get the Future You Want’ is to balance hybrid ways of working between your Capgemini office, home, and client location (where applicable). We recognise that it is an imperative to create flexibility so you can enjoy an optimal work-life balance and feel empowered to achieve success. When you come onboard, or before, please discuss this with your manager so you can agree the best ways of working for your role, team, and client.Get The Future You WantAt Capgemini Invent, we believe transformation begins with invention and ends with results. This inventive thinking helps clients unlock new opportunities and create what’s next for their organisations. Ideation and prototyping are key, but so too is helping our clients to scale and industrialise new solutions. The fourth industrial revolution is forcing businesses to rethink their strategy, business model and offerings to their culture – and everything in between. While emerging digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and IOT continue to evolve, many organisations are still in the dark as to how and where they might be integrated. Capgemini Invent help our clients address these challenges by designing and creating advanced, real-world digital solutions and the business models of the future, resulting in new value creation and driving their growth. See what it’s like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our An overview of the role:Capgemini Invent is hiring proven Life Sciences leaders to drive transformational change for our clients and their customers. As part of the sector leadership team, you will help to set a visionary direction that maximises the market opportunity lead delivery of the strategy, develop our team and position our offers and services for positive outcomes with our clients. We are looking for individuals with experience selling professional consulting services and building CXO relationships within the Life Sciences sector. You will work on a range of engagements across the value chain and provide breadth of knowledge as well as utilising your own specialism and expertiseThe work:No matter the project or customer, your work will have a meaningful impact on society, businesses and lives. It’s really rewarding. And it’s also really varied. You’ll potentially work on a huge variety of projects (some larger than others), so you could gain lots of experience in a short amount of time.Why this role?You’ll be able to use your deep sector and consulting expertise to help clients in your chosen area of specialism (in one or more of the following): Enterprise transformation, Clinical Transformation and Connected HealthYou will lead one of our strategic Life Sciences Accounts developing strong CXO relationships globally, demonstrating account leadership, setting account strategy, collaborating with our global capabilities and leading strategy execution.You’ll be an important part of a high growth sector within a fast-growing business, aiming to treble our revenues in the sector over the next 2 years through leading sales and delivery work with new and existing clients.You’ll take an active role in the growth and development of the team, building our capability through recruitment, coaching and professional development. Be an authority and thought leader within the sectorAs a Life Sciences Director in the business, you’ll help set the direction, driving forward the business, model our values and behaviours, and coach and develop junior members of the team. Externally in the market, you’ll bring the presence and gravitas to initiate, manage and maintain senior executive relationships. To understand and scope out their challenges and potential solutions and to both sell & deliver high impact consulting and technology enabled business transformation work. As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.We’d love to meet someone with:To be successful you’ll bring strong consulting and personal skills with the ability to overcome internal barriers with drive, determination and influencing skills. You’ll have a natural ability to work in mixed teams of colleagues and senior executives and possess outstanding communication and interpersonal skills. You’ll understand the importance of developing a collaborative style and of having fun in the work we do.Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.Experience of proposition building and delivery. Currently working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry but having a Consulting background.Business development – utilising a combination of the organisation’s broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your own network, you’ll be generating c.£2m of consulting revenues Why Capgemini is uniqueAt Capgemini we don’t just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion Campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Through our New Normal campaign, we are looking to embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.Collaboration and Innovation:We really believe in creating a partnership with our customers. Using our Accelerated Solutions Environment (ASE), you’ll get to know the customer’s needs and challenges, demo innovative solutions and quickly solve problems. It’ll help you discover unexpected answers together. Learning and development:There’s an endless amount to learn at Capgemini, and an endless number of ways to do so. So, you’ll also have unique training opportunities to take advantage of. Some of our consultants even have the chance to go to Les Fontaine (near Paris, France), where we host a conference. Outside of dedicated training, everyone makes time to help and support one another - collaboration is encouraged across all of our teams.CSR:We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.In order to commence a role with Capgemini UK plc you will be required to provide documentary proof prior to joining the Company that you are entitled to live and work in the UK.