Independent Consultant - Manager/Senior Manager - Healthcare & Life Sciences

Our client is a leading strategy consulting firm dedicated exclusively to the life sciences industry, with a London office serving European and global clients. Within the firm, this role sits in the practice that supports private equity investors and corporate acquirers through the deal lifecycle, from pre-deal commercial due diligence and vendor assistance through to post-close strategy and value creation support.

Our client is expanding their freelance associate network to flex capacity across live deal and strategy engagements, and is looking for experienced, deal-ready consultants who can be deployed at short notice on high-quality, fast-paced projects.

The Role

Our client is seeking an experienced freelance consultant to join project teams on Strategy and Commercial Due Diligence engagements within Healthcare & Life Sciences.

This is a flexible, project-based role suited to an independent professional who can integrate quickly into lean deal teams, take ownership of workstreams, and deliver under tight deadlines typical of transaction timelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and/or lead workstreams on commercial due diligence engagements, including market sizing, growth driver analysis, competitive landscaping, and customer/KPI analysis
• Design and execute primary research programmes, including expert calls, customer/payer interviews, and stakeholder interviews to validate the investment thesis
• Conduct secondary research and synthesise data from industry databases, analyst reports, regulatory filings, and proprietary sources
• Support post-deal strategy and value creation workstreams for investor clients, including 100-day planning, growth strategy, and portfolio company support, where engagements extend beyond the initial diligence phase
• Develop clear, structured, client-ready outputs (Word/PowerPoint) that translate complex analysis into commercially relevant conclusions and risk/opportunity assessments
• Support the drafting of vendor/red flag CDD reports and management presentations under deal timelines
• Collaborate with core team members, senior advisors, and subject matter experts across therapeutic areas, care settings, and healthcare business models
• Where relevant, contribute sector expertise or an existing expert/KOL network to strengthen research quality and speed

Candidate Profile

Essential

• 4+ years' experience in strategy consulting, commercial due diligence, or transaction advisory, with a strong track record in healthcare and/or life sciences (pharma, medtech, healthcare services, digital health, diagnostics, or related sub-sectors)
• Prior experience at an MBB, Tier-2 strategy consulting firm, Big 4/CDD practice, or specialist healthcare advisory firm
• Demonstrable experience delivering commercial due diligence for private equity or corporate clients under live deal timelines
• Strong quantitative and market-sizing skills, with comfort building and interrogating financial/market models in Excel
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to produce polished, client-ready PowerPoint outputs with minimal oversight
• Comfortable conducting primary research, including structuring and leading expert/stakeholder interviews
• Ability to work independently, manage ambiguity, and deliver to tight deadlines as part of a distributed/flexible team
• Right to work in the UK

Desirable

• Deep expertise in a specific HLS sub-sector (e.g., specialty pharma, medtech, healthcare services/providers, digital health, CDMO/CRO, diagnostics)
• Existing relationships with private equity clients, healthcare investors, or industry expert networks
• Experience with healthcare-specific regulatory, reimbursement, and payer landscape analysis (UK/EU and/or US)
• MBA or advanced degree in a relevant field (life sciences, business, health economics, etc.)
• Availability for short-notice deployment and flexibility to scale time commitment up/down with deal flow