Life Science Consulting Manager – Hub Strategy

This is a hybrid role requiring in office work at the Nuvera office in Cedar Knolls, NJ home office.

Nuvera, now part of Inizio Engage, is a specialized consulting firm in the life sciences, focusing on designing, building, and managing optimal patient and healthcare professional (HCP) treatment experiences for rare diseases and specialty medicines. We use data-driven strategies to improve patient access, adherence, and outcomes from early development through post-launch, offering solutions from strategy to operational implementation.

Bridging the gap between operations and strategy, Nuvera helps our clients design, build, and manage seamless support experiences to simplify the complex when it comes to starting and staying on therapy. We feel our unique blend of deep expertise and non-traditional thinking helps pharma do what’s meaningful and not just what is possible or expected. The Manager role will lead the strategy and delivery of client projects while also contributing to business development goals that help us continue to lead in all efforts enhancing the treatment experience.

• Lead one or several strategic projects for our clients, working directly with the client’s executive team, managing all aspects of the project & team, facilitating executive workshops and serving as the final quality gate for the project deliverables.
• Provide project management and successful delivery of project through executive level communications and presentations.
• Coordinate the Nuvera team assigned to the project and provide individual mentoring and performance reviews associated with their performance.
• Help identify, define, and lead the implementation of several Nuvera infrastructure efforts.
• Provide strategy and operational guidance for hub offerings.
• Support business development objectives including program design, story development, etc.
• Understand and develop the requirements for program design inclusive of system, work instructions and process flows.
• Able to present to leadership to better understand project status, risks and needs.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher. MBA preferred.
• At least 8 years in life sciences, including a preference in patient services, Hub design, and/or consulting experience in a management consulting company.
• 2+ years experience managing projects focused on finding unique solutions to business problems, providing strategy, performance improvement or optimization recommendations to a client.
• Examples of projects should include ‘unstructured’ projects without pre-existing methodology where you had to define an approach/develop analytical frameworks. These should be non-IT implementation projects.
• Deep understanding of Hub services and key aspects such as payer coverage, benefit verification, prior authorizations, and co-pay programs.
• Experience leading teams, formally managing individual performance and mentoring.
• Contributed to development of new business pitch decks, presentations to client, and creation of SOW’s.
• Experience managing projects with multiple stakeholder groups and managing cross-functional teams.
• Ability to travel as necessary, which may include overnight and/or weekend travel.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Visio.
• United States Citizenship or valid VISA.
• Experience working in life sciences across several of the following domains:
  • Product launch/commercialization
  • Product strategy and positioning
  • Commercial operations
  • Patient services
  • Market access
  • Product access and administration
  • Reimbursement support
  • Adherence solutions
  • Hub services
  • Health outcomes strategy & optimization
  • Specialty pharmacy distribution
  • Customer insights
  • Commercial model transformation
  • Customer engagement

Base Salary: $150,000

The base salary represents the low end of the salary range for this position. This range may differ based on your experience and skill set, geographic location, and cost of living considerations. We consider compensation more than just a base salary – that’s why we also offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits, personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you…