Managing Director, R&D Consulting

Updated: February 16, 2026
Location: London, England, United Kingdom

You are the first to roll up your sleeves and work with relentless energy until you solve the unsolvable, beat the unbeatable and come out on top.

In this role, you will be accountable for project management, team leadership, and business development. As a visible leader of the business, you will drive commercial success by securing profitable business, actively harvesting accounts, creating leads, and ensuring accurate project forecasting and pricing. You'll join the R&D Advisory Group within Syneos Health Consulting, where you will help make life science R&D organizations and operations more efficient and effective across research, clinical, regulatory, quality and pharmacovigilance.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with customers, consulting staff, managers, leadership, and internal support teams
• Develop and lead a large customer book of business
• Oversee project budgets accordingly
• Be responsible for the design, efficiency, and outcomes related to customer projects
• Facilitate project team discussions to pressure test customer recommendations, underlying assumptions, and final deliverable quality

Qualifications

• MBA or a graduate degree in a life sciences field
• Demonstrated new business experience, from organic growth to RFI/RFP planning, development, and execution
• Experience across both promotional and non-promotional commercialisation activities
• Proficient in PowerPoint and Excel
• Ability to travel

Syneos Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, marital status, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status and will not be discriminated against. If you are an individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to complete any part of our application process, including the use of this website, please contact us at: Email: email protected