Senior Director, Strategy, Clinical Solutions

Do you want to help shape our strategy?
 

Would you like to work on projects that make an impact with Health and Science Experts Worldwide?
 

About our Team
 

Elsevier’s Clinical Solutions is a technology & information solutions business focused on helping doctors, nurses, other health care professionals around the world to improve patient outcomes. Our product portfolio spans market-leading solutions in Clinical Reference, Advanced Clinical Decision Support, Nursing, Patient Engagement and Precision Medicine. The Clinical Solutions team is passionate about our mission to improve every patient outcome. Our strategy team is a key driver of the direction we take in Clinical Solutions.
 

About the Role
 

The Head of Strategy for Clinical Solutions will be responsible for global strategy formulation and execution. You will drive corporate development activities including mergers & acquisitions, and other high priority strategic initiatives related to achieving profitable growth. You will conduct strategic analysis, provide market intelligence, and advise on strategic, operational, tactical and business development objectives. You will contribute to the identification and realization of attractive growth opportunities through both organic and inorganic means. You will lead a team of strategy & pricing professionals globally as a key member of the
Clinical Solutions Management Team.
 

Responsibilities
 

• Driving the understanding of changing user and customer needs, and competitor developments. Leading and supporting strategic projects across the entire Clinical Solutions business. Working directly with Clinical Solutions product and commercial teams.

• Supporting the CS strategic planning process and board presentations. Working closely with key stakeholders from the CS business units and Elsevier strategy. Helping to define key strategic issues to be addressed.

• Leading initiatives to create strategies to move into adjacent segments/markets. Developing close working relationships with the senior management team and across the global organization. Developing a broad understanding of the CS businesses and offerings.

• Managing multiple research/analysis requests and projects at the same time. Rapidly assembling and processing large amounts of information and being able to break a question/problem into its constituent elements.

• Supporting and leading strategic M&A efforts. Leading due diligence and deal teams. Establishing partnerships and acquiring and divesting assets including financial forecasting, analysis and modelling, and implementation planning.

• Leading critical M&A analyses in a hypothesis-driven manner. Providing strategic recommendations regarding CS M&A activities. Building and managing a proactive M&A pipeline and environment.

• Serving as trusted advisor to President of Clinical Solutions on high priority cross-functional initiatives and projects.

• Ensuring successful execution of key projects by coordinating efforts across multiple functions and stakeholders.

Requirements
 

• Demonstrate capability to think structurally about a business. Able to employ sophisticated analytical tools to identify potential areas of significant business value.

• Possess an advanced core strategy skill-set. Able to structure problems, conduct thorough quantitative/qualitative analyses with incomplete information and summarize findings.

• Possess advanced research skills and resourcefulness, able to draw logical conclusions with often limited and imperfect information.

• Be strategic and analytical, with advanced written and verbal communication skills. Possess the ability to assuredly influence.

• Demonstrate a keen sense of personal ownership, be a self-starter with a solution-led approach. Operate with pace and urgency, able to sustain momentum.

• Demonstrate proven skill in leadership, team orientation and project management. Effective in creating constructive relationships with leaders and peers in a matrixed organization.

• Have experience gained working in the health sector on global strategy projects.

• Have experience working with financial models and reports. Have experience working in M&A, from pipeline to due diligence.

Work in a way that works for you
 

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.