Functional Skills

Go-to-market Strategy
Market Research
Medical Affairs
Project Management
Competitive Landscaping
Market Mapping
Market Intelligence
Marketing Strategy
Product Strategy
Product Launch
Commercial Strategy
Data Analysis
Patient Journey
Brand Strategy
Product Development

Software Skills

Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Project
Outlook
Salesforce
SurveyMonkey
Microsoft Office

Sector Experience

Life Sciences & Pharma
Top Consulting Firms

Experience

Syneos Health Product Management / Strategy
Asset Strategy Lead, Executive Director
7/2021 - 1/2023
• Co-led a joint Syneos-client cross-functional development team, to co-develop a rare therapy with a biotech; formulated the product strategy roadmap with functional leads & oversaw execution by operational teams Achievements:
● Defined & streamlined organizational process & manual across five different business units at Syneos Health, & created tools required to deliver product development model within a service organization
● Recommended alternative trial designs to reduce time to commercialization, and suggested different endpoints to meet regulators and payers' requirements

Syneos Health Consulting (f.k.a. Campbell Alliance) Management Consulting
Senior Engagement Manager
4/2014 - 6/2021
• Executed & managed "winning label" engagements, including market research to determine optimal target product profile, informing clinical trial design & regulatory, clinical & commercialization success factors
• Managed discrete projects in new product strategy prior to commercialization – Situation Analysis (incl. market overview, competitive landscape, patient journey), Brand Strategy (incl. segmentation, customer profiling, value proposition, positioning & messaging, strategic imperatives), Forecasting, Tactical Planning
• Conducted indication prioritization, managed go-to-market strategy, facilitated development of early commercial plan, brand strategy, & franchise strategy
• Directed cross-functional launch planning & execution for a biotech, as the Launch Lead for Syneos Health; operated in a matrix environment Achievements:
● Orchestrated first two of Syneos Health's programs to co-develop & commercialize products with biotechs that required flexible resourcing; high-profi

Campbell Alliance Management Consulting
Senior Consultant
5/2012 - 3/2014
• Conducted due diligence on a respiratory asset to help a medium-sized company make an acquisition decision
• Assisted a top-10 company evaluate key commercial opportunities in oncology by consolidating market research to develop market landscapes, identify opportunities, & assess the overall market potential
• Filled a Global Business Insights Director position, as interim, at a medium-sized company for four months

Navigant Consulting Management Consulting
Senior Consultant
10/2010 - 4/2012
• Supported a top-3 company prepare for market entry of an orphan biologic in pediatric immunology, by conducting a market opportunity assessment, payer research, patient chart audit, & advisory board Achievements:
● Delivered >50% of annual sales for newly established life sciences practice, through exceptional research & project management on a series of projects with the same client

Deallus Research
Senior Research Analyst
1/2009 - 9/2010
• Drove competitive analysis through gathering of secondary & primary data from variety of academic, clinical & commercial sources; developed & sustained networks for ongoing competitive monitoring
• Effectively planned conference coverage & co-facilitated wargames Achievements:
● Successfully completed 16 projects in first 10 months as a research analyst, 2 of which were instrumental in establishing Deallus as the preferred vendor for Top 5 & for Top 10 pharmaceutical companies

University of Calgary Research
Post-doctoral Fellow
7/2007 - 7/2008
Academic research into mechanisms of airway inflammation

Innovex Sales
Contract Sales Rep
1/2002 - 12/2002
Pharmaceutical sales representative, contracted to GSK to sell Seretide, Serevent & Bactroban