Valuations, Health & Pharma, Director

The Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals Valuations team is a fast growing, dynamic, sector team within the PwC Deals offering. Our clients include large multinational corporates, innovative early-stage startups, entrepreneurs, investors including private equity, venture capital and government. The team sits within the wider Valuations business (of around 170 people).

We are a Valuation practice with a strong focus on industry specialisms, with our valuations teams aligned with our other industry Deals disciplines. In doing so, we provide our clients with commercial, pragmatic valuation analysis that draws on industry insight and is grounded in technical excellence. This positions Valuations at the heart of our Deals offering.

About The Role 

We are seeking an experienced commercially minded Director with deep Healthcare, Pharmaceutical & Life sciences industry experience and a passion for the sector. Do you want to take a lead role in a fast growing Healthcare and Pharmaceutical valuation business? This is a great opportunity to work with a large and diverse client base and a dynamic team.

You will play a key role in driving the growth and development of the business through helping to win work, engage confidently with clients, and build strong client relationships.

The role has a significant business development component, and you will be a visible presence in the UK Healthcare, Pharma and Life Sciences market. You will lead project teams and coach staff to deliver a wide range of valuations for all Health, Pharma and life sciences clients.

This role offers the chance to build and shape a high-value, strategic and growing area of the business. Exposure to significant, high-profile clients and situations. A supportive and collaborative team with strong leadership sponsorship.

The opportunity to join a dynamic, market leading and diverse Valuations practice of over 170 valuation experts serving a range of clients, markets and sectors which offers a unique breadth of accessible, deep product and sector expertise. Coupled with personal development and career progression opportunities aligned with growth of the valuations business and access to market leading technology to transform our client delivery and services proposition.

What your days will look like:

• Take an active role in winning work and growing the business including leading major client proposals and presentations

• Leading in the delivery of large, complex valuation assignments, including client management, prepare detailed valuation analysis and presentation of findings, providing sector insights and reviewing technical valuation aspects

• Mentoring, developing, coaching and managing project teams, motivating junior staff and fostering a high performance and quality-driven culture.

• Developing a network internally and externally with health, pharma and life sciences clients and other stakeholders, leveraging relationships to generate business. Our clients span the full spectrum of industry participants, including healthcare services, pharmaceutical companies both large and small, medical technology players, biotechnology companies, and industry investors

• Taking a leading role in developing proposals and in client presentations

• Maintaining a high level of technical valuation skills and playing a lead role in knowledge sharing with the health & pharma team and wider PwC network.

• Attending regular events and networking sessions (often morning or evening) to build and maintain a strong personal and team market profile.

• Contribute to the evolution of our valuation methodology, use of technology and adoption of AI tools to drive efficiency, quality and new services.

This role is for you if: 

You have:

• Deep healthcare, pharmaceutical and/or life sciences market knowledge and experience

• Strong technical valuation skills and experience, including valuing businesses, shares and assets

• Must possess an ACA or CFA qualification (or international equivalent) or have equivalent work experience. This includes international candidates who qualify through experience in their home country

• Passionate about the industry and client service

• Highly motivated self-starter with a desire to succeed

• Strong communicator both oral and written

• Consultative and collaborative mind-set with the ability to work effectively in teams, on occasion to tight deadlines

• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work collaboratively with people at all levels in a confident manner

• Proven ability to sell services and develop new business with clients

• Commercial awareness

What you’ll receive from us:  

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.  We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.