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Risk Manager, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products - Americas, EMEA, Asia

Inseriert am: 22.07.2021
You will be a regional manager based in one of three locations: US, EMEA or Asia (remote work is possible), and will be part of the Risk Team of McKinsey’s Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products (PMP) Practice. This role reports to the global Pharmaceutical and Medical Products senior risk advisor.The PMP practice comprises of ~2000 consultants globally, serving clients across the pharma, medtech, and life sciences subsectors.  We work with clients across all functional topics, including marketing & sales, operations, research & development, organizations, strategy & corporate finance, and core technology.  The PMP Risk Team’s mission is to enable client impact and innovation, while managing risks to the firm, our clients, and our people.  This is a globally integrated team comprising of Risk partners, dedicated Risk managers, Legal colleagues, Communication experts, and compliance operation team members. 

You will collaborate closely with the practice’s partners, client serving teams and other firm functions to define and ensure appropriate risk management in all our client projects and other activities, such as publishing our knowledge.  


In your role, you will work closely with global senior risk advisor and regional risk partners to advise the practice’s partners, client service teams and other departments to manage potential risks in projects in the Americas, EMEA or Asia region.  You will integrate advice from across firm functions (including Communications, Legal, and Risk) and industry and functional practices, geographic offices, new delivery models to provide counsel on multi-faceted issues.  In addition, you will work closely with the Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Risk Team, the practice’s partners and firm Risk leaders and the firm's Legal department on both ongoing and ad hoc initiatives, such as continued efforts to raise risk awareness and management throughout and beyond the practice within Americas, EMEA or Asia.


Additionally, you will help further enhance the practice’s risk governance by operationalizing risk management for client situations and institutionalizing a culture of risk awareness throughout the practice.  You will work closely with the Pharmaceutical and Medical practice’s Risk partners and other dedicated risk team members, as well as client-serving partners and wider colleagues across the firm.