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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 theClinical 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.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits

• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan

• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs

• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity

• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits

• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts

• Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

About the Business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

Elsevier is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: https://forms.office.com/r/eVgFxjLmAK , or please contact 1-855-833-5120.

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