Senior Consultant

We are looking for a Senior Consultant to join our Academic and Government Consulting team within the Research & Analytics business unit.

With a focus on Europe, in this role you will be working with colleagues to cultivate strong relationships with our clients and help universities, research institutes, and governments to develop and implement their strategic plans and approaches in research and education. Working in collaboration with Product, Sales, Marketing, the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), and other Consulting practice areas, this role is responsible for growing market share in our consulting offerings.

If you are a forward thinker and have a strong understanding of research tools and delivering innovative solutions to clients, we would love to speak with you.

About You - experience, education, skills, and accomplishments

• Master's degree in a science discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience in consulting in the context of government and academic clients.
• Experience working with government agencies or research funding agencies in evaluating or managing scientific portfolios.
• Familiarity with how science is performed, funded, and managed.
• Previous experience with data analysis including the use of SQL, R, or Python.
• Previous project and team management experience, within a professional services environment.

It would be great if you also had

• MBA or PhD in a science discipline.
• Previous experience in academia.
• Experience with data analysis including the use of SQL, R, or Python.
• Knowledge of science citation data such as Web of Science, bibliometric and scientometric methods.
• Prior experience working with Clarivate research tools.

What will you be doing in this role?

The position offers challenging hypothesis-driven projects for professionals with a scientific background and leadership experience around data-driven science management. The Senior Consultant will have responsibilities that include, but are not limited to:

• Driving business development/new business by leveraging your existing network as well as Clarivate's network, engaging with C-suite profiles at Academic, Government Institutes and Corporate organisations.
• Consulting with clients to define their needs and ensuring client satisfaction through delivery of high-quality solutions completed within the agreed upon timeframes.
• Identifying appropriate methodologies to answer client questions, and interpreting results.
• Leading the design and implementation of projects as a senior member of a multidisciplinary team of analysts.
• Working independently and as part of a team to design, conduct, and manage innovative quantitative analyses for a wide range of business cases including program evaluations, science management and research assessment.
• Developing and adhering to project plans, schedules, and milestones, while adhering to standard processes and methodologies.
• Collaborating with a diverse group of subject matter experts, executives, and managers.
• Driving projects to completion within a designated budget and timeframe.
• Managing about 40% of your time on business development with annual target and 60% on project delivery e.g., client engagement, quality assurance, final reporting, collaborating with project team members, etc.
• Communicating complex research findings and innovative methodologies clearly and effectively through written research reports, data visualizations, client or conference presentations and peer-reviewed journal publications.
• Serving as a point of contact to answer client questions and resolve project issues.

About the Team

Clarivate's Academic and Government Consulting group is a diverse group of practitioners working across the global delivering consulting revenue globally. The Academic and Government Consulting group is made up of three practice areas: Research Analytics, Reputation, and Evaluation & Assessment. Across our practice areas, there is also a wide range of skill sets (e.g., data scientists, bibliometricians, visualisation specialists, analysts, etc). Across our different practice areas there is also a wider variety of capabilities and services we provide to clients along with different commercial and go-to-market models.

Hours of Work

This is a full-time, permanent position based in Spain or UK and will require hybrid working in either our Barcelona or London offices (2 days per week in office, rest of week remote).

This position requires weekday (Monday - Friday) attendance with some scheduling flexibility available around core working hours.

This position may require up to 30% travel.

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