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Senior Policy Analyst - Strategic Policy Branch 

Kelvinbridge Inc.

[CLOSED] Owner and operator of a small-scale consulting practice. Supporting clients on a range of offerings, including market research, business development, stakeholder engagement and workshop design/facilitation. 
•	Design, facilitate and report on stakeholder engagement projects which include, advisory 
         boards, workshops, investigator meetings and expert panels.
•	Lead strategic projects which include strategic planning, landscape / competitive assessments, 
         and lifecycle management for pharmaceutical companies. 
•	Develop proposals and business pitches to successfully win projects / contracts.
•	Support clients in their business development activities, helping them understand their place in 
        the market, and develop strategies to win new business.

Business Owner

Human Branding Inc.

Human Branding uses Applied Anthropology Thinking™ to go deeper beneath the surface to better understand human behavior, enabling clients to drive business decisions with unique humanistic insights.

Roles & Responsibilities included: 
• Supported US, Global and Canadian pharmaceutical companies
• Provided strategic leadership across all aspects of qualitative research projects from pitch to 
   close.
• Designed and managed, complex primary market research projects.
•  Facilitated cross-functional client meetings to understand strategic needs for market research, 
   and identified the most appropriate ways to achieve them.
• Led patient/HCP recruitment initiatives, stipulated patient persona/spec, determined honoraria, 
   and worked with internal and external recruitment partners.
• Designed interview guides and moderated 1:1 patient/HCP interviews to understand their 
   perspectives on their healthcare journeys and medications.
• Led the development of project outputs and delivered findings to pharmaceutical clients, which 
    included patient journey maps, stakeholder persona characterization, and summary reports.
• Directly line-managed 4 employees, which included conducting yearly performance reviews

Director Strategist

sixsense strategy group

Client & Project lead across a variety of lifescience organizations, managing strategy and medical communications projects

Roles & Responsibilities Include:
• Managed clients at the portfolio level, and worked closely with senior leaders and executives, to 
   implement strategic and medical communication projects for global and affiliate offices for 
   international pharmaceutical and biotech companies. 
• Demonstrated exceptional project management skills to lead multiple projects concurrently.  
   Projects and experience include 
            o Annual strategic planning, lifecycle management, launch strategy, publications, training 
                materials, scientific platforms, focus groups, and strategic working groups. 
• Proved exceptional stakeholder management, by facilitating the alignment of stakeholders across 
   multiple departments to ensure the successful completion of projects. 
• Demonstrated expert facilitation by designing and leading workshops, meetings and sessions with 
   clients, patients, HCPs, patients, and payers. 
• Led engagement activities with external stakeholders which included, advisory boards, focus 
   groups, strategic working groups and 1:1 interviews.
• Played an active role in business development, generating revenue, through new and existing 
  clients 
• Directly managed Manager & Analyst team members, supported them in their professional growth 
   and performed quarterly / yearly performance reviews.

Senior Science & Strategy Consultant 

Sixsense Strategy Group is a boutique consulting company with a singular focus on insights and strategy for the life sciences industry.

Science & Strategy Consultant

Scientific Business Associate

Scientific Business Analyst

Nuffield Health

Nuffield Health is a not-for-profit organization with 31 private health hospitals in the United Kingdom that provide the highest standards of clinical care by delivering consultant led treatments. Specialist procedure areas include orthopaedics, cosmetics, optometry and assisted conception. 

Key responsibilities:
•	Project managed and organised quarterly audits of hospital departments on the safe use of medicines and medical devices
•	Ensured treatment for each patient was appropriate, with reference to national and local guidelines
•	Responded to medicine information requests by reviewing literature and summarizing findings for patients and other healthcare professionals.
•	Produced Standard Operating Procedures for off-license specialty medications
•	Appropriated patient’s package of care through multi-disciplinary teamwork with  nurses,    physiotherapists, consultants and social services
•	Performed medication reviews for in-patient and discharge prescriptions
•	Performed patient consultations to ensure patients understood why medication had been prescribed and how to take it

Hospital Pharmacist

NHS Education for Scotland

NES are responsible for supporting NHS services in Scotland by developing and delivering education and training for those who work in NHS Scotland. NES provides the training and funding for pharmacists on their pre-registration training year. Each training session focused on a different clinical condition. 

Key responsibilities:
•Developed an in-depth knowledge and understanding of a wide variety of clinical topics, ranging from hypertension to palliative care which was then used to teach trainees 
•Facilitated small groups of trainees in problem-based discussion which related to learning objectives of each training day
•Delivered learning material alongside a variety of healthcare professionals via presentations, practical demonstrations and facilitation of small group discussions
•Undertook specific training to develop presentation, facilitation and education skills

Pre-Registration Training Facilitator

Various

Developed a strong client base in Glasgow and Edinburgh for a variety of independent, large chain and small chain pharmacies. 

Key responsibilities:
•Built an extensive professional network across Scotland
•Demonstrated the ability to fit into new teams efficiently and seamlessly to ensure each pharmacy was maximizing its productivity
•Clinically analyzed prescriptions and conducted counselling ensuring patients understood how to take their medication.  
•Demonstrated exceptionally high levels of attention to detail. 
•Managed small teams to ensure each pharmacy was running efficiently

Locum Pharmacist

Hilltide Ltd

Pre-registration pharmacist training as per GPhC guidelines. Transferred clinical knowledge obtained at university into practical applications in a community setting

Key responsibilities:
•Met learning targets at specific time frames throughout the year, as set out by GPhC
•Attended regular extracurricular training days 
•Undertook specific problem based small group learning training to become a peer facilitator

Pre-Registration Pharmacist

I apply my 10 years of experience in healthcare, strategy, and market research to help pharmaceutical clients make informed and impactful decisions. I leverage my background as a clinical pharmacist and a strategy consultant to provide human-centric insights and solutions that address the needs and challenges of patients, healthcare professionals, and stakeholders.

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