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Introduction

Yes, the pharmaceutical industry gets a bad rap, but it’s firms like Syneos Health that strive to make a meaningful difference. A large consulting firm specializing in organizational transformation for the biopharmaceutical industry, Syneos offers jobseekers the opportunity to leave their mark on an industry that touches countless lives around the world. This is an ideal fit for anyone with a passion for healthcare and achieving quantifiable, sustainable results that change lives.

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Employer Type

Public

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2021 Employees (All Locations)

27,000

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Featured Rankings

Best Consulting Firms for Health Sciences Consulting


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Major Departments/Practice Areas

Clinical Development
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Major Office Locations

San Francisco, CA
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Employment Contact

Jessica Waiculonis, Director of Human Resources

Vault Verdict

By all accounts, Syneos’ consultants have seen a lot of demand for their services over the past few years—a situation that has translated into plentiful learning, growth and client-facing opportunities, albeit with some serious time crunches along the way.

Fortunately, with the resources of its parent company to call upon, the firm has the ability to in-house work that other organizations may have to spend even more time conducting—and which allows Syneos’ team to focus more of their time on strategic initiatives.

All of which means that a career with Syneos may well be one of the best learning opportunities on the market for strategy-focused consultants in the pharma and healthcare space. On top of that, the firm offers a competitive compensati...

About the Company

Syneos Health Consulting is a management consulting firm specializing in the biopharmaceutical industry and part of Syneos Health, a 24,000-employee biopharmaceutical solutions organization designed to help the biopharmaceutical industry shorten the distance from lab to life.

Syneos Health provides services across a comprehensive range of key areas, including portfolio strategy, brand commercialization and commercial model strategy/planning; medical and regulatory affairs; risk and program management; and pricing, market access and HEOR.

Recognized by Forbes magazine as one of America's Best Management Consulting Firms, Syneos Health strives to combine industry focus and depth of functional expertise with strong scientific and market knowledge to tackle highly complex business and market challenges and develop...

Employee Reviews


  • “Ability to combine strategic consulting skills with deep clinical and commercial expertise at both strategic and operational level.”
  • “As a ‘boutique’ consulting firm within a large biopharmaceutical organization, we're able to collaborate with experts across the product development continuum (e.g., pre-clinical, clinical development, commercial strategy, launch, customer engagement, branding, advertising, etc.) that you simply cannot access at other firms. And compared to our main competitors I think this collaboration occurs more seamlessly and organically with fewer silos.”
  • “My experience has been that everyone is helpful and eager to help new employees, which makes for an easy transition into a new job both for the clients and for the new employees. The company is also set up for remote work; therefore, all the right tools are employed to ensure good communication within the teams.”
  • “The firm has everything that a pharma company has except a product and R&D function. You can leverage expertise in different functional and geographic divisions of the firm for consulting projects. We can get a clinical trial design / estimated launch date and development cost from our own CRO for a valuation project, for instance."
  • “They truly care about the employees' health, career progression, and work/life balance with an appropriate amount of challenging work.”

Getting Hired Here


  • “First and second rounds are behavioral and a case. Third round is behavioral, a case, and a 30-ish minute presentation. I think Syneos is seeking someone who is able to problem solve and come up with creative solutions and is hardworking. We're also looking for someone who will fit in with our culture (fun-loving, nice people who are motivated to do good work)."
  • “I think the ideal candidate has strong communication and critical thinking skills paired with at least some knowledge of the biopharma industry. “
  • “I think we're looking for both content and cultural fits. From a content perspective: People who either understand the life sciences industry or have a background that will enable them to quickly get up to speed. From a culture perspective: people who are respectful, energetic, and motivated.”
  • “Process is transparent and structured, with a first-round interview for students. Second round interviews occur at the office and include a presentation. I thought the interview process allows for candidates to put forth their best candidacy, including the presentation as a nice touch to provide candidates more room to showcase their abilities (in addition to the behavioral and case components). Seeking individuals who are thoughtful and analytical and can explain their thinking process - some healthcare background may be helpful, but not necessary and not expected. We are looking for people who can do great work and be great consultants, and the healthcare part can be learned along the way.”
  • “The company is looking for someone who looks like a consultant in pharma on paper. That is basically what it sounds like--experience in pharma plus checks educational boxes. Or if we are hiring at a senior level, we need people who can sell, sell, sell. I find that people get tripped up on random things at lower levels and on the ‘how do you get your next sale’ at senior levels.”

Perks & Benefits


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