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Associate Engagement Manager (AEM)

Princeton, NJ • Boston, MA • London, UK

Job Type

Full Time

About the Role

Associate Engagement Manager break down complex problems into discrete tasks, identifying the key aspects of a problem and directing the focus of junior consultants to those elements. You will effectively plan and execute analysis as well as identify the core issues in complex analyses in order to be able to craft suitable recommendations. You’ll work side by side with clients and your project team members to move projects forward and manage small teams to get the work done. Clients and colleagues look to Associates for unique insight into the subject area which they have chosen.

Summary of Responsibilities

Summary of Responsibilities


  • Oversee the overall project, with ultimate responsibility for success or failure of the Mentor and manage teams of younger consultants to deliver project on time, on budget as well as QA work done by the team.

  • Ensure that client communications are ready to facilitate decision making, communicate status, mitigate risk, or resolve issues

  • Responsible for ensuring deadlines are met and workstreams are completed, specifically, taking over for a team member if they are unable to finish the task

  • Assist EM in the creation of project related deliverables such as project plans, implementation plans, communication plans, and financial models

  • Work closely with an EM to reduce project risk

  • Work closely with members of Axiom as well as our clients to quickly establish highly functioning joint project teams

  • Complete primary and secondary research to drive to critical insights

  • Client delivery assurance: collaborate with all delivery stakeholders involved to ensure fulfilment of all commitments to the client


Project Leadership


  • Fully independent or have a leadership role on larger or more strategic projects

  • Understand and gain alignment on client expectations and write and manage scopes that deliver on these expectations.

  • Able to run a DAS disease overview project with a team of two analysts

  • Have difficult conversations with teammates and are responsible for relaying both positive and negative feedback

  • Ability to pivot at a moment’s notice to take a leadership role in a new project or to present to clients when an EM is unable to be present.

  • Able to Identify team strengths and issues; drive and develop better behavior to create more effective consultants


KOL & Team Relationship


  • Work directly with clients to implement processes and technology that support business value and process efficiency across business and technical functions

  • Facilitate client workshops focused on future state of the Healthcare Industry, design future state business process and requirements

  • Support detailed requirements gathering


Axiom Investment


  • Assist EM with understanding of business needs and requirements and help turn those goals into concrete projects and detailed proposals

  • Contribute ideas and expertise for go-to-market strategy; help EM to execute business development campaigns

  • Participate in the business development process by appropriately writing SOWs, proposals, and pricing projects

  • Participate in the practice development process in the development of tools, methodologies and techniques used by Axiom on client assignments.

Desired Qualifications

  • PHD in Life Science or equivalent 

  • Prior consulting project leadership experience preferred

  • 5 + years of hands-on experience as a project manager leading business and technology strategy projects or equivalent 

  • Knowledge and experience with complex business systems integration and technology transformation, custom design and development, database design, and data management

  • Experience with healthcare-specific systems a plus

  • Experience working in a fast-paced, collaborative, and team-based project environment

  • Ability to lead and mentor other team members or developers while leading projects

  • Excellent leadership, organizational, verbal, and written communication skills to communicate technical concepts to non-technical businesspeople

Compensation and Benefits

Salary: Competitive compensation package is offered depending on the individual's education, experience and expertise


Benefits: Wide range of benefits including health insurance and hybrid-work model are offered to ensure the wellbeing of our team members


Development: Robust mentorship program is designed to ensure new and tenured hires have opportunities to improve their consulting and professional skillset

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