The groups comprise 30 - 40 professionals, who help the organization grow and better leverage information and technology advances with a strategic perspective. They work with internal clients, or client groups, across the entire organization. Client groups include sales, finance, disease management and product planning. The projects revolve around business strategy or operations management issues and include a strong technology component. The Senior Manager's mission is to identify business issues, analyze them in view of the overall strategic direction of the client group, define objectives, and deploy useful new technology to meet these business objectives.
Projects involve working in close partnership with the client group and with other business units.
The candidate would be considered to first join a practice dedicated to supporting the sales force client group. Nevertheless, depending on his own interests and track record, the candidate could also support other client groups. The successful candidate would be highly creative and autonomous, thriving in an unstructured environment and able to define his or her own responsibilities with limited direction and formal authority. He or she would have a dedication to change, with the ability to think strategically, quickly understand key issues, but also to make things happen by getting involved in implementation. He or she would be an excellent listener and coach, as well as a team player, with an ability to quickly gain credibility with internal clients by demonstrating thought leadership and achieving tangible results.