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About the Role

We are looking for a Commercial Strategist to provide rigorous research, analysis, and project support to enable high-quality delivery of Commercial Strategy engagements and new business pitches. This role helps transform complex scientific, clinical, and market information into clear strategic implications and client-ready outputs, while ensuring strong delivery excellence through owning workstream logistics, maintaining high-quality documentation, and supporting day-to-day client coordination.

Responsibilities

Provide rigorous research, analysis, and project support for Commercial Strategy engagements and new business pitches.
Transform complex scientific, clinical, and market information into clear strategic implications and client-ready outputs.
Ensure strong delivery excellence by owning workstream logistics.
Maintain high-quality documentation.
Support day-to-day client coordination to keep projects on track.
Contribute across core Commercial Strategy workstreams, including unmet need and market assessment, competitive foresight, secondary research and insight synthesis, primary research, strategic scientific narrative and value architecture, evidence generation and differentiation, and market readiness/activation planning.

Requirements

Strong foundational capabilities in strategy, research, and client delivery.
Strong analytical capability and comfort working with scientific/clinical information in a commercialization context.
Ability to synthesize complexity into clear insights, implications, and well-structured content.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including summarizing findings clearly for internal teams.
Strong planning and organization skills; able to manage multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment.
Collaborative team player with an ownership mindset; dependable and detail-oriented.
Professionalism in client communication and external stakeholder interactions.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).

Skills

Understanding of core commercialization concepts (e.g., competitive landscape, positioning/differentiation, evidence needs, stakeholder decision drivers).
Ability to apply an adoption/value lens – connecting evidence, stakeholder needs, and market context to implications for uptake and differentiation.
Strong problem-solving skills.
Ability to work with ambiguity.
Ability to apply structured thinking (hypotheses, frameworks) to build coherent strategic outputs.
Strong attention to detail (data accuracy, referencing, and consistency).
Practical project support skills (tracking actions, coordinating inputs, maintaining clean working files).

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Level flexible

Education Level

Degree-level qualification (Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, Public Health, or similar).
Advanced degree is a plus but not required.

About the Company

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth.
VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners.
VML's specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies.
VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets.
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.
WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company.
The Global Strategy Team within VML Health is home to a diverse collective of bold, curious strategic thinkers operating within an agile model.
The Commercial Strategy team helps to shape how an asset, franchise, or portfolio creates sustainable competitive advantage.
VML is a WPP agency (NYSE: WPP).

Equal Opportunity

WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics.
We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.