Associate Strategy Consultant (Lyon, France)

Location : Lyon, France

About ARCHIMED

With offices in US, Europe and APAC ARCHIMED is a leading investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industries. Its mix of operational, medical, scientific and financial expertise allows the ARCHIMED team to serve as both a strategic and financial partner to European and North American small and middle-market businesses. Prioritized areas of focus include biopharmaceutical products & services, life science tools, medical devices & technologies, diagnostics, healthcare IT and consumer health. ARCHIMED helps partners internationalize, acquire, innovate and expand their products and services.

Over the last twenty years, ARCHIMED’s leadership team has directly managed and invested in over eighty small to large-size healthcare companies globally, representing over €50 billion of combined value. ARCHIMED manages over €8 billion in healthcare assets across its various funds.

With investments dedicated to the healthcare sectors, ARCHIMED aims to advance sustainable global healthcare industries through impactful investing. ARCHIMED investments goals’ remain to improve health outcomes at all levels and as such, ARCHIMED has classified its new funds MED III and MP II as Sustainable funds under Article 9 (SFDR).

The Team:

• An international team (with more than 30 nationalities) with complementary education and experience in the investment, medical, scientific, strategic and operational sectors
• Composed of alumni from: INSEAD, Berkeley, Georgetown, Bocconi, HEC Paris, Ponts et Chaussées, ESSEC, Imperial College, Dartmouth, etc.
• Professional backgrounds: Private Equity (3i, Siparex, USS Ltd, Barings, capiton), Consulting (A.T. Kearney, Bain, McKinsey), M&A (Lazard, EY, KPMG, PwC), Industry (Biotronik, Cerba, Pharmacy, Veterinary)

Your Role:

Joining ARCHIMED Consulting Team, you will play an instrumental role to enhance and scale our internal market intelligence initiative towards our investment team & our portfolio companies.

We are seeking a Consultant with a strong background in Healthcare and Life Sciences consulting to join our team. The ideal candidate will combine deep scientific and analytical knowledge with business and strategic acumen.

As a Associate you will lead internal commercial due diligences, working closely with our investment team. You will drive the optimization of our due diligence process, both internally through mentoring & training, and externally, managing advisors relationships.

Upstream, you will actively participate in ARCHIMED strategic reflection within our sector teams, contributing to target markets prioritization.

Downstream, you will also contribute to shape & deliver on a large-scale value creation initiative for our portfolio companies.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Identify new sub-sectors of investment & build our investment thesis
• Organize & deliver sub-sector deep dives
• Conduct internal commercial due diligences on targets and exit due diligences
• Manage strategic assessment projects for our portfolio companies
• Reinforce our healthcare sectors market watch
• Handle our partnerships with strategy consulting providers, oversee external CDD or strategy projects
• Develop our internal market intelligence culture by delivering focused trainings

As ARCHIMED is expanding, there will be many opportunities for role evolution and development.

Aptitudes and Skills we look for:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, or a related discipline.
• Experienced strategy consulting professional - 5 to 7 years of experience in HealthCare / Life Sciences strategy consulting, corporate development, Venture Capital / Private Equity with a strong exposure to due diligence
• Strong problem-solving, research, and analytical capabilities, with high proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal—able to bridge scientific depth and business strategy effectively.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, analytical, and team-driven environment.
• Business acumen – Ability to identify emerging sector trends, to build or challenge an investment thesis
• Leadership – Capacity to drive decision making in a deal process or in interaction with our portfolio companies
• Communication - Excellent communication, interpersonal & public speaking skills
• Attitude – Passionate individual with an agile & hands-on mindset, able to work in close team dynamics
• Fluent English