Campbell Alliance

Career Goals.  Made Real.

Campbell Alliance is purpose-built to help team members achieve results in their careers. For talented candidates at the beginning of their career, Campbell Alliance offers opportunities to do interesting and meaningful work, build experience, learn, grow, and advance into roles with greater responsibilities. For more experienced candidates, Campbell Alliance offers the opportunity to build and lead high-performance teams, engage with the industry’s leading decision makers, and deliver highly strategic guidance to clients. Let’s explore what makes Campbell Alliance such an attractive place to build a career.

The Team

Our team is our greatest asset at Campbell Alliance. Engaging, trusted, and razor sharp—that’s each member of the Campbell Alliance family. They’re strategic thinkers and operational experts committed to the life sciences. Their educational backgrounds include a mix of business, science, and medicine; and their professional backgrounds focus on biopharmaceuticals, medical technology, and consulting. 

Of course, we recruit people who are smart, motivated, and who have knowledge of the life sciences business. However, we also recruit for a certain personality type: engaging people who can seamlessly become part of a team, whether that team is internal to Campbell Alliance or a client’s project team. We recruit the type of people who are highly competent and confident in their abilities but also humble. In short, they are the type of people with whom you’d like to work, as well as develop lasting friendships.

The Work

We help clients tackle a diverse range of needs and challenges, covering both the strategic and operational aspects of their businesses.  One thing is for sure at Campbell Alliance:  You will never be bored.  Because we address so many areas that are core to the biopharmaceutical industry, we are unique in our ability to offer our team members a diverse range of things to do. 

Two years in consulting is like five years in just about any other role.  You’ll tackle more challenges, solve more problems, and see the inner workings of more companies during your tenure at Campbell Alliance than some other people will in their full careers.

And to top it all off, you’ll be helping some of the world’s leading companies advance the state of human health.  The work is interesting and rewarding.

Loyal Clients

Campbell Alliance is committed to client satisfaction.  Every company says it, but we live it.  As a result, approximately 90% of our work comes from satisfied repeat clients. After every project, we survey the client to capture their feedback on how we did.  Each survey is reviewed by the project team, our marketing team, and the CEO, and we hold ourselves accountable for the results.  We’ve been doing these surveys since 2003 and have collected literally thousands of responses.  The numbers speak for themselves:

• 89.3% of clients rate Campbell Alliance as “superior” or “far superior” to other consulting firms with whom they have worked.
• 98.1% would recommend Campbell Alliance to their colleagues.

Thanks to our valuable long-term client relationships, Campbell Alliance is often the first call when a client has a challenge or need.  That makes it easier for our consulting teams to sell and deliver projects, and it facilitates faster growth, which opens up more opportunities for our team members. 

Meritocracy and Advancement

The Campbell Alliance culture is a meritocracy.  We believe in providing rapid advancement opportunities for those talented, motivated individuals who push themselves to succeed.  If you deliver results for your clients and the company grows accordingly, then you will be rewarded for your efforts.

Our goal is for every incoming consultant to learn, grow, and advance within the organization.  At all levels, the criteria for success are very clear, and consultants are measured on their performance twice per year through a structured review process.  You’ll never wonder, “How am I doing?”  You’ll have clear feedback on your performance and clear guidance on what’s required to advance. 

Broad Career Paths

The career path from Associate Consultant to Vice President or Regional General Manager is clearly marked.  However, the career path at Campbell Alliance shouldn’t just be viewed as a ladder, where people move from one step to the next.  Thanks to our subsidiary organizations (Encuity Research and Pharmaceutical Institute), as well as our parent company, inVentiv Health, the potential career paths can be extremely diverse. 

You may decide to remain within consulting or, if your interests evolve elsewhere, pursue interesting opportunities within our subsidiaries or within a wide range of inVentiv companies, from CROs to advertising agencies.  Our ability to provide such a broad range of opportunities is something a lot of consulting firms simply cannot offer. 

Industry Recognition and Respect

Those who come to Campbell Alliance join a well-known and highly-respected firm.  At Campbell Alliance, you’ll become part of a recognized winning team in the biopharmaceutical industry. In a blinded survey of executive-level decision makers in this industry, conducted by a third-party research firm, Campbell Alliance was

• Ranked #2 in unaided awareness, right behind McKinsey & Company and just ahead of Boston Consulting Group
• Ranked as #1, 2, or 3 (among a competitive set of 17 companies) on 10 of 13 attributes that respondents considered to be critical when selecting a consulting firm
• Ranked as a top-three firm in key specialty therapeutic areas, such as oncology and central nervous system

With our strong brand backing you up in the marketplace, you’ll find it easier to sell and deliver work, and to advance your own career. 

Thought Leadership

Campbell Alliance is also recognized as a thought leader.  With the help of our marketing team, our consultants

• Publish 30+ articles per year in industry journals, including Focus, in Vivo, Les Nouvelles, Med Ad News, Nature Biotech, Oncology Business Review, Pharmaceutical Executive, Pharmaceutical Market Europe, R&D Directions, RPM Report
• Deliver 70+ presentations, workshops, and panel discussions
• Are quoted, mentioned, or cited in dozens of news articles per year
• Fill editorial board positions at key journals and actively serve on committees within various industry organizations

This type of thought leadership enhances the firm’s credibility, gives us an advantage over the competition, and makes it easier for us to identify, pursue, and win projects.  As a member of the team, you may have the opportunity to build your own reputation as a thought leader, both within the firm and within the marketplace at large. 

International Presence

Where in the world do you want to go?  In the US, our offices are located in pharmaceutical and biotech “hot spots.”  Campbell Alliance also has offices in London, UK and near Zurich, Switzerland.  Our capabilities are expanding both in the US and in Europe, and you will have the opportunity to interact with colleagues from all over.

Our near- to mid-term expansion plans include Australia, Japan, and China, with steps already underway to open these markets with the support of our colleagues at inVentiv Health.  If you have an affinity for or special knowledge of any of these places, then you may be able to work there.  Obviously, work opportunities depend on client needs and our priorities, but our international presence certainly has the potential to open doors for you.

Professional Development

Campbell Alliance values professional development.  Whether you are early in your career or well-established, the opportunities for professional development never stop.  All new hires benefit from a comprehensive orienta­tion, including our scenario-based Accelerated Consulting Training (ACT I) program.  ACT II, for rising Practice Executives, provides more in-depth training for managers.

Our team members also have access to a range of highly useful proprietary e-courses about nearly all aspects of the pharmaceutical and biotech industry.  These courses were developed by our subsidiary, Pharmaceutical Institute, and they represent the largest catalog of pharma-focused e-courses in existence.  Each year, your manager will work with you to develop a Professional Development Plan (PDP) to help you enhance your skills and move forward in your career path.

The inVentiv Health Connection

Being a part of the inVentiv Health family offers many benefits and serves as a powerful differentiator for Campbell Alliance.

Quite simply, inVentiv’s global implementation capabilities are unmatched.  When we help our clients develop an ambitious new strategy, we’re also able to offer them-via inVentiv-the tools and personnel to put that strategy into action almost anywhere.  Whether they need to conduct phase III clinical trials in the Asia-Pacific region, field a sales force in the US, or develop an advertising campaign in Europe, inVentiv Health can do it.  That capability makes Campbell Alliance more attractive as a strategic consulting partner, and it translates into more business.

As we’ve said before, more business, bigger projects, and more strategic relationships mean more opportunities for you.  Related to all of this, you will be able to take advantage of unparalleled opportunities to work across “company lines” with colleagues from inVentiv, giving you great exposure to the “implementation side” and making you even more effective as a strategic consultant.

AMBITIOUS IDEAS.  MADE ACTUAL.

• Fast 50 Company (Triangle Business Journal):  Nine consecutive listings on the annual Fast 50 ranking of the 50 fastest-growing private companies based in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) region of North Carolina, 2002-2011
• Best Places to Work (Triangle Business Journal):  Ranked as one of the best places to work in the Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina, 2007 and 2008 
• Inc. 500 (Inc. magazine):  Ranked No. 171 on Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US, 2003 
• Inc. 5000 (Inc. magazine):  Listed on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States, 2007 
• Finalist, American Business Awards 2004:  Best Overall Company (Up to 100 Employees category) 
• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY) Awards:  John Campbell named EOY Award Winner, Health Sciences Category, Carolinas Region, 2006. EOY Award Finalist, Carolinas Region, 2003, 2004, and 2005.

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