Knowledge Specialist

**About L.E.K. Consulting**

L.E.K. Consulting is a global strategy consulting firm that addresses the most critical commercial issues for the leaders of some of the world's most successful businesses.

Clients come to us time and again because we are proven to act as an insightful expert and a trusted partner. We are uncompromising in our approach to help clients make better decisions at crucial moments, changing the trajectory of their enterprise, delivering improved business performance, and creating greater shareholder returns.

Our teams combine our core capabilities of research, benchmarking, modelling, data & analytics and strategy development to create game-changing insights and practical solutions that seize competitive advantage and unlock new growth opportunities. We enable clients to make critical decisions with greater certainty and empower them to master their moments of truth.

With more than 1,900 professionals located across five continents, L.E.K. specialises in Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) support with clients across the full range of corporates and private equity. We are expert in a wide range of industries, including Life Sciences and healthcare, retail and consumer, financial services, industrials, energy and transportation.

Our global growth ambitions are huge. Be part of this growth.

**What we are looking for**:
The Knowledge Specialist plays a key role in supporting the firm’s ability to deliver outstanding results for our clients in the Life Sciences sector. Knowledge Management (KM) is critical to capture the best of our consulting staff’s individual and collective expertise and to make it available to the broader firm. The KM Specialist will work closely with members of the KM team as well as the Life Sciences sector head and strategy consulting teams to help capture, redact, package, develop and deliver intellectual property (IP) content, which will have a direct impact on the sales, marketing, and delivery capability of the firm.

**Responsibilities**
- Coordinate across KM team and Life Sciences sector head to identify sector knowledge priorities and work as a team to capture and codify materials
- Capture and redact IP from LS European cases
- Prioritising the capture from relevant cases
- Co-ordinate IP debriefs after each LS project to facilitate review and IP extraction planning (case team Manager)
- Leadership of the IP extraction (Credential, Description and Final Presentation) and synthesis process (Primers) - using input gathered from IP debrief and follow up discussions with the case team and other stakeholders as necessary
- Identify and capture key information from case team efforts including industry insights, strategic and analytic frameworks, case examples, tools and templates
- Uploading these materials on the KM platform in the right way
- Capture and process knowledge onto our global practice areas sites on the L.E.K. KM platform ensuring most recent tools, templates, insights, and knowledge assets are represented and shared; identify content gaps
- Help develop credentials/materials on key topics across the sector to support client development and sales & marketing efforts
- Provide value-added front-line support to case teams by providing guidance to curated best in class content and equipping case teams with relevant expertise and resource recommendations
- Boost awareness of KM tools and resources and help staff understand knowledge sharing expectations and policies
- Act as a champion for KM and promote continued enhancements in process, content, and IP best practices across the firm
- Collaborate with other Core Services teams to collectively provide case teams with a consolidated view of our case delivery resources
- Create and package content and insights in a manner consistent with L.E.K.’s standards

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree required with strong academic credentials, Life Sciences would be a plus
- 2+ years of experience, ideally in the professional services environment
- Interest in knowledge management
- Demonstrated strategic thinker with a bias for action
- Self-starting, comfortable working autonomously while appreciating guided coaching and collaborative teaming
- Comfortable in a fast-paced environment juggling multiple priorities
- Excellent written/verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels of the business
- Energy, enthusiasm, and drive to create a positive working relationship with the business and KM team
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong proficiency in MS Office 365 suite
- Experience with SharePoint is a plus but not required

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