Independent life sciences consultants

Tap proven industry experience on demand to build operational resilience and drive innovation in an increasingly complex landscape.

Achieve your most strategic business goals with independent consultants

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Accelerate time-to-market

Set new speed norms for product launches with agile processes and leaner teams while ensuring quality and compliance. 

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Improve capital deployment

Craft robust financial plans to preserve and bring in cash. Establish efficient operating foundations to prepare for potential M&A and licensing activity.

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Build resilient and secure supply chains

Harness the power of advanced analytics and emerging technologies to attain end-to-end supply chain visibility that ultimately improves patient safety and trust.

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Be transparent

Helping clients and experts reach the next level of growth requires transparency, honesty, and empathy. We aim to make this the cornerstone for how we interact with one another and our community.

Our network of independent life sciences experts by the numbers

Access leading experts to address bandwidth and expertise gaps across multiple teams

12-15

Average years of work experience of our experts

Lean on the deep experience of our network built over the years working at top firms.

How our independent experts help automotive companies

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Independent expertise to uncover customer insights

Primary Research
Customer/
Vendor Calls
Survey Work
Voice of Customer
Secondary Research
Benchmarking
Competitive Landscape
Market Mapping
Ongoing Research Support
Industry Expertise

A few
of our
top-rated experts

Nicole M

Nicole M

Marketing + strategic leadership, but à la carte. Strategic consulting, from customer research through promotion.

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Business Planning, Market Analysis / Research, Go-to-market Strategy, Primary Research, Survey Work
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Pharma, Social & Public Sector, Technology, Consumer Goods
Jason A

Jason A

Software architect, program and project manager, and team lead with 22 years of successful project deployment experience

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Sectors
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IT Transformation, Cloud Architecture, Technology Strategy, Program Management
Travel & Hospitality, Financial Services, Energy, Technology, Life Sciences & Pharma
Ricardo T

Ricardo T

Senior Global Operations & Supply Chain professional with experience in Consulting, Energy, Chemicals and CPG.

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Sectors
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Value Chain Analysis, Process Design / Re-engineering, Operational Transformation, Demand Planning
Manufacturing, Energy, Consumer Goods, Life Sciences & Pharma, Chemicals
Natasha C

Natasha C

Healthcare consultant specializing in hospital revenue cycles with experience in biotech market research and CI.

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Sectors
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Market Analysis / Research, Data Collection / Research, Primary Research
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Pharma

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Why enterprise leaders choose Graphite

Highly specialized expertise at the right time

Right-sized

Onboard 1 or multiple independent consultants on demand to address bandwidth constraints or specific skills gaps. Skip unnecessarily large project teams.

Flexible

Skip locked-in contracts — scale teams up or down with independent experts. Pay only for work delivered.

Cost-effective

Directly assess the experts who will work on your projects. Get the same expertise without the brand name consulting firm pricing.

Our Process

1

Post your project

Your dedicated account team collaboratively identifies your project-based skills needs.

Receive guidance to tailor your project posting and on ideal pay rates
Attract concise proposals from the most relevant independent experts
Speedy proposals evaluations powered by our proprietary AI model that identifies the best matches based on experts' skills, pricing, prior performance on Graphite projects, and more
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2

Interview

We diligently vet and present 2-4 curated independent experts.

Compare experts by their depth and breadth of expertise, location, pay rate expectations, and in-platform reviews
Evaluate experts with ease using in-platform messaging and video conferencing
Build right-sized teams with one or a select few experts
Graphite connects enterprise leaders with 2-4 curated independent experts and the evaluation process is powered within the Graphite platform
3

Onboard experts to your teams

Your account team negotiates rates and handles onboarding steps established in the Master Service Agreement.

Get worker classification, and background check support for experts as needed
Rely on Graphite as the employer of record
Connect seamlessly with your dedicated purpose-built customer success team
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4

Setting your projects up for success

Your dedicated customer success team brings proactive quantitative and qualitative insights to set your projects with independent experts up for successful outcomes.

Participate in onboarding calls alignment amongst all stakeholders at project kickoff
Get timely and consistent check-ins to ensure projects are on track
Share your strategic talent needs and broader feedback in quarterly business reviews, so we can proactively ensure you always have the right independent talent on your teams
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A few of our top-rated experts

Angelina C

15 years of management consulting in life sciences, preceded by 6 years as a scientist.

Ronald W

21 years of global expertise in global clinical development/operations, medical affairs, business development, etc.

Andrea U

Business Consultant focused on Lean initiatives within bio-pharmaceutical, life sciences, and construction industries.

Edward W

A knowledgeable project management professional with over 30 years of project management expertise in the pharmaceutical.

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