How is the healthcare and pharma consultancy scene in Australia? Interested in potentially making the move from Washington DC, I work at a small/mid size firm now. If that's too broad then in Melbourne or Sydney. Also what is the best time of year to move, thanks.

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There isn’t really a scene here. Pharma mainly has a sales presence in Australia. There is limited drug manufacturing (part of the COVID vaccine saga), and the drug creators here are all startups and universities (that don’t have money to pay consultants). The healthcare system is structured differently here too. The system revolves around Medicare (government universal healthcare), and you have some private health insurance companies. Therefore, healthcare consulting is mainly government consulting.

You might be better off doing strategy for one of the private health insurance companies to do something close to US healthcare consulting, but I don’t think they are sponsoring.

The best time to move weather-wise would be Sept-Dec in order to get double summer. 😎 Peak recruiting season tends to be around October since the fiscal year ends in June and it takes 3 months to pay out bonuses (and people give notice after) or enact promotions.

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Ditto a near non-existent health consulting scene here. You’re better off doing in-house strat at a corporate for more direct exposure, but roles are far and few

Healthcare in Australia has strict funding controls by the govt

Best time to move is in July/August or Jan/Feb in my opinion, but others might feel differently. I'm in HR so not sure about the pharma scene in Melbourne but I love living here (moved 5 years ago).

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