Melissa Lawrence

I don’t offer generic career coaching. I work with women in Pharma and Biotech who are navigating high-stakes career decisions and need clear thinking, context, and strategy, not advice they’ve already tried. You’ve likely built an impressive career in Pharma or Biotech. Your results are solid. Your expertise is real.And yet, something isn’t feeling right. You might be: Staying in a role longer than you intended while watching others advance Applying for roles you’re qualified for but not getting interviews or offers for the right roles Doing everything that’s been recommended and still feeling uncertain about your next move At a certain level, effort stops being the issue. What actually determines advancement in Pharma and Biotech is far less visible: how you’re positioned, perceived, and discussed when you’re not in the room. I know this because I spent over a decade inside the industry, leading Talent and Development initiatives across global Pharma and Biotech organizations. I sat in promotion meetings, succession planning conversations, and calibration rooms. I’m a Career Strategy and Leadership Coach for women in Pharma and Biotech to build careers they trust and want to stay in using the Worthy Career Method and my Right Move Protocol —a proven framework designed for the realities of science-driven, matrixed organizations. My work blends strategic advisory with high-impact coaching. We don’t bypass your intuition. We refine it. We look at the system you’re operating in and how you show up within it. I created The Right Move Protocol , a cohort-based coaching experience for women who are done guessing and ready to take ownership of their career direction with rigor and intention. Clients I work with are leaders, scientists, clinicians, and experts across large pharma, mid-size biotech, and growth-stage organizations. If you’re navigating a stay vs go decision, considering a pivot, or questioning whether your current role still fits — this work is