M&A Consultant – Life Sciences

• Assess the impact of acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, and business restructurings on operating models, business capabilities, processes, data, and technology landscapes
• Conduct due diligence, integration assessments, and separation planning across Life Sciences functions
• Define Day 1, TSA, Day 100, and target-state integration or separation strategies
• Advise executive stakeholders on risks, dependencies, governance models, and value realization opportunities
• Analyze the impact of M&A transactions on clinical, regulatory, safety, quality, and commercial business processes
• Assess enterprise application portfolios and identify integration, coexistence, rationalization, or separation requirements
• Evaluate data migration, master data management, governance, reporting, and interoperability challenges
• Develop future-state architectures supporting business and regulatory objectives
• Define phased integration and separation roadmaps aligned to business priorities and transaction objectives
• Establish approaches for application consolidation, data harmonization, process standardization, and organizational alignment
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver complex transformation programs and realize transaction synergies
• Assess the impact of M&A activities on AI capabilities, data products, analytics platforms, and digital assets
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI to accelerate integration, improve decision making, and automate business processes
• Establish governance and operating models for integrating AI-enabled capabilities in regulated environments
• Develop methodologies, frameworks, and assets supporting Life Sciences M&A transformation
• Monitor emerging trends in digital transformation, enterprise architecture, and AI-enabled integration
• Mentor consulting teams and contribute to capability development across the Life Sciences practice

Requirements

• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical business processes across Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Safety, Quality, and/or Commercial functions
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, integrations, and large transformation programs
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, application portfolio assessment, and technology operating models
• Experience evaluating business, data, application, and process impacts of organizational change
• Understanding of data migration, master data management, governance, interoperability, and reporting architectures
• Ability to develop integration, separation, and transformation roadmaps across business and technology domains
• Experience working with senior business and technology stakeholders
• 12+ years of relevant Life Sciences experience with a minimum of 7 years in a consulting organization
• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• Experience with M&A due diligence, Day 1 planning, TSA management, post-merger integration, and divestiture initiatives
• Familiarity with Life Sciences platforms such as Veeva, Medidata, RIMS, CTMS, Safety Systems, ELN, PPM, ERP, and Quality Management solutions
• Experience developing target operating models and enterprise architecture strategies
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical data domains including clinical, regulatory, safety, product, and commercial data
• Experience applying AI, GenAI, or Agentic AI within Life Sciences organizations
• Strong analytical, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills
• MBA, MSc, PharmD, PhD, TOGAF, or equivalent advanced qualifications are preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in assessing and integrating business capabilities, processes, and technology landscapes within Life Sciences, particularly in the context of mergers and acquisitions. Proficient in developing transformation roadmaps and governance models that align with regulatory and business objectives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• M&A Due Diligence
• Enterprise Architecture
• Data Migration
• Life Sciences Experience
• AI Integration

Hard Skills

• Business Process Assessment
• Integration Strategy Development
• Application Portfolio Assessment
• Data Governance
• Master Data Management
• Transformation Roadmap Development
• Regulatory Compliance
• Analytical Skills
• Stakeholder Management
• Problem-Solving

Soft Skills

• Mentoring
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership

Certifications & Qualifications

• MBA
• MSc
• PharmD
• PhD
• TOGAF

Industry Keywords

• Life Sciences
• Clinical Development
• Regulatory Affairs
• Safety
• Quality
• Commercial Functions
• Digital Transformation
• AI-Enabled Integration
• Transaction Synergies
• Governance Models

Tools & Technologies

• Veeva
• Medidata
• RIMS
• CTMS
• Safety Systems
• ELN
• PPM
• ERP
• Quality Management Solutions