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About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Consultant to lead and deliver strategic, digital, and operational initiatives for global life‑sciences clients. The ideal candidate brings strong consulting capabilities, deep understanding of the pharmaceutical/biotech ecosystem, and the ability to translate complex business challenges into actionable, technology‑enabled solutions.

You will work closely with cross‑functional teams across strategy, medical, commercial, data, digital, and operations to drive measurable impact for clients across the product lifecycle.

Client Delivery & Advisory

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of consulting engagements across commercial, medical, and digital domains.
• Develop insights and recommendations using analytical frameworks, domain knowledge, and data‑driven approaches.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, supporting decision‑making and strategic planning.
• Translate client challenges into structured problem statements and actionable transformation roadmaps.
• Ensure high‑quality project outputs—presentations, reports, dashboards, process maps, and frameworks.
• Oversee project planning, governance, timelines, and risk management to ensure successful delivery.
• Manage and mentor junior consultants and analysts, providing guidance, feedback, and development support.
• Facilitate cross‑functional collaboration across digital, technology, design, data, and domain teams.

Domain & Functional Expertise

• Apply strong understanding of life‑sciences processes such as medical affairs, commercial operations, digital marketing, patient engagement, and omnichannel execution.
• Contribute expertise in areas such as digital transformation, customer experience, analytics, AI/ML use cases, and workflow optimization.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies shaping the biopharma landscape.

Business Growth & Thought Leadership

• Support development of new consulting offerings, methodologies, and best practices.
• Contribute to proposals, solutioning sessions, and client presentations for business development efforts.
• Create thought leadership assets such as POVs, frameworks, whitepapers, and case studies.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, business, engineering, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).
• 5–8+ years of experience in management consulting, life‑sciences consulting, or digital/technology enablement within pharma or biotech.
• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical value chain (clinical, medical, market access, commercial).
• Ability to structure complex problems and drive clarity in ambiguous environments.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Familiarity with digital technologies used in life sciences (CRM, DAM, omnichannel platforms, AI/ML use cases, digital content operations, medical affairs systems).
• Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, and analytics tools; experience with project management tools is a plus.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and people development capabilities.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Consulting and Science

Industries

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Biotechnology Research

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