Director of Consulting (Life Sciences) in Street

Do you think like a management consultant, thrive in a startup environment, and can’t stop thinking about the intersection of data, technology, and business? With over 2000 employees, offices on five continents, and world-class clients like Sanofi, Servier, L’Oreal, and Mattel, Artefact is a consulting firm that transforms data into value and business impact.

Founded and headquartered in Paris, Artefact is a next-generation consulting firm, specializing in data, analytics & AI consulting, dedicated to transforming data into business impact across the entire value chain of organizations. We help our clients grow their data and digital capabilities, and we’re also growing in parallel. Our state-of-the-art data technologies, lean AI agile methodologies, and cohesive teams of business consultants, data analysts, data scientists, data engineers, and digital experts are all dedicated to bringing extra value to every client.

We are seeking a Director or Senior Director to help lead and grow Artefact's Life Sciences practice in the United States. This is a senior commercial and delivery role for someone who loves the chase of a new client relationship as much as the craft of solving complex problems. You bring a rare combination: functional expertise in the commercial life of a drug — whether that's sales, marketing, market access, launch strategy, or pricing — and the data and analytics fluency to bring rigorous, modern solutions to those problems.

Among your responsibilities as Director, you will:

• Business Development & Commercial Growth
  • Build and own a pipeline of Life Sciences clients — proactively hunting new logos and expanding relationships within existing accounts
  • Lead pursuits end-to-end: identify opportunities, develop proposals, shape the commercial narrative, and close engagements
  • Engage C-suite and VP-level stakeholders (CMO, CDO, Chief Commercial Officer, VP Market Access) as a trusted thought partner
  • Represent Artefact externally through industry events, speaking engagements, and written thought leadership
  • Collaborate with Artefact's global network to bring world-class capabilities into every client conversation
• Client Delivery & Practice Leadership
  • Lead delivery of high-impact engagements in commercial analytics, data strategy, AI use-case development, and insights transformation
  • Serve as the senior client relationship owner — the person clients call with their hardest problems and most strategic questions
  • Pilot multidisciplinary teams of consultants, data scientists, and data engineers — setting direction, ensuring quality, and developing talent
  • Contribute to Artefact's Life Sciences practice-building: develop offerings, refine methodologies, author POVs and research
  • Communicate practice successes internally and externally, reinforcing Artefact's credibility in the market

What we are looking for

• Life Sciences Domain Expertise
  • 8–10+ years of experience in consulting, analytics, or industry roles with a Life Sciences focus
  • Deep familiarity with at least one or more commercial functional areas: Sales Force Effectiveness, Marketing Analytics, Market Access & Reimbursement, Launch Excellence, KAM, Patient Services, or Pricing & Contracting
  • Strong understanding of the pharma/biotech commercial lifecycle — from pre-launch through loss of exclusivity
  • Familiarity with the Life Sciences data ecosystem: IQVIA, Symphony Health, Komodo, claims data, Veeva CRM, EMR/EHR, and specialty data assets
  • Experience engaging commercial leaders (VP of Sales, VP of Marketing, Chief Commercial Officer) as a peer and advisor
• Data & Analytics Fluency
  • Solid grasp of modern data platforms, analytics architecture, and AI/ML concepts
  • Experience overseeing delivery of data and analytics solutions: dashboards, predictive models, segmentation, forecasting, or NLP/GenAI applications
  • Familiarity with AI and ML use cases in Life Sciences: next best action (NBA), promotional response modeling, patient identification, real-world evidence (RWE), or HCP targeting
  • Comfortable engaging both C-suite business stakeholders and data science/engineering teams with equal credibility
• Commercial Drive & Consulting Excellence
  • Proven track record of winning business — you've built client relationships from the ground up
  • Entrepreneurial, high-energy mindset: you treat business development as a core part of your identity
  • Exceptional communication skills — you simplify complexity, write with clarity, and present with authority
  • Structured problem-solver: strong at framing ambiguous challenges, developing hypotheses, and distilling insight into executive-ready recommendations
  • Strong executive presence and the ability to build trust quickly with senior stakeholders

Why you should join us

• Genuine entrepreneurial autonomy — shape your own client base and practice focus
• Rare platform — bring a global AI and data firm with 2,000+ experts to every US Life Sciences conversation
• Fast-moving culture — real decisions made quickly, no bureaucracy, your contributions are visible from day one
• Competitive compensation — $200,000 starting base salary + performance bonus tied to business development and delivery outcomes and equity opportunity
• Clear path to Partner — for those who grow revenue and build the practice, the trajectory is real

We are united by our values and strengthened by our hybrid expertise.