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Join our team that is helping the world’s leading life sciences companies to evolve rapidly from selling products to delivering value through better patient outcomes. We work with our pharmaceutical, biotech, medical technology, distributor and consumer health clients globally to redefine the future of the life sciences industry: combining the latest technology with scientific breakthroughs to revolutionize how medical treatments are discovered, developed and delivered to patients around the world.

Our Life Sciences Supply Chain and Manufacturing practice helps clients to transform their end-to-end supply and manufacturing capabilities to be patient centric and an enabler of growth.

What would you do?

• Most of the team works on one project at any given point in time, typically as part of a larger core team working on a priority.

At a Manager level, it could be:

• Lead workstreams and projects in Life Sciences Supply Chain and Manufacturing driving business and technology transformations with a focus on upfront product development and transition from R&D into commercial manufacturing. Leveraging PLM tools to accelerate CMC and enable Digital CMC

• Lead diverse, global Accenture teams setting strategy, coaching and driving engagement

• Create PLM, product development, product launch and data management thought leadership for clients across Life Sciences.

• Shape client’s launch and CMC transformation vision, focus areas, and journey from the current state to a “to-be” optimized journey

• Provide point-of-view on Life Sciences supply chain solutions to deliver on transformational goals along with strengths and weaknesses of various industry solutions.

• Collaborate with senior client leaders to ensure buy-in to recommended solutions.

• Oversee the design and implementation of Life Sciences Supply Chain solutions, processes, and operating model specifically for PLM, Digital CMC and Product development and launch

• Help to develop and expand the Life Sciences Supply Chain Services consulting portfolio through thought leadership and opportunity identification.

• Manage business development opportunities to bring innovative solutions and ways of working to clients.

• Build and apply technical, industry, organization, and functional knowledge to support efforts in selling opportunities to existing and new clients.

• Manage workstreams and/or work efforts at a client or within Accenture.

• Serve as the planner/architect for a delivery initiative.

Travel - candidates must be willing to travel up to 75% to client locations

Growth Opportunities

• You will always be learning in this role through:

  • On the job learning: creating experiments with new technologies, products and across team partnerships

  • Being part of a forward-thinking community committed to training on and the adoption of latest methodologies such as design thinking and agile working

  • Opportunities to be a face of Accenture at industry forums, conferences, and through thought leadership

Who do we need - Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience scoping and delivering Life Sciences transformation and innovation technology advisory solutions and services that

• Minimum of 2 years of external experience at a consulting firm or 3 years of internal consulting experience in a role within Life Sciences (biopharma or medical device)

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent 5 years work experience.

Bonus Points:

Prior Life Sciences experience doing any planning functions:

• Experience implementing Digital CMC tools such as QBD Vision, DTLS, etc

• You can use the latest data analytics tools to spot opportunities for improvement.

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Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $94,400 to $293,800

Colorado $94,400 to $253,800

District of Columbia $100,500 to $270,300

Illinois $87,400 to $253,800

Minnesota $94,400 to $253,800

Maryland $94,400 to $253,800

New York/New Jersey $87,400 to $293,800

Washington $100,500 to $270,300

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