Life Sciences Supply Chain and Manufacturing Transformation Principal Director

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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 practice helps clients to transform their end-to-end supply chain to be patient centric and an enabler of growth.

What would you do?

Most of the team works on one or more projects at any given point in time, typically as part of a larger core team working on multiple priorities across client accounts. At a Principal Director level, it could be:

Lead sales origination and project delivery in Life Sciences Supply Chain and Manufacturing with a focus on PLM and digital CMC

Support sales and delivery of business and technology transformations by utilizing deep industry expertise in PLM, CMC, tech transfer, data as a product, knowledge graphs, data lineage, and AI-enabled business and technology transformation work

Understand business value levers for PLM and CMC reinvention across pharmaceuticals, biotech, MedTech and beyond including upstream R&D and downstream commercialization

Manage business development opportunities end to end 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

Lead diverse, global Accenture teams to deliver project work effectively leveraging AI through setting strategy, coaching and driving engagement

Bring effective communications to manage senior level client relationships and deliver with excellence

Effectively manage networked consulting organization to influence diverse stakeholders to help support worldclass delivery across technology, management consulting, and Data/AI teams and skillsets

Own PLM and CMC thought leadership efforts across Life Sciences, bringing deep industry expertise and perspective in settings small and large

Provide point-of-view on Life Sciences technology vendor landscape and value levers for PLM tools as well as broader technology ecosystem relevant to Life Sciences development and manufacturing

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

Pathway to practice leadership roles both in North America and globally for PLM and CMC reinvention services

Travel - candidate should 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 learning and adoption of AI to reinvent the ways medicines reach patients

Opportunities to be a thought leader in a growing focus area

Basic Qualifications

Here’s what you need:

• •Minimum of 8 years of experience scoping and delivering Life Sciences transformation and technology advisory solutions and services across the value chain and across multiple modalities
• •Minimum of 5 years of experience at a management consulting or strategy consulting firm
• •Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 10 years) work experience

• Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
• We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 10/01/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Role Location Annual Salary Range

California $163,000 to $434,000

Colorado $163,000 to $375,000

Connecticut $163,000 to $375,000

District of Columbia $173,500 to $399,300

Illinois $150,900 to $375,000

Maine $138,800 to $319,400

Maryland $163,000 to $375,000

Massachusetts $163,000 to $399,300

Minnesota $163,000 to $375,000

New York $150,900 to $434,000

New Jersey $173,500 to $434,000

Ohio $150,900 to $347,200

Virginia $150,900 to $399,300

Washington $173,500 to $399,300

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