Senior Consultant Healthcare & Life Sciences (AI/GenAI)

Senior Consultant – Healthcare & Life Sciences AI
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days/week onsite at client office
Employment Type: Full-Time / Permanent
Experience: 10+ years
Travel: Willingness to travel to client offices as required

Position Overview

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of experience leading Pharma/Life Sciences projects, along with 5+ years of hands-on experience in AI, Machine Learning, Advanced Analytics, or Generative AI solution development and deployment.

This role requires strong client-facing consulting skills, executive presence, commercial acumen, and the ability to translate complex business challenges into scalable AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

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  Lead multiple client-facing AI and analytics programs for Fortune 100 pharmaceutical organizations.

  
  


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  Drive AI/GenAI transformation initiatives across Clinical, R&D, and Real-World Data.

  
  


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  Translate complex Pharma business challenges into actionable analytics and AI use cases.

  
  


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  Partner with Clinical, R&D, Real-World Data, data science, engineering, and business teams.

  
  


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  Lead client workshops, solution discussions, daily client meetings, and strategic engagements.

  
  


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  Serve as a bridge between technical AI teams and senior Life Sciences business stakeholders.

  
  


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  Drive adoption of GenAI and AI-enabled delivery approaches to improve project efficiency.

  
  


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  Translate data and model outputs into clear recommendations, dashboards, and executive-level stories.

  
  


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  Support solution development, proposals, client presentations, and business development activities.

  
  


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  Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client stakeholders.

  
  


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  Identify expansion opportunities and contribute to account growth and strategic account plans.

  
  


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  Manage complex programs, delivery oversight, resources, risks, and client escalations.

  
  


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  Provide mentorship and guidance to consulting and technical teams.

  
  


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  Contribute to thought leadership and development of Healthcare & Life Sciences AI capabilities.

  
  

Required Qualifications

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  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.

  
  


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  10+ years of experience leading Pharma/Life Sciences projects, preferably for Fortune 100 clients.

  
  


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  5+ years of experience in AI, Machine Learning, Advanced Analytics, or Generative AI solution development and deployment.

  
  


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  Strong understanding of AI/ML and GenAI solutions in enterprise environments.

  
  


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  Experience with Clinical, R&D, or Real-World Data within the pharmaceutical/Life Sciences industry.

  
  


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  Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

  
  


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  Experience with AI/ML solution deployment, MLOps, LLMOps, or cloud engineering.

  
  


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  Strong consulting, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.

  
  


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  Demonstrated experience in complex program management and delivery oversight.

  
  


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  Strong commercial awareness with the ability to connect technical solutions to business outcomes.

  
  


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  Experience with proposal development, client presentations, and business development is highly desirable.

  
  


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  Ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced, cross-functional environments.

  
  


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  Willingness to work 3 days per week onsite at client offices.

  
  


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  Stable career history with demonstrated job stability.