Senior Principal Consultant - Life Sciences Business Consulting

Infosys; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Infosys in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Principal - Business Consulting with deep Life Sciences expertise. You will lead risk, quality, and governance initiatives, guide strategic discussions with CXOs, and drive pre-sales and solution design for digital pharma programs.

You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, mentor consultants, and shape client strategies to create value across pharma and medical device portfolios.

Qualifications

• Minimum 18+ years in Life Sciences consulting or industry
• MBA/advanced degree preferred
• Lead strategic and tactical discussions with senior stakeholders and CXO level
• Lead Pre-Sales, proposals, and client negotiations
• Expert in risk management, quality, governance, and compliance

Responsibilities

• Lead Pre-Sales and Sales activities including proposal development, solution and value proposition
• Engage with key client stakeholders and identify opportunities for business development
• Provide leadership in critical engagements and grow deep client relationships
• Be SME in risk, quality, document and compliance management
• Understand regulatory frameworks affecting pharma and medical devices
• Drive risk assessment, audit strategies and governance policy alignment
• Coach consultants and contribute to practice development

Skills

Life Sciences experience

Stakeholder leadership

Pre-Sales leadership

Proposal development

Risk management

Quality management

Document management

Compliance management

CxO engagement

Governance policy

Audit strategy

Pharma/Medical devices domain

Education

MBA, MS or advanced degree

Job description

Senior Principal - Business Consulting

Demonstrates proven success in roles and thorough abilities in one or more of the following areas:

• Minimum of 18+ years of professional experience in Life Sciences industry working for a consulting services organization and/or industry experience.
• Preferable IT background to understand larger impact of business, organization mission and strategies, architecture / technical complexities on the program
• Experienced in leading strategic and tactical discussions with Senior stakeholders
• MBA, MS or any other advanced degree is preferred Successful track record using industry leading tools and techniques to conduct risk assessments and compliance checks to build digital solutions in a multi-disciplinary, multi-vendor corporate setting, and to validate assets
• Experienced in leading strategic and tactical discussions with CxO level
• Industry experiences working directly at pharmaceutical, medical devices or pharma distributor organization is a plus Lead Pre-Sales and Sales activities including Proposal Development, Solution and Value Proposition; in collaboration with larger Infosys teams, lead proposal development process; solution formulation; proposal pricing; client presentation; contract negotiations and deal closure
• Engage and maintain contacts with key client stakeholders; proactively identify opportunities for business development, and lead workstreams to aid development of new business opportunities
• Provide leadership in critical engagements and drive successful outcomes, and have ability to pursue and grow deep client relationships
• Be a subject matter expert in areas such as Risk Management, Quality Management, Document Management, and Compliance Management
• Understands how key risks and controls have an impact on the business from a pharma, business, operational and/or system perspective
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the risks and opportunities related to standard operating procedures and the governance policy framework
• Makes recommendations for risk mitigation and audit strategies based on accurate identification of potential market, business, pharmaceutical, operational, IT and talent risks
• Experienced with planning and conducting functional and domain specific risk assessment of Pharma and Medical Device programs / projects
• Experienced in using industry wide risk management tools, and to perform root cause analysis on trends and address deviations via preventive, detective and corrective measures
• Experience of working with Risk Management, Security and Compliance Policy frameworks, ISEC & Compliance, Records Management
• Applies an understanding of company short-term and long-term strategic objectives and the risks that apply
• Is knowledgeable about market and regulatory frameworks and trends that have the potential for substantive impact on organization strategies, policies, or risks
• Knowledge and hands on experience conducting periodic or control assessment, audits and risk assessments
• Knowledge of various validation tools and templates used throughout the Pharma and Medical Device industry
• Participate in analyst meetings, industry speaking engagements, publish white papers/view points in leading industry journals
• Participate in practice development activities; coach consultants; participate in consultant training and staffing processes
• AI Risk Assurance