Healthcare & Life Sciences Strategy Project Lead

Tech Economy; Mexico; On-site; MXN 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Bain & Company is seeking a Project Leader for its Healthcare & Life Sciences Center of Expertise in Mexico City. You will lead a team delivering insights, analyses, and client-ready outputs for global healthcare clients, working with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes strong problem-solving, extensive analytics, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams while coaching associates and analysts.

Qualifications

• Healthcare & Life Sciences experience in consulting, business research, or analytics.
• Experience leading client-facing engagements and proposals.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead case and proposal engagements across the healthcare landscape, including Pharmaceuticals, MedTech, Payers, Providers and Services.
• Collaborate with Partners and case teams to deliver active client work and develop domain-specific, client-ready proposals.
• Engage with practice leadership on existing intellectual property and help identify opportunities to develop new products and IP for healthcare clients.
• Build the team's understanding of healthcare concepts, pharmaceutical value chains and relevant IP.
• Drive structured problem solving and storytelling for client situations, ensuring alignment with Bain's quality standards.
• Provide direct, day-to-day management and coaching for a team of 3-4 members with limited guidance from the Manager.
• Ensure timely, high-quality delivery by defining deliverables, shaping workplans, prioritizing timelines, reviewing team output and maintaining quality control.
• Identify critical project and client issues, proactively resolve problems, remove roadblocks and elevate issues when needed.
• Use relevant analytical tools to deliver zero-defect workstreams; where appropriate, leverage Tableau, Alteryx, Python, R or SPSS to improve team efficiency.
• Foster collaboration across BCN and global Bain teams to promote knowledge sharing.
• Own and maintain client relationships by understanding client needs, adapting to case expectations, communicating insights clearly and recommending actionable solutions.
• Manage client and team meetings effectively, delivering clear and professional presentations to teams, team leaders, managers and Partners across Bain.
• Develop and retain top talent through coaching, training, development plans, recognition, actionable feedback and performance review support.
• Serve as a role model and ambassador of Bain's culture by building trust-based relationships across levels.

Skills

Leadership

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Analytical thinking

English proficiency

Client engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree + 5-8 years

Master's/postgraduate +3-6 years

Tools

Tableau

Alteryx

Python

R

SPSS

Job description

What Makes Us a Great Place To Work

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world's best places to work. We are currently the #1 ranked consulting firm on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work list and have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoor's list since its founding in 2009. Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, but these don't happen by chance. They require intentional focus on bringing together a broad set of backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive and inclusive work environment. We hire people with exceptional talent and create an environment in which every individual can thrive professionally and personally.

Who You'll Work With

You'll join Bain's Healthcare & Life Sciences Center of Expertise as part of the Bain Capability Network. This full-time role is based in Bain's Mexico office and supports global consulting teams across the healthcare and life sciences value chain, helping clients make strategic business and investment decisions. The Healthcare & Life Sciences Center of Expertise partners closely with case teams as a thought partner, delivering high-quality, industry-specific analytical products and expertise to address the most critical strategic questions facing Bain's healthcare clients. The practice serves leading organizations across Pharmaceuticals, MedTech, Providers, Payers, Global Health and Digital Health.

As a Project Leader, You'll collaborate with teams across major regions, with a primary focus on the Americas. You'll work closely with global Bain teams to deliver client-ready insights, proposals, case-specific outputs, go-to-market materials, intellectual property and thought leadership in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

WHERE YOU'LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

As a Project Leader, You'll lead a team of 3-4 Associates and Analysts focused on two or more core healthcare domains, including Pharmaceuticals, MedTech, Payers, Providers and Services. You'll be responsible for high-quality project delivery, strong client relationships, and day-to-day coaching and mentoring.

You'll help your team set direction, build workplans, shape problem-solving approaches, generate hypotheses, and use Bain's research toolkit to deliver practical, high-impact answers for clients. You'll also contribute to Bain's internal capabilities, including intellectual property, thought leadership, recruiting, training and business strategy initiatives.

What You'll Do

• Lead case and proposal engagements across the healthcare landscape, including Pharmaceuticals, MedTech, Payers, Providers and Services
• Collaborate with Partners and case teams to deliver active client work and develop domain-specific, client-ready proposals
• Engage with practice leadership on existing intellectual property and help identify opportunities to develop new products and IP for healthcare clients
• Build the team's understanding of healthcare concepts, pharmaceutical value chains and relevant IP
• Drive structured problem solving and storytelling for client situations, ensuring alignment with Bain's quality standards
• Provide direct, day-to-day management and coaching for a team of 3-4 members with limited guidance from the Manager
• Ensure timely, high-quality delivery by defining deliverables, shaping workplans, prioritizing timelines, reviewing team output and maintaining quality control
• Identify critical project and client issues, proactively resolve problems, remove roadblocks and elevate issues when needed
• Use relevant analytical tools to deliver zero-defect workstreams; where appropriate, leverage Tableau, Alteryx, Python, R or SPSS to improve team efficiency
• Foster collaboration across BCN and global Bain teams to promote knowledge sharing
• Own and maintain client relationships by understanding client needs, adapting to case expectations, communicating insights clearly and recommending actionable solutions
• Manage client and team meetings effectively, delivering clear and professional presentations to teams, team leaders, managers and Partners across Bain
• Develop and retain top talent through coaching, training, development plans, recognition, actionable feedback and performance review support
• Serve as a role model and ambassador of Bain's culture by building trust-based relationships across levels

About You

• Willing and able to work in a hybrid set-up, with 4 days per week on-site (Bain office in Polanco) or at a client location
• Bachelor's degree with 5-8 years of experience, or master's/postgraduate degree with 3-6 years of experience; healthcare-related focus preferred, with experience in consulting, business research, or analytics for pharmaceutical, MedTech, or healthcare clients.
• Proficient in written and spoken English at C1-C2 level, with strong stakeholder communication skills
• Strong academic record, analytical skills, and experience in consulting, proposal development, or client-ready delivery, preferably within Healthcare & Life Sciences
• Deep understanding of the pharmaceutical value chain, MedTech, and broader Healthcare & Life Sciences sectors
• Demonstrated ability to manage and motivate teams, deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines, and balance attention to detail with effective delegation
• Strong problem-solving and project management skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and turn open-ended ideas into practical, actionable results
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to support senior client and stakeholder discussions and build trusted working relationships across functions and geographies
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to develop structured, high-impact outputs
• Ability to travel regionally as needed; travel frequency and destinations will vary based on project needs