AI-Enabled Life Sciences Planning Consultant

Accenture; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a consultant to drive project execution across Planning transformation work within our Supply Chain & Engineering practice for Life Sciences.

We work with 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.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience working on Supply Chain initiatives
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working on Integrated Planning initiatives
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working in one or many of the following industries: Biopharma, Medical Devices / Med Tech, CDMO/CMO, or adjacent Life Sciences sectors
• Minimum of 1 year of external experience at a consulting firm or 2 years of internal consulting experience in a role equivalent to Manager level within industry
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate degree, must have a minimum of 6 years’ work experience)
• Bonus points if: You have developing expertise in life sciences planning domains and proven problem-solving ability
• You’ve earned an MBA or equivalent graduate degree
• You have exposure to life sciences planning platforms such as OMP, Kinaxis RapidResponse, SAP IBP/S4, o9 Solutions, or Blue Yonder
• Lean or Six Sigma qualifications
• You can use data analytics tools to spot opportunities for improvement
• Prior experience in driving insights using visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx) and analytics tools (Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics)
• Understanding of GxP and regulatory considerations in pharma manufacturing, and how they shape data and AI solutions

Responsibilities

• Support projectdelivery of business and technology transformations by utilizing deep industry expertise in Planning and AI-enabled business and technology transformation work
• Understand business value levers for Planning reinvention across pharmaceuticals, biotech, MedTech and beyond including full value chain impacts of Planning decision making
• Build and apply technical, industry, organization, and functional knowledge to support efforts in selling opportunities to existing and new clients
• Engage deeply in project delivery with hands-on work executing against program priorities, leading work products, andcoaching and mentoring others
• Bring effective communications to manageboth internal and externalrelationships and deliver with excellence
• Support practice and people development in addition to day to day project delivery excellence
• Support delivery of generative AI and agent-based modeling to acceleratescalable use cases for Agentic planning operations -translating complex technical outputs into executive-ready insights and scalable solutions

Skills

Planning transformation

AI-enabled planning

Project delivery

Consulting delivery experience

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

MBA or equivalent graduate degree

Tools

OMP

Kinaxis RapidResponse

SAP IBP/S4

o9 Solutions

Blue Yonder

Veeva Vault

SAP ERP

MES/MOM

Power BI

Tableau

Alteryx

Adobe Analytics

Google Analytics

Job description

Accenture is seeking a consultant to drive project execution across Planning transformation work within our Supply Chain & Engineering practice for Life Sciences.

We work with 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.