Associate Principal - Regulatory

Lumanity; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Paid time off + holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Short/long-term disability coverage

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Lumanity is seeking a Senior Consultant to lead clinical and regulatory consulting engagements, translating client objectives into actionable workplans and ensuring timely, high-quality outputs. Candidates should bring 4–7 years in life sciences consulting with strong leadership and client-management skills.

The role emphasizes coaching junior colleagues, driving internal improvements, and supporting business growth through proposals and account expansion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences or related field required.
• 4-7 years relevant experience in life sciences consulting and/or pharma/biotech/clinical research environments, with ability to lead project delivery.
• Experience leading projects, ensuring quality control, and integrating multiple streams of work into cohesive client-ready outputs.
• Strategic and critical thinking, able to adapt frameworks and coach others in problem solving.
• Strong client relationships, owning mid-level stakeholder relationships and managing delivery risk.
• Commercial acumen with oversight of budgets and scope to ensure profitable delivery.
• Led proposals and contributed to account expansion through opportunity identification.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagements from kickoff to final delivery, translating client objectives into actionable workplans.
• Integrate multiple workstreams into cohesive, decision-ready outputs.
• Ensure quality control across project outputs and client-ready sign-off.
• Synthesize complex data into clear narratives and recommendations for decision-making.
• Lead sub-teams, coach team members, and improve rigor and pace.
• Guide internal and client discussions by framing key decision points and trade-offs.
• Maintain mid-level client relationships, proactively manage timelines and expectations.
• Oversee budgets and scope to ensure profitable delivery and value for clients.
• Lead proposal development and identify opportunities for account expansion.
• Incorporate scientific/clinical/regulatory expertise into strategic recommendations.

Skills

Project leadership

Client management

Regulatory knowledge

Proposal development

Mentoring/coaching

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences or related field

Job description

Overview/About Lumanity

Lumanity is dedicated to improving health outcomes by accelerating and optimizing access to life-changing medicines. As a global strategic partner that brings together strategy, evidence, engagement, and technology, we were designed to engineer breakthrough value to tackle our clients’ toughest challenges by revolutionizing how value is generated, demonstrated, and communicated.

Responsibilities / Position overview

The Senior Consultant leads project delivery and workstreams for clinical and regulatory consulting engagements, integrating multiple streams of work into cohesive, high-quality, client-ready outputs. The role applies advanced consulting approaches to synthesize complex data and contextual factors into clear narratives and recommendations, while anticipating client needs and proactively managing expectations with mid-level client stakeholders. The Senior Consultant contributes to business growth by leading proposals and supporting account expansion and strengthens practice performance by coaching junior colleagues and driving internal improvements.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead assigned engagements from kickoff to final delivery by translating client objectives into actionable workplans, aligning teams to milestones, and driving execution to ensure delivery is on time and meets client needs.
• Integrate multiple workstreams into cohesive, decision-ready outputs by synthesizing findings across analyses, ensuring internal consistency of storyline and evidence, and aligning deliverables to the client’s decision context.
• Ensure rigorous quality control across project outputs by applying thorough review, resolving inconsistencies, and confirming deliverables are clear, accurate, and client-ready prior to final sign-off.
• Apply advanced consulting approaches to synthesize complex data and contextual factors into clear, actionable narratives and recommendations by anticipating what the client needs to decide and tailoring outputs accordingly.
• Lead sub-teams to address complex client questions by structuring analyses, adapting analytical frameworks to novel challenges, and coaching team members to improve rigor and pace.
• Proactively guide internal and client-facing discussions by framing key decision points, surfacing trade-offs, and strengthening recommendation credibility through clear, structured rationale.
• Own mid-level client relationships by maintaining regular communication, proactively managing expectations, and addressing issues early to protect timelines, quality, and client satisfaction.
• Oversee project budgets and scope to ensure profitable delivery by monitoring effort/burn, managing change control, applying sound commercial judgement in delivery decisions, and prioritizing value-add work aligned to client outcomes and project economics.
• Lead proposal development by shaping the approach, drafting and coordinating high-quality proposal content aligned to client needs and decision criteria, and support account expansion by identifying adjacent needs and coordinating next-step opportunities with account leadership/
• Integrate scientific/clinical/regulatory/quality expertise into strategic recommendations to strengthen feasibility and defensibility while building recognition in a therapy area/offering; coach junior colleagues through clear direction and actionable feedback; and lead internal projects that improve templates, ways of working, and delivery standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., life sciences, biomedical sciences, pharmacology, immunology, oncology, public health, epidemiology, health outcomes, or related field) required.
• 4-7 years relevant experience in life sciences consulting and/or within pharma/biotech/clinical research/regulatory environments, with demonstrated ability to lead project delivery and manage complex analyses.
• Prior experience leading projects, ensuring quality control, and integrating multiple streams of work into cohesive client-ready outputs.
• Strategic and critical thinking skills, including the ability to adapt frameworks to novel challenges and coach others in structured problem solving.
• Strong client relationship capabilities, including owning mid-level stakeholder relationships and proactively managing expectations and delivery risk.
• Strong commercial acumen, including oversight of project budgets and scope to ensure profitable delivery and sound commercial stewardship.
• Demonstrated ability to lead proposals and contribute to account expansion through opportunity identification and strong written proposal development.

We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on what matters to you – health and well-being, personal finances, professional development, and a healthy work/life balance:

• Competitive salary
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Generous amount of paid time off annually + 10 paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care and more...