Consulting Partner - Life Sciences & Medical Devices

Wipro Technologies; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 190,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental benefits options

Disability insurance

Paid time off (inclusive of sick leave

Other paid and unpaid leave options

Job summary

Wipro Consulting is seeking a Consulting Partner to lead life sciences and medical devices advisory at a Chicago level. You will own senior client relationships, shape AI-enabled R&D and digital trials programs, and drive multi-tower transformation across global accounts.

The role requires deep industry mastery, a proven track record in selling large advisory programs, and a talent-focused leadership style to build diverse, high-performing teams.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in top-tier strategy or Big-4 advisory; 7+ years life-sciences / MedTech leadership
• Proven CXO relationships across pharma R&D, clinical, quality, and MedTech units
• Personally sold & led $100M+ advisory revenue, fluent negotiating at the executive level
• End-to-end command of drug/device lifecycle discovery to post-market surveillance and global regulatory landscapes (FDA, EMA, PMDA)
• Publication author, keynote speaker, or quoted expert, creator of data assets and solution blueprints

Responsibilities

• Originate growth: Identify whitespace, craft C-suite narratives, and close $10M+ advisory bookings annually
• Advise C-suites: Act as trusted voice on AI-augmented R&D, digital trials, smart factories, and product-as-a-service commercialization
• Steer transformations: Govern multi-tower programs (PLM modernization, eTMF digitization, connected-device roll-out, GenAI regulatory automation)
• Create IP and ventures: Incubate differentiating benchmarks, twin platforms, and data products; spin out solution ventures
• Amplify leadership: Publish 3-4 flagship POVs per year, keynote major forums, and secure analyst citations
• Develop talent: Recruit, mentor, and sponsor a diverse cadre of junior partners / senior managers
• Forge alliances: Build strategic partnerships with CROs, CDMOs, cloud/hyperscaler labs, and regulators
• Own the P&L: Manage full consulting P&L for assigned accounts, drive forecast accuracy, margins
• Govern practice: Shape investment roadmaps, prioritize solution backlog, and propagate agile ways-of-working

Skills

Client obsession

Commercial track record

Domain mastery

Transformation gravitas

Market authority

Inclusive leader

Entrepreneurial drive

Tech fluency

Academic rigor

Education

PhD, MBA, MD or related credentials

Job description

Consulting Partner - Life Sciences & Medical Devices Job Title: Consulting Partner - Life Sciences & Medical Devices City: Chicago State/Province: Illinois Posting Start Date: 9/15/26

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.

Job Description

Wipro Consulting is scaling its Life Sciences & Medical Devices consulting business just as AI-driven drug discovery, personalized medicine, and geo-political supply-chain shocks converge. Reporting to the Americas Managing Partner for Life Sciences, you will own C-suite relationships across global biopharma, biotech scale-ups, and MedTech majors originating board-room advisory work that converts into large-scale technology and BPO programs.

Ambition – Expected impact & outcomes

Your remit spans the full product lifecycle re-imagining R&D, digitizing clinical trials, modernizing quality & regulatory, and scaling smart manufacturing while shortening time-to-market and improving patient outcomes. Backed by ~230,000 technologists and proprietary AI accelerators, you will launch signature IP (e.g., benchmarks, data assets, platform ventures) that amplify Wipro’s provider voice. Success will be tracked along three vectors:

• Impact (e.g., faster trial cycle-times, first-pass regulatory approvals, 100+ bps margin expansion)


• Growth ($10 M+ new consulting revenue per year, $50 M+ pull-through across tech & BPO)


• Eminence (top-tier analyst ranking, talent development and thought leadership)

This is a rare opportunity to translate visionary science into systemic industry transformation at global scale.

Key responsibilities

• Originate growth: Identify whitespace, craft C-suite narratives, and close $10 M+ advisory bookings annually, anchoring $100 M+ tech/BPO follow-ons


• Advise C-suites: Act as trusted voice on AI-augmented R&D, digital trials, smart factories, and product-as-a-service commercialization to translate vision into funded roadmaps


• Steer transformations: Govern multi-tower programs (PLM modernization, eTMF digitization, connected-device roll-out, GenAI regulatory automation) ensuring benefits realization and CSAT > 4.8/5


• Create IP and ventures: Incubate differentiating benchmarks, twin platforms, and data products; spin out solution ventures with independent growth targets


• Amplify leadership: Publish 3-4 flagship POVs per year, keynote major forums, and secure analyst citations that elevate Wipro’s brand


• Develop talent: Recruit, mentor, and sponsor a diverse cadre of junior partners / senior managers, embed a psychologically safe, high-performance culture


• Forge alliances: Build strategic partnerships with CROs, CDMOs, cloud/hyperscaler labs, and regulators to co-create market offerings


• Own the P&L: Manage full consulting P&L for assigned accounts, drive forecast accuracy, safeguard margins, reinvest in growth accelerators


• Govern practice: Shape investment roadmaps, prioritize solution backlog, and propagate agile ways-of-working across a global delivery footprint

• Strategy pedigree: 15 + years in top-tier strategy or Big-4 advisory, incl. 7+ yrs life-sciences / MedTech leadership

Our next partner would have…

• Client Obsession: Builds trust-based CXO networks across pharma R&D, clinical, quality, and MedTech business units, anticipates needs and turns insight into business impact and tangible opportunities


• Commercial track record: Personally sold & led $100 M + cumulative advisory revenue, fluent negotiating at the executive level


• Domain mastery: End-to-end command of drug/device lifecycle discovery to post-market surveillance and global regulatory landscapes (FDA, EMA, PMDA)


• Transformation gravitas: Oversaw multi-tower programs touching 50+ assets or 100+ manufacturing lines and $1 B+ spend


• Market authority: Published author, keynote speaker, or quoted expert, creator of data assets and solution blueprints that set industry agendas


• Inclusive leader: Proven sponsor of DEI initiatives, builds psychologically safe, high-performing teams across markets


• Entrepreneurial drive: Operates with founder’s urgency, thrives amid ambiguity and rapid iteration


• Tech Fluency: Conversant in cloud, GenAI, digital twins, cybersecurity, and GxP digital-thread fundamentals


• Academic Rigor: PhD, MBA, MD, or bio-informatics / biomedical-engineering credentials from a top institution

About Wipro Consulting

Wipro Consulting is the strategy and transformation arm of Wipro Limited, a global technology services leader with over USD 11 billion in annual revenue and operations in 66 countries. We fuse board-room insight with engineering execution to help clients navigate seismic shifts in digital, sustainability, and talent. Our 10,000+ consultants many alumni of McKinsey, Accenture, Bain, BCG, and the Big-4 work shoulder-to-shoulder with Wipro’s ~230,000 technologists, forming cross-functional squads that move at start-up speed while de-risking at enterprise scale.

In Life Sciences and Medical Devices, we have guided Big-Pharma through digital lab transformations, enabled AI-driven molecule discovery, modernized global QMS for MedTech leaders, and deployed smart-factory twins across vaccine and device plants.

We are equally committed to people and planet. Wipro was among the first global tech firms to pledge Net-Zero emissions by 2040 and is repeatedly recognized for its diversity, equity, and inclusion leadership. Through the Wipro Foundation, we contribute over $30 M annually to education and community-health programs worldwide.

Join us to wield the combined power of strategic thinking, deep technology, and purposeful stewardship—creating a healthier, more equitable future for all.

The expected compensation for this role ranges from $190,000.00 to$265,000.00.

Final compensation will depend on various factors, including your geographical location, minimum wage obligations, skills, and relevant experience.

• Medical and dental benefits options


• Disability insurance


• Paid time off (inclusive of sick leave)


• Other paid and unpaid leave options

Applicants are advised that employment in some roles may be conditioned on successful completion of a post-offer drug screening, subject to applicable state law.

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