Life Sciences AI Planning Transformation Lead

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Missouri

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USD 123,000 - 338,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Senior Manager to lead Planning transformation work within our Supply Chain & Engineering practice for Life Sciences. This executive will serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite and operations leaders, helping clients plan and manage operations using the power of AI.

The role emphasizes shaping, selling, and delivering large-scale Planning Transformation programs, with responsibility for growth, client relationships, and end-to-end delivery while building Accenture’s

Qualifications

Minimum 8 years of AI & Data experience, including solutioning, designing, or delivering AI & Data projects.
Minimum 8 years of high-value consulting experience, including large-scale delivery with minimal oversight and proven ability to lead workstreams and meet deadlines.
Experience leading senior-level (C-suite) conversations or managing senior-level stakeholders.
Experience working within the Life Sciences Industry.

Responsibilities

Shape vision and create opportunities for data & AI led business reinvention.
Define and structure an organization’s data and AI strategy to build and optimize data assets and AI technologies for growth & competitive advantages.
Assess maturity of an organization's AI and data foundation. Define building blocks required to convert to an AI-first organization, including technology and AI platform blueprint, data strategy and future-ready operating model.
Create the business case, investment profile and roadmap to deliver on the strategy.
Infuse Responsible AI in vision and roadmap, develop plan for leveraging ecosystem partners, and define operating model to foster a culture of innovation and experimentation.
Identify people, processes and technologies to develop and operationalize AI solutions.
Create strategy for AI-first products and develop commercialization opportunities.
Serve as a trusted advisor to C suite, operations, and planning leaders, guiding AI transformation projects for Planning from conceptual design through handover.
Build and expand executive relationships across priority accounts, driving sustained growth and value realization.
Navigate complex stakeholder environments with multiple competing priorities, aligning diverse groups around a shared transformation vision and maintaining trust under pressure.
Synthesize ambiguous client situations into clear, actionable strategic direction, translating complexity into narratives that resonate at the board level and drive decisions.
Anticipate client needs before they surface, proactively shaping the agenda and positioning Accenture as a strategic partner rather than a transactional vendor.
Support client sales origination and develop thought leadership, points of view, and go-to-market assets that differentiate Accenture's Planning offering.
Integrate engineering, supply chain, digital manufacturing, automation, and sustainability into a single transformation vision connecting technical detail to business value in a way that drives executive alignment and investment decisions.
Oversee complex, multi-partner delivery managing through influence, not just authority, to keep diverse teams aligned and accountable.
Apply structured problem-solving and systems thinking to break down large transformation challenges into sequenced, manageable workstreams with clear ownership and milestones.
Exercise sound judgment and decisive leadership when navigating delivery risk, scope ambiguity, or shifting client priorities escalating and course-correcting proactively.
Own financial performance, delivery excellence, and risk management across the portfolio with transparency and disciplined execution.