Life Sciences AI Workforce Transformation Lead

Accenture; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture's Life Sciences Reinventive Enterprise practice seeks a strategic leader to drive workforce transformation amid AI-enabled enterprise change. You will guide change management, role redesign, and stakeholder engagement for high-impact engagements across pharmaceutical and biotech clients.

You will partner with senior executives to define talent strategies, oversee transition plans, and ensure timely adoption of new processes and technologies while navigating complex organizational

Qualifications

• Candidates must have at least 8 years of combined experience in workforce strategy, organizational design, or talent transformation in a consulting or in-industry context.
• Proven experience leading change management programs for technology or AI-driven transformation engagements.
• Experience redesigning roles and capabilities in large-scale process and technology change.
• Familiarity with Life Sciences functional workforce dynamics and organizational structures.
• Strong client-facing communication skills at the VP and functional leadership level.

Responsibilities

• Lead the people change agenda for the pod's engagement — defining how roles must evolve as AI takes over tasks in the specific functional area.
• Own the workforce transition strategy for the pod's functional scope and ensure change lands at the same time as the technology.
• Coordinate with the pod's Process Blueprint Lead and AI Innovators on organizational implications of process and technology design decisions.
• Develop communications and stakeholder engagement materials for the pod's functional leadership audience.
• Track adoption signals and surface resistance patterns early — before they become delivery risks.
• Contribute the pod's workforce insights to the enterprise-level AI Transformation Office.

Skills

Workforce strategy

Organizational design

Talent transformation

Change management

Roles redesign

Life Sciences domain knowledge

Executive communication

Job description

Accenture's Life Sciences Reinventive Enterprise practice seeks a strategic leader to drive workforce transformation amid AI-enabled enterprise change. You will guide change management, role redesign, and stakeholder engagement for high-impact engagements across pharmaceutical and biotech clients.

You will partner with senior executives to define talent strategies, oversee transition plans, and ensure timely adoption of new processes and technologies while navigating complex organizational