Life Sciences - Process Blueprint Senior Manager

1000 Accenture LLP Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 123,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Process Blueprint Lead to own the methodology for designing human + AI processes across transformation programs in Life Sciences. You will map current workflows, design future-state operating models, and lead senior stakeholder workshops to ensure every reinvention initiative builds a consistent, high-quality blueprint.

This is a high-visibility role with a clear path to Managing Director for high performers.

Qualifications

• Strategic leader with consulting experience in Life Sciences.
• Ability to map current processes and design future-state operating models.
• Experience leading senior stakeholder workshops and driving alignment.

Responsibilities

• Own the methodology for designing human + AI processes across transformation workstreams.
• Lead current-state process assessments across the engagement scope.
• Design the future-state operating model including process flows and governance structures.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment workshops with client leaders.
• Own the Process Blueprint as the primary deliverable for the reinvented operating model.
• Partner with Value Architects and AI/Data Innovators to ensure blueprints map to quantified value.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Trusted advisor

Life Sciences expertise

Structured problem solving

Clear communication with executives

Team leadership

Business development

Education

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

Claude

GPT-4

Celonis

Job description

We are: Accenture helps the world's leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 799,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Accenture's Life Sciences Reinventive Enterprise practice leads AI-driven enterprise transformation at the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations. We deploy the Reinvention Force: a human + AI team of Transformers, Workforce Architects, and AI & Data Innovators that makes reinvention real at enterprise scale. This is a high-visibility, high-impact practice with strong momentum and a clear path to Managing Director for high performers.

About the role

The Process Blueprint Lead owns the methodology and standards for how processes are redesigned across all transformation programs. This role is the primary design thinker for the engagement — mapping how work gets done today, designing the future-state human + AI operating model, and ensuring every reinvention initiative builds to a consistent, high-quality blueprint. This role sits at the intersection of business design and AI enablement.

You are

A strategic leader and trusted advisor with deep Life Sciences expertise. You are a structured problem solver with extensive consulting and industry experience. You communicate clearly and credibly with C-suite executives. You thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and know how to lead a team while staying close to the work. You have driven business development and built lasting client relationships. You bring energy, resilience, and a genuine passion for building something new.

The work

• Own the methodology and standards for designing human + AI processes across all transformation workstreams, ensuring every pod follows a consistent approach before any technology is built
• Lead current-state process assessments across the engagement scope — understanding how work actually gets done, where friction exists, and what the data shows about productivity and capacity gaps
• Design the future-state operating model including human + AI process flows, role definition changes, and governance structures
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment workshops with client's functional leaders, driving to clear design decisions without losing rigor
• Own the Process Blueprint as the primary deliverable that defines the reinvented operating model and foundations for all execution workstreams
• Partner with Value Architects and AI & Data Innovators to ensure blueprints map to quantified value and are technically executable

Candidates must have at least 8 years of combined experience in the following areas

Enterprise process redesign or operating model transformation at a top-tier consulting firm or leading Life Sciences organization, with demonstrated experience designing future-state operating models — not just documenting what exists. A proven track record facilitating senior stakeholder workshops and driving alignment across functional leaders with competing priorities on large-scale transformation programs. Experience designing human + AI process flows, governance structures, and ways of working for enterprise transformation programs. Strong understanding of how agentic AI, automation, and AI-enabled workflows are reshaping Life Sciences functional operations (commercial, Life Sciences enterprise, regulatory, manufacturing, or supply chain). Experience working across cross-functional teams including technologists, data engineers, and change practitioners.

• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally as client and business needs require.

Preferred skills

MBA or advanced degree in a relevant discipline. Hands-on experience using AI prototyping tools (e.g., Claude, GPT-4, or equivalent) to model future-state workflows before technology build commences. Certification in process design, Lean Six Sigma, process mining (Celonis or equivalent), or design thinking. Track record developing process methodology frameworks or reusable transformation assets at a top-tier consulting firm. Experience operating across multiple Life Sciences functional areas and geographies.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 11/01/2026.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture Role Location Annual Salary Range

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New York $122,700 to $338,300

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Virginia $122,700 to $311,200

Washington $141,100 to $311,200

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