Manufacturing Consultant - Life Sciences - Digital CMC / PLM

Accenture; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Consultant to drive project execution in Digital CMC and PLM transformation within our Life Sciences Supply Chain & Engineering practice.

We work with pharmaceutical, biotech, medical technology, distributor and consumer health clients globally to redefine the future of the life sciences industry: combining the latest technology with scientific breakthroughs to revolutionize how medical treatments are discovered, developed and delivered to patients around the world.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in life sciences supply chain and manufacturing space in digital CMC and PLM.
• Experience with material flow and manufacturing engineering in automotive/industrial manufacturing; familiarity with PFEP, 2D/3D simulations, IT/OT integration, AMRs.

Responsibilities

• Support project delivery of business and technology transformations by utilizing deep industry expertise in PLM, CMC, tech transfer, data as a product, knowledge graphs, data lineage, and AI-enabled business and technology transformation work
• Understand business value levers for PLM and CMC reinvention across pharmaceuticals, biotech, MedTech and beyond including upstream R&D and downstream commercialization
• Build and apply technical, industry, organization, and functional knowledge to support efforts in selling opportunities to existing and new clients
• Engage deeply in project delivery with hands-on work executing against program priorities, leading work products, and coaching and mentoring others
• Bring effective communications to manage both internal and external relationships and deliver with excellence
• Support practice and people development across PLM, digital CMC, product development, product launch and data management in addition to day to day project delivery excellence

Skills

PLM

CMC

Data as a product

AI-enabled transformation

Project delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 799,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com.

Who We Are

We are Accenture’s Supply Chain and Engineering reinvention partner for Life Sciences. We embed innovation, intelligence, and AI-native operations into the way the world designs, engineers, manufactures, and distributes products. We serve Life Sciences clients across the value chain to help bring lifesaving medicines and products to patients through harnessing the power of advanced technologies.

The Work:

Accenture is seeking a Consultant to drive project execution in Digital CMC and PLM transformation work within our Supply Chain & Engineering practice for Life Sciences. We work with our pharmaceutical, biotech, medical technology, distributor and consumer health clients globally to redefine the future of the life sciences industry: combining the latest technology with scientific breakthroughs to revolutionize how medical treatments are discovered, developed and delivered to patients around the world.

This role drives the enablement of digital thread and data backbone concepts at our clients to build foundational building blocks for AI and agentic operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support project delivery of business and technology transformations by utilizing deep industry expertise in PLM, CMC, tech transfer, data as a product, knowledge graphs, data lineage, and AI-enabled business and technology transformation work
• Understand business value levers for PLM and CMC reinvention across pharmaceuticals, biotech, MedTech and beyond including upstream R&D and downstream commercialization
• Build and apply technical, industry, organization, and functional knowledge to support efforts in selling opportunities to existing and new clients
• Engage deeply in project delivery with hands‑on work executing against program priorities, leading work products, and coaching and mentoring others
• Bring effective communications to manage both internal and external relationships and deliver with excellence
• Support practice and people development across PLM, digital CMC, product development, product launch and data management in addition to day to day project delivery excellence

Travel Requirements:

Travel is required for this role and could vary from 0-75%.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Minimum of 3 years experience as part of a team focused consulting or industry in life sciences supply chain and manufacturing space in digital CMC and PLM
• Demonstrated exposure to material flow and manufacturing engineering in automotive/industrial manufacturing plants. Experience with some of the workstreams involved for example: designing material delivery routes, performing 2D/3D simulations, IT/OT integration considerations, PFEP, business case considerations when deploying automated mobile robots (AMRs). Understanding of key vendors, risks, technologies in this space is of critical importance.

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:

• Experience with shop floor change management, performance improvement, business case and value management
• Understanding of related ERP modules
• Understanding of Plant Control Systems (DCS, PLC, SCADA, HMI, etc.)
• Experience with simulation in factory environments
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 4 years' work experience). Industrial or engineering degree is preferred

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