Manufacturing Consultant - Life Sciences - Digital CMC / PLM

1000 Accenture LLP Company; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Consultant to drive Digital CMC and PLM transformation for Life Sciences, partnering with pharma, biotech, and MedTech clients globally to redefine the industry and deliver AI-enabled building blocks.

The role emphasizes digital thread, data backbone concepts, and hands‑on project delivery, with travel 0-75% and opportunities to mentor others and contribute to practice growth.

Qualifications

• 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 with examples like PFEP and AMRs.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 4 years' work experience). Industrial or engineering degree is preferred.

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 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, organisation, and functional knowledge to support efforts in selling opportunities to existing and new clients.
• Engage deeply in project delivery with hands-on work, leading work products and mentoring others.
• Bring effective communications to manage internal/external relationships and deliver with excellence.
• Support practice and people development across PLM, digital CMC, product development, product launch and data management.

Skills

PLM

CMC

Data as a Product

AI-enabled Transformation

Project Delivery

Life Sciences

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Industrial or Engineering degree preferred

Tools

ERP modules

2D/3D simulations

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 revolutionise 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, organisation, 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

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 09/30/2026. 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

• California $70,350 to $205,800
• Colorado $63,800 to $177,800
• Connecticut $63,800 to $177,800
• District of Columbia $68,000 to $189,300
• Illinois $59,100 to $177,800
• Maine $54,400 to $151,400
• Maryland $63,800 to $177,800
• Massachusetts $63,800 to $189,300
• Minnesota $63,800 to $177,800
• New York $66,300 to $205,800
• New Jersey $68,000 to $205,800
• Ohio $59,100 to $164,600
• Virginia $59,100 to $189,300
• Washington $80,200 to $189,300

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Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organisations build their digital core, optimise their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent‑and‑innovation‑led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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