Partner - AI & Analytics

Beghou; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Beghou in Boston is looking for a leader in AI and life sciences. This role focuses on defining AI strategy, engaging with clients, and ensuring effective organizational alignment. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in AI-driven projects specifically within the pharma sector.

The position offers a unique opportunity to shape the company's AI initiatives and lead cross-functional teams while engaging deeply in client discussions.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in life sciences and AI or advanced analytics, with time in consulting.
• Experience leading AI-driven projects in pharma commercial settings.
• Familiarity with AI/ML methodology as an informed strategic decision-maker.
• Understanding of commercial AI systems in life sciences.
• Track record of cross-functional leadership and organizational alignment.
• Experience in business development in professional services.
• Habit of staying current with AI developments.
• Deep understanding of model choices and method trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain a unified AI strategy across consulting practice.
• Drive alignment in AI innovation and consulting.
• Serve as a resource for account leaders in client conversations.
• Own business case for AI investments and ROI frameworks.
• Set the AI communication narrative aligned with GTM strategy.
• Define staffing and delivery models for AI projects.
• Assess AI capabilities and ensure team alignment.

Skills

Applied AI fluency

Deep pharma commercial instincts

Organizational leadership

Business orientation

Communication

Continuous learning and market awareness

Education

Advanced degree in Data Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Business

Tools

AI/ML approaches

Job description

Practice Area (Function)

Artificial Intelligence & Advanced Analytics

Industry Focus

Life Sciences (Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, MedTech)

About Beghou Consulting

For more than 30 years, Beghou has been a trusted advisor to life sciences firms. We partner with commercial teams to optimize sales, marketing, operations, and strategy using deep industry expertise and a growing suite of AI, advanced analytics, and technology enablement capabilities. We are actively scaling our commitment to and investment in AI across all aspects of our business -- from internal workflows and operations to client offerings and our product portfolio -- and are looking for the right leader to bring focus, structure, and momentum to that effort.

Role Overview

This is a leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of business strategy, AI, and life sciences commercialization. You will be setting the agenda for how we apply AI across our consulting practice, our internal operations, and our product development -- and making sure all three are moving in the same direction. We are looking for someone with the business judgment to prioritize clearly, the technical fluency to engage credibly with clients and internal experts, and the organizational instincts to bring cross-functional teams into alignment. This role requires someone who can lead with and without direct authority, depending on the context.

What You’ll Own & Deliver

AI Strategy and Prioritization: Define and maintain a unified AI strategy across three lanes: internal workflow and operations, consulting engagements, and product development. Set clear priorities and decision‑making frameworks, and create the boundaries that give individual teams room to build while keeping the broader organization pointed in the same direction.

Cross‑Functional Coordination: Be the connective tissue between AI innovation, consulting, and product—driving alignment on goals, sequencing investments, and resolving the tensions that come with fast‑moving capability building across multiple teams. This role is responsible for ensuring AI priorities are well‑represented, coordinated, and sequenced within the broader roadmap process.

Expert Partner to Account Leaders: Serve as a deep resource to our account leaders in client conversations, enabling method choices, trade‑offs, and risk discussions. Comfortable telling a client where AI is not the right answer as well as where it is.

Business Metrics and Investment Oversight: Own the business case for AI investments, including build cost assumptions, ROI frameworks, and tracking time and revenue return against projections.

GTM and Narrative: Set the AI communication narrative and go‑to‑market positioning, aligned with Beghou's overall GTM strategy; define the thought leadership agenda in service of business priorities.

Team and Delivery Model: Define how we staff and deliver custom AI and analytics projects, balancing domain and commercialization expertise versus AI technical depth. Assess, shape, and redeploy talent as needed.

AI Upskilling and Change Management: Own a centralized point of view on people’s AI capabilities, assessing gaps, defining proficiency levels, and partnering with people operations and training to ensure alignment with AI strategy.

What You Bring

Applied AI fluency. Hold substantive conversations about model choices, methodology trade‑offs, and risk without a technical translator.

Deep pharma commercial instincts. Assess AI outputs like patient segmentation or recommendation models and determine market reality alignment.

Organizational leadership. Lead across functions, set direction, build trust, and keep teams aligned.

Business orientation. Think in terms of return, prioritization, and trade‑offs.

Communication. Translate complex ideas without losing critical detail.

Continuous learning and market awareness. Remain current on AI advancements, evaluate new tools, and integrate insights into client engagements.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience spanning life sciences and AI or advanced analytics, with meaningful time in consulting or advisory roles
• Demonstrated experience leading or overseeing AI‑driven projects in pharma commercial settings, with the ability to speak to what worked, what didn’t, and why
• Familiarity with modern AI/ML approaches (LLMs, generative AI, machine learning, agentic systems) at the level of an informed strategic decision‑maker
• Practical understanding of commercial AI systems in life sciences—experience with design, deployment, and evaluation in real commercial contexts
• Track record of cross‑functional leadership and organizational alignment in complex, fast‑moving environments
• Experience owning or contributing to business development in a professional services or consulting context
• Demonstrated habit of staying current—actively testing new tools, following capability developments, and translating what's new into relevance for the business and clients
• Advanced degree in a relevant field (Data Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, Business, or equivalent experience)

Why You’ll Want to Join

• Build and define a differentiated Medical enablement capability within a high‑growth, tech‑enabled consulting firm.
• Engage clients earlier in the commercialization lifecycle and shape integrated Medical and Commercial models.
• An active growth mode with a clear and funded commitment to AI.
• Long‑standing client relationships in life sciences with real depth and loyalty.
• A culture that blends analytics, strategy, and technology.
• The opportunity to set the agenda, not inherit one.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case.

We are currently unable to consider candidates who require, or will require in the future, sponsorship for work authorization. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US on a permanent and ongoing basis without the need for current or future employer‑sponsored work authorization.