Senior Business Consultant

BCforward; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

BCforward is seeking a Senior Business Consultant to support a pharmaceutical client in Indianapolis, with a hybrid on-site/remote model. The role focuses on project planning, stakeholder coordination, documentation, and change management within Medical Affairs Intelligence workstreams.

The candidate will prepare status reports, dashboards, and slide decks, maintain deliverables documentation, and ensure compliance with SOPs. Experience with PM tools and methodologies is required.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting project management workstreams in a corporate setting.
• Familiar with PM tools Smartsheet, Workfront, Jira, and MS Project.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated project plans, schedules, and trackers.
• Coordinate team meetings, workshops, and stakeholder sessions.
• Record meeting minutes and follow up on action items.
• Coordinate vendors and internal workstreams for scalable solutions.
• Design change management and team communication plans.
• Support annual business planning.
• Prepare project status reports and dashboards for internal stakeholders.
• Provide slide deck support with timelines and progress visuals.
• Maintain documentation for deliverables, risks, and decisions.
• Assist in design/maintenance of SharePoint sites.
• Coordinate between internal teams and third-party vendors.
• Document business requirements, test cases, and validation processes.
• Ensure adherence to SOPs and client quality standards.
• Support audit readiness and validation documentation.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows in PM.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Communication

Documentation

AI-assisted workflows

Tools

Smartsheet

Workfront

Jira

Microsoft Project

Job description

BCforward is seeking a highly motivated Senior Business Consultant to support their pharmaceutical client in Indianapolis.

Expected Duration: Long term

Location: Indianapolis, IN/hybrid

The BCforward Consultant will support the workstreams of the Medical Affairs Intelligence team by providing the following:

Project Support

• Development of integrated project plans, schedules, and trackers.
• Organize and coordinate team meetings, workshops, and stakeholder sessions.
• Record meeting minutes, track action items, and ensure timely follow-ups.
• Coordinate multiple vendors and internal stakeholder workstreams to deliver scalable, compliant solutions.
• Develop a change management and team communication plan to drive alignment to critical activities, resolve issues, and manage changes to scope, quality, cost, and timing.
• Support annual business planning.

Communication & Documentation

• Prepare project status reports, dashboards, and communications for internal stakeholders.
• Provide slide deck support to include project timelines and visually demonstrate progress
• Maintain accurate documentation for deliverables, risks, and decisions.
• Help design and maintain SharePoint sites.
• Assist in coordination between internal teams and third-party vendors (e.g., platform providers, chatbot developers, CRM consultants).
• Support documentation of business requirements, test cases, and validation processes.

Compliance & Quality Support

• Help ensure adherence to SOPs and documentation practices in line with client quality and compliance standards.
• Support audit readiness efforts and validation documentation as needed.
• Comfortability with AI-assisted workflows and the practical application of AI tools in the Project/Program Management discipline
• Experienced with Project Management tools such as Smartsheet, Workfront, Jira, Microsoft Project, etc
• Knowledge of Project Management methodologies