Senior Life Sciences Consultant

Vizient, Inc.; Centennial (CO); On-site; USD 89,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive eligible

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. seeks a strategic advisor for the Life Sciences consulting team to deliver data-driven insights and actionable recommendations. You will manage projects, translate complex findings into executive-ready materials, and support business development with current clients.

You will apply AI-enabled tools to accelerate analysis, maintain strong client relationships, and guide senior teams through option generation in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of relevant experience in life science strategy consulting.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel including VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, Formulas, Pivot Tables, charts, and graphs.
• Life sciences strategy consulting experience across pharma, biotech, medical devices, and MedTech.
• Experience applying AI-enabled tools including generative AI, machine learning, or advanced analytics platforms to accelerate analysis and support recommendations.
• Demonstrated technical and analytical capabilities to extract insights from multiple data sources.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau or other data visualization tools.
• Ability to engage with senior executives and facilitate decision-making discussions.
• Strong storytelling and communication capabilities.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate and expand senior client relationships and contribute to growth and culture of Life Sciences consulting.
• Act as a thought partner to project teams, shaping strategic options and data approaches.
• Translate findings into executive-ready deliverables including models, slides, and narratives.
• Design analytics that generate insights and inform critical business questions.
• Present research methodology, insights, and recommendations to clients; apply AI tools to accelerate analysis.
• Design research tools and methodologies for decision-making needs.
• Work with teams to develop deliverables including methodologies and analyses.
• Perform data analysis, modeling, and interpret qualitative data to inform strategy.
• Contribute to business development by shaping proposals and identifying opportunities.

Skills

Life sciences strategy consulting

Advanced Excel

AI-enabled tools

Data analysis

Power BI/Tableau

Project management

Executive communication

Hypothesis-driven thinking

Storytelling & presentations

Collaborative teamwork

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

When you're the best, we're the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves . We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Summary:

In this role, you will provide strategic advisory services for the Life Sciences consulting team by supporting business and intelligence development activities. You will manage individual work efforts and projects to deliver insightful data analysis which may include strategic recommendations, effective project management, technical or operational consulting expertise.

Responsibilities:

• Cultivate and expand senior client relationships and be a key contributor to the growth and culture of the Life Sciences consulting team.
• Act as a thought partner to project teams and clients, helping shape strategic options and data approach methodology.
• Translate complex findings into executive-ready deliverables including models, slides and concise written narratives that clearly articulate options, trade-offs and recommended actions.
• Design and lead quantitative analytics that generate insights and hypothesis generation that inform critical business questions.
• Present research methodology approach, key insights and strategic recommendations to clients.Research and apply appropriate AI tools to accelerate analysis, develop new frameworks and enhance both individual and team workflows.
• Design research tools and methodologies applicable to address and inform decision-making for project needs.
• Work with project teams to develop deliverables including methodologies, data analyses, and strategic recommendations.
• Perform data analysis, produce quantitative modeling, and interpret qualitative data to create actionable recommendations and inform business strategy.
• Contribute to business development by shaping proposals and identifying follow‑on opportunities with existing clients.

Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of relevant experience in life science strategy consulting required.
• Advance proficiency in Microsoft Excel including VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, Formulas, Pivot Tables, charts, and graphs is required.
• Life sciences strategy consulting experience across more than one sector such as pharma, biotech, medical devices, and MedTech is required.
• Experience applying AI-enabled tools including generative AI, machine learning, or advanced analytics platforms to accelerate analysis, develop insights, and support strategic recommendations required.
• Demonstrated technical and analytical capabilities to extract key insights from multiple disparate data sources required.
• Experience working with teams and managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment required.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau or other data visualization tools highly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to engage confidently with senior executives, ask provocative questions, and facilitate productive, decision‑making discussions.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and hypothesis‑driven problem‑solving skills; able to connect disparate data points from multiple sources into a coherent story.
• Exceptional storytelling and communication capabilities in writing and in presentations, ability to simplify complexity for non‑technical audiences.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast‑moving environments with a bias for option generations and moving work forward based on imperfect information.
• Collaborative, low‑ego teammate with high learning agility, skilled at mentoring and receiving coaching, and contributing to a positive, high‑performance team culture.
• Intellectual curiosity about how life sciences companies create value and a drive to stay ahead of emerging trends.
• Ability to create well‑structured, compelling communications for internal and external audiences.
• Willingness to travel.

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Estimated Hiring Range:

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $88,900.00 to $155,500.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.