Senior Life Sciences Consultant

Vizient; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient is seeking a strategic advisor for their Life Sciences consulting team. The ideal candidate will provide strategic advisory services, manage projects, and deliver insightful data analysis to support business development activities.

Responsibilities include cultivating senior client relationships, designing quantitative analytics, and translating findings into actionable recommendations. Candidates should have relevant experience in life science strategy consulting and advanced proficiency in tools like Microsoft Excel.

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of experience in life science strategy consulting.
• Experience managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate and expand senior client relationships.
• Design and lead quantitative analytics for insights.
• Translate complex findings into executive-ready deliverables.

Skills

Life sciences strategy consulting expertise

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Experience applying AI-enabled tools

Data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau)

Exceptional storytelling and communication

Education

Relevant degree

Job description

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

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 5 or more years of relevant experience in life science strategy consulting required.
• Advanced 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 generation 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.