Solution Principal | Manufacturing and Supply Chain

HCL Technologies Limited; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLTech is seeking a seasoned Solution Principal to shape AI-native solutions across Life Sciences and Healthcare manufacturing and supply chain value chains—connecting industry strategy, technology, and business outcomes across Manufacturing Operations, Planning, Procurement, Logistics and Distribution, Serialization and Traceability, Quality, and Sustainability.

You do not need to be expert in every area, but deep credibility in several and the judgement to connect the rest will be valued.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in Life Sciences or Healthcare manufacturing and supply chain solutions, consulting, or transformation leadership.
• Deep credibility in several areas of smart manufacturing, MES, batch/continuous operations, planning, procurement, warehousing, cold chain, or serialization.
• Regulatory grounding incl. FDA GMP operations, data integrity, DSCSA/EU traceability.
• AI fluency with Generative and Agentic AI in regulated ops with governance.
• Executive communication: able to lead CXO workshops and storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Shape end-to-end manufacturing and supply chain solutions across operations, planning, logistics, data, cloud, and managed services.
• Lead AI-driven concepts and translate them into measurable outcomes like yield, OEE, service levels, and cost to serve.
• Engage clients and executives in transformation conversations with cross-functional leaders.
• Grow the business by spotting whitespace and shaping opportunities early.
• Define which industry viewpoints and accelerators the practice needs next.

Skills

Executive communication

Life Sciences/Healthcare domain

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

MES

WMS

Job description

We are HCLTech, one of the fastest-growing large tech companies in the world and home to 219,000+ people across 54 countries, supercharging progress through industry-leading capabilities centered around Digital, Engineering and Cloud.

The driving force behind that work, our people, are diverse, creative, and passionate, raising the bar for excellence on a regular basis. We, in turn, work hard to bring out the best in them as we strive to help them find their spark and become the best version of themselves that they can be.

About the Role

HCLTech delivers engineering, digital, and AI-led services to many of the world’s leading medical device and diagnostics companies. Our MedTech Industry Practice brings together product engineering, quality and regulatory, manufacturing, and connected health capability to help clients get safer products to market faster.

About the Role

HCLTech delivers engineering, digital, and AI-led services to many of the world’s leading pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and healthcare organizations. Our Life Sciences and Healthcare Practice brings together manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and digital capability to help clients get safer products to market faster.

We are looking for a seasoned Solution Principal to shape differentiated, AI-native solutions across the Life Sciences and Healthcare manufacturing and supply chain value chain — connecting industry strategy, technology, and business outcomes across Manufacturing Operations, Planning, Procurement, Logistics and Distribution, Serialization and Traceability, Quality, and Sustainability. Working in close partnership with the Industry Practice team, you will strengthen existing solutions, create new service offerings, and build integrated transformation roadmaps and executive narratives that are practical, scalable, and outcome-led.

You do not need to be expert in every one of these areas — deep credibility in several, and the judgement to connect the rest.

What You Will Do

• Shape the Solution and Tell the Story - Build end-to-end manufacturing and supply chain solutions across operations, planning, logistics, data, cloud, and managed services — and the executive storyline that sells them.
• Turn AI into Measurable Outcomes - Lead solution concepts across smart manufacturing, demand and supply planning, batch release, cold chain, and distribution, and translate them into results clients can measure — yield, OEE, service levels, inventory, and cost to serve.
• Engage Clients and Executives - Lead CXO workshops and transformation conversations with manufacturing, supply chain, quality, operations, and technology leaders.
• Grow the Business - Work with account teams to spot whitespace, shape opportunities early, and build the value case that wins them.
• Set the IP Agenda - Define which industry points of view, accelerators, and offerings the practice needs next, and direct the Practice team who build them.

What We Are Looking For

Must have

• Experience - 15+ years in Life Sciences or Healthcare manufacturing and supply chain solutions, consulting, or transformation leadership, with a track record of shaping and winning complex multi-service-line deals.
• Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expertise - Deep credibility in several of: smart manufacturing and MES, batch and continuous operations, tech transfer and CMC, demand and supply planning, procurement, warehousing and distribution, cold chain, or serialization and traceability.
• Regulatory Grounding - Working knowledge of FDA GMP operations, computer system validation and data integrity, and DSCSA or EU traceability obligations.
• AI Fluency - Practical experience applying Generative and Agentic AI in regulated operations, including how it gets governed and validated.
• Executive Communication - Clear storytelling, structured thinking, and the presence to hold a CXO room.

Nice to have

• SAP S/4HANA, MES, WMS, or advanced planning platform exposure; $20M+ TCV pursuits; engineering degree or MBA. We do not expect all of these — tell us which ones you bring.

Equality & Opportunity for All

Representing 165 nationalities across the globe, we pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law.