Solutions Architect - LS / Pharmaceutical

Coforge; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Coforge is seeking a high-impact Solutions Architect to lead pharma-focused digital transformation initiatives across clinical development, manufacturing, supply chain and commercial operations. You will partner with sales, delivery and industry stakeholders to design AI, data analytics and customer experience solutions that address real business challenges while ensuring regulatory compliance.

The role also emphasizes building reusable accelerators, mentoring pre-sales teams, and shaping market

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales teams to identify, qualify, and pursue opportunities within pharmaceutical and life sciences accounts.
• Lead solution strategy and proposal development for RFPs, RFIs, and client presentations.
• Develop compelling value propositions aligned with client business objectives.
• Support account expansion through strategic consulting and industry expertise.
• Participate in deal shaping, pricing strategy, and solution governance.
• Advise clients on industry trends, digital transformation initiatives, and regulatory requirements.
• Engage with client executives to understand business priorities and define technology roadmaps.
• Conduct assessments and recommend solutions across R&D, clinical, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial functions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor for enterprise transformation programs.
• AI & Generative AI
• Data & Analytics
• Customer Experience Platforms
• Develop business cases, ROI models, and transformation roadmaps.
• Ensure solutions meet compliance and regulatory standards.
• Build reusable solution accelerators, frameworks, and industry offerings.
• Contribute to thought leadership, whitepapers, case studies, and market positioning.
• Mentor solution consultants and pre-sales teams.
• Establish partnerships with technology providers and industry platforms.

Job description

Role : Solutions Architect - LS / Pharmaceutical

Location: Princeton NJ, Chicago IL, Santa Clara CA

About Coforge

Coforge is a global digital services and solutions provider, that leverages emerging technologies and deep domain expertise to deliver real-world business impact for its clients. A focus on select industries, a deep domain understanding of the underlying processes of those industries and partnerships with leading technology platforms, enables Coforge to be a trusted partner of its clients in their transformation initiatives. Coforge leads with its Product Engineering approach and leverages AI, Cloud, Data, Integration and Automation technologies to transform businesses into intelligent, high growth enterprises. Coforge has twin headquarters in Princeton, USA & Greater Noida, India and employs over 33,000 technology and business process professionals with presence across 25 countries and 33 global delivery centers.

Coforge's proprietary platforms power critical business processes across its core verticals of BFS, Insurance, Travel, Transportation, and Hospitality (TTH), Retail & CPG, Healthcare. Our technology & process consultants engineer, design, consult, operate and modernize systems across the world. We take immense pride in the culture we have built and our low employee attrition; we are proud to be recognized as a Great Place to Work 2025 for the 5th year in a row and among the Top 50 in India's Best Workplaces in IT & IT-BPM 2025. Coforge was also declared the winner of the 'Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance for the year 2025'. At Coforge, we measure success by the comprehensive value we create for clients, employees, shareholders, partners, and communities alike.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Pharma Solutions Lead to drive strategic solutioning, consulting, and business growth initiatives across the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Life Sciences sectors. The individual will partner with sales, delivery, and industry stakeholders to develop innovative digital transformation solutions that address business challenges across clinical development, regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial operations.

The ideal candidate will possess strong domain expertise in life sciences, combined with experience in digital technologies, Data & AI, cloud, and enterprise platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Business Development & Solutioning

• Collaborate with sales teams to identify, qualify, and pursue opportunities within pharmaceutical and life sciences accounts.
• Lead solution strategy and proposal development for RFPs, RFIs, and client presentations.
• Develop compelling value propositions aligned with client business objectives.
• Support account expansion through strategic consulting and industry expertise.
• Participate in deal shaping, pricing strategy, and solution governance.

Industry Consulting

• Advise clients on industry trends, digital transformation initiatives, and regulatory requirements.
• Engage with client executives to understand business priorities and define technology roadmaps.
• Conduct assessments and recommend solutions across R&D, clinical, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial functions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor for enterprise transformation programs.

Solution Design

• AI & Generative AI
• Data & Analytics
• Customer Experience Platforms
• Develop business cases, ROI models, and transformation roadmaps.
• Ensure solutions meet compliance and regulatory standards.

Practice Development

• Build reusable solution accelerators, frameworks, and industry offerings.
• Contribute to thought leadership, whitepapers, case studies, and market positioning.
• Mentor solution consultants and pre-sales teams.
• Establish partnerships with technology providers and industry platforms.