U.S. Senior Consultant – Life Sciences Biopharma - 2026

L.E.K. Consulting; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with employer contribution

Job summary

L.E.K. Consulting is seeking a Life Sciences Senior Consultant to join its premier life sciences practice in the U.S. This role leads case teams, mentors junior staff, and collaborates with clients on strategy, market assessment, and due diligence.

Applicants bring an MBA or advanced degree or 3–5 years of senior-level experience, with strong analytical, communication, and project-management skills. The position follows a hybrid schedule with Tue–Thu in-office expectations.

Qualifications

• MBA from a renowned school or an advanced degree, or 3–5 years of relevant experience post-graduation.
• Industry knowledge of life sciences, especially biopharma/medtech/diagnostics.
• Experience across life sciences strategy, M&A topics, market assessment, and due diligence.
• Superior analytical skills with consulting approach expertise.
• Ability to motivate and coach team members; strong client management.
• Excellent communication and ability to influence, with quick learning.

Responsibilities

• Managing the case process and a junior team to address client problems.
• Designing and supervising primary/secondary research on markets and competitors.
• Developing presentations and deliverables with actionable recommendations.
• Communicating project conclusions to client senior management.
• Providing guidance and mentorship to junior staff.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Project management

Client relationship management

Communication

Education

MBA or PhD or Pharm.D or 3–5 years experience

Job description

Location Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco

Job Description

Company Description

L.E.K. Consulting is a premier global strategy consulting firm that partners with clients to solve their most critical business challenges and deliver high-impact outcomes. We bring deep industry expertise and rigorous, evidence-based insight to global corporations, growth companies and private equity investors, helping them turn strategy into action.

How do we deliver impact? It's the people. We hire exceptional individuals and invest in their growth through hands-on client work, close collaboration and a culture of ownership, inclusion and continuous learning. Across every level, curiosity unites us and challenge excites us.

Founded more than 40 years ago, L.E.K. employs more than 2,200 professionals worldwide and is consistently recognized as one of the industry's best firms to work for. For more information, visit lek.com .

About the Life Sciences Practice

L.E.K.'s Life Sciences practice helps biotech and pharmaceutical companies, along with their investors and partners, build strategies that create lasting value from R&D through commercialization. Our teams combine scientific depth with rigorous, data-driven analysis to advise on corporate and franchise strategy, pipeline and asset evaluation, launch excellence, pricing and market access, and transactions across every stage of the deal lifecycle.

JOB DESCRIPTION

If you are a bright, motivated leader interested in tackling some of the toughest and most interesting business problems in life sciences, consider joining L.E.K. as a Life Sciences Senior Consultant.

Senior Consultants are central to our industry-leading life sciences work and sit at the core of our case team structure. Coming from diverse backgrounds and using their creative problem-solving, industry expertise, and managerial skills, Senior Consultants guide our case teams to provide clients insights with impact. You will make a difference by helping to drive our teams to deliver actionable value and targeted opportunities to help our clients win.

Senior Consultants at L.E.K. manage a team of Associates and/or Associate Consultants right from the start and are on point to ensure the team is addressing client problems and delivering an answer. While every case is different, Senior Consultants’ primary responsibilities typically include:

• Applying your life sciences industry and scientific expertise to break down the client’s key opportunities and define hypotheses

• Designing and supervising the team’s core primary and secondary research and analyses on clients’ markets, customers, and competitors day-to-day

• Developing presentations and other deliverable structures that drive insights and actionable recommendations

• Participating in the communication of project conclusions to client senior management

• Providing guidance, mentorship, and feedback to more junior staff

L.E.K. recruits the best and the brightest, then offers them the broadest range of high-impact, frequent, and diverse cases for maximum learning. As a Senior Consultant, you will build on a comprehensive foundation that integrates science, business, and economics, and continue to develop as both a life sciences expert and a business leader. You will deepen the strategic and managerial skills that provide an excellent foundation for a career at L.E.K. and strategic leadership in the healthcare and life sciences industries.

In addition to very competitive compensation and benefits and immediate management responsibility, we promote Senior Consultants to Managers as fast as they develop, based on demonstrated performance and contributions.

WHY L.E.K.?

The Life Sciences Senior Consultant role at L.E.K. is differentiated from other firms in several key ways:

• Early management responsibility: Senior Consultants have the opportunity to manage the case process and Associate team (L.E.K. hires two undergraduates for every new Consultant).

• Breadth of experiences: While our projects span many services and company types, our focus is strategy and M&A. Senior Consultants typically work on ~6-10 projects a year, providing greater exposure across clients and strategic issues, as well as faster development of business acumen.

• Fun, stimulating work environment: L.E.K. teams spend substantially more time in their home office relative to teams at peer firms, and we pride ourselves on a vibrant social culture, including case team events, office parties, non-profit involvement, and much more.

• International exposure: Approximately one-third of L.E.K. projects involve an international component, which allows Senior Consultants to work on international case teams or, if they choose, to relocate to international offices on either a temporary or a full-time basis.

• Upward mobility: L.E.K. is a meritocracy with an entrepreneurial culture and frequent feedback. We rapidly progress responsibility to accelerate our team’s development.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

While we do not use a rigid checklist, we look for a combination of attributes in candidates that provide an excellent foundation for a successful career at L.E.K., including leadership, drive, intellectual curiosity and academic achievement, analytical ability, teamwork, and uncompromising ethics. Specifically, we look for:

• An MBA from a renowned school with outstanding academic achievement, an advanced degree (e.g., Ph.D., M.D., Pharm.D.), or 3-5 years of full-time professional experience post-graduation in a relevant field

• Industry knowledge of life sciences, especially the nuances of biopharma, medtech, and/or diagnostics

• Experience across a range of life sciences strategy and M&A topics, such as market assessment, commercial strategy, and due diligence

• Superior analytical skills combined with demonstrated expertise in consulting approaches

• Proven ability to motivate and coach people in multiple dimensions including analytical skills, project management, client relationship management, and interpersonal skills

• Strong "bedside manner" with clients: able to engage at varying levels within a client’s organization, helping effect the research, strategic planning, and/or change required to realize the project objectives

• Strong project management skills including work planning, presentation development, quality control, and client management

• Excellent communication skills both oral and written and the ability to influence others

• Bright, conceptual and a quick learner, able to quickly assess a situation and generate new insights and actionable ideas

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• The base salary for this position is $200,000 annually. L.E.K. also offers a performance bonus and profit sharing.

• L.E.K. Consulting offers a competitive total rewards package including medical, dental, vision,lifeand disability insurance, 401(k) with employer contribution, HSA contributions (where applicable), paid time off, and other firm-sponsored benefits.

• This role follows our hybrid work model for U.S. offices.We require employees to be in their assigned home office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday each week, as well as the first Friday of each month.

• International candidates will be considered. L.E.K. Consulting will assist you as necessary in accordance with our policy of obtaining employment authorization, however; we cannot guarantee that work authorization will be granted.

• L.E.K. Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed toprovidingequal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

• In accordance withapplicable state and local laws, we will provide reasonableaccommodationsfor qualified individuals with disabilities and forsincerely heldreligious beliefs, practices, or observances.

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