Research & Development Consultant – Life Sciences and Health 

Join our team in Strategy consulting to find endless opportunities and solve our clients' toughest challenges, as you work with exceptional people, the latest tech and leading companies across industries. 

Practice: Life Sciences & Health, Industry Consulting, Capability Network I Areas of Work: Research & Development (R&D) | Level: Consultant | Location: Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore Years of Exp: 3-6 years 

Explore an Exciting Career at Accenture 

Are you an outcome-oriented problem solver? Do you enjoy working on transformation strategies for global clients? Does working in an inclusive and collaborative environment spark your interest?  

Then, Accenture Strategy and Consulting is the right place for you to explore limitless possibilities. 

As a part of the Accenture Life Sciences practice, our 4000+ practitioners across the globe, help our clients make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives through New Science, novel medical technologies and better collaboration. 

Together, let’s deliver more effective, affordable, personalized patient outcomes. In this practice, you’ll help drive our Life Sciences clients’ strategy and business planning efforts, with the following initiatives: 

• Support delivery of small to medium-size teams to deliver management consulting projects for global clients.  

• Responsibilities may include strategy, implementation, process design and change management for specific modules  

• Support efforts global sales team to identify and win potential opportunities within the practice. 

• Provide industry expertise in various sub-segments of the LS industry  

• Develop assets and methodologies, point-of-view, research or white papers for use by the team and larger community.  

• Acquire skills that have utility across industry groups. 

• Support on strategies and operating models focused on some business units and assess likely competitive responses. Also, assess implementation readiness and points of greatest impact. 

• Co-lead proposals, business development efforts and coordinate with other colleagues to create consensus-driven deliverables. 

• Execute a transformational change plan aligned with client’s business strategy and context for change. Engage stakeholders in the change journey and build commitment for change.  

• Acquire skills that have utility across industry groups. 

Bring your best skills forward to excel in the role: 

• Industry expertise with a global top pharmaceutical, medical devices or biotechnology firm 

• Familiarity or expertise with assets or tools in business consulting such as issue trees, implementation frameworks, diagnosis tools like client questionnaire and analysis, operating model, business process mapping, and so on 

• Good functional and domain knowledge with relevant experience in the same area  

• Make presentations wherever required to a known audience or client on functional aspects of his or her domain  

• Should have worked with multi-functional teams and cross-functional stakeholders  

• Ability to solve complex business problems and deliver client delight 

• Strong writing skills to build point of views on current industry trends  

• Strong program management skills 

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills with an aptitude to learn quickly 

• Good communication, interpersonal and presentation skills  

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Your experience counts! 

• MBA from a Tier 1 institute or rich relevant industry experience 

• 3-6 years of progressive business and/or consulting experience; at least 1 year of experience in Life Sciences industry is mandatory 

• Management consulting and general business consulting experience is a must 

• Familiarity with assets OR tools in business consulting (R&D), such as issue trees, implementation frameworks, diagnosis tools like client questionnaire and analysis, operating model, business process mapping, and so on. 

• Preferably worked with R&D functions such as Laboratory functions (R&D and Quality Check labs), clinical operations and development, decentralized clinical trials, pharmacovigilance, regulatory, quality management system, in capacity of a business analyst or management consultant. 

• Working knowledge of clinical data management platforms such as Medidata/ RAVE, Veeva Clinical suite, pharmacovigilance databases ArisG & ARGUS databases, Regulatory Information Management Systems (Veeva RIM), lab informatics is desirable                                                                                                                              

What’s in it for you? 

• An opportunity to work on transformative projects with key G2000 clients  

• Potential to co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners and, business intelligence professionals to shape and recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies. 

• Ability to embed responsible business into everything—from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional.  

• Personalized training modules to develop your strategy & consulting acumen to grow your skills, industry knowledge and capabilities  

• Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization. 

About Accenture: 

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 569,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com