Managing Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice -Life Sciences

The role

The Managing Director will accelerate growth for the Life Sciences business and lead complex transformations. This role involves building relationships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology leaders and providing executive oversight for client engagements.

What you will do

• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite and senior executives
• Provide executive leadership for complex transformations
• Advise clients on improving clinical trial and patient operations
• Shape supply chain and launch strategies
• Maintain executive oversight of client outcomes and engagement quality
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis and support recommendations
• Originate, shape, and close significant transformation opportunities
• Build trusted executive relationships and expand strategic accounts
• Define and execute growth priorities and go-to-market strategies
• Build, mentor, and retain high-performing leaders and teams

Required qualifications

• 12+ years of consulting and/or Life Sciences industry experience
• Leadership of complex transformation initiatives and executive client relationships
• Deep Life Sciences expertise across clinical research/CRO operations, patient services, commercialization or product launch, and supply chain or manufacturing
• Success originating opportunities, expanding strategic accounts, and driving consulting revenue growth
• Experience advising senior executives and translating industry challenges into strategies
• Experience with supply chain strategy, manufacturing networks, resilience, localization, and/or reshoring within regulated environments
• Experience connecting business strategy with data, analytics, technology, AI, and operational transformation
• Strong executive communication, commercial leadership, strategic planning, and risk management capabilities
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Experience integrating AI tools into day-to-day workflows
• Ability to travel 25 to 50%
• Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 401k plan
• Employee stock ownership program
• Annual bonuses
• Unlimited flexible time off
• Ten paid holidays
• Ten weeks of paid parental leave

Before you apply

• Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship

About the company

West Monroe is a global business and technology consulting firm. They focus on creating measurable value for clients by combining business and technology.