Life Sciences MedTech Manufacturing, Management Consulting Principal Director

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Join our team that is helping the world’s leading Life Sciences companies to evolve rapidly from selling products to delivering value through better patient outcomes.  We work with our pharmaceutical, biotech, medical technology, distributor, and consumer health clients globally to redefine the future of the Life Sciences industry: combining the latest technology with scientific breakthroughs to revolutionize how medical treatments are discovered, developed, and delivered to patients around the world.

Our Life Sciences Supply Chain & Operations practice helps clients to transform their end-to-end supply chain to be patient centric and an enabler of growth. Join our rapidly growing MedTech Consulting team to drive value and reinvention for our clients.

What would you do?

Most of the team works on one or more projects at any given point in time, typically as part of a larger core team working on a priority. At a Principal Director level, it could be:

• Leading programs in MedTech Supply Chain driving complex business and technology transformations and providing strategic advice across areas such as Manufacturing planning, execution and quality
• Building relationships with senior clients that help Accenture become a trusted partner 
• Driving business development efforts and help build the Accenture Consulting practice 
• Leading large sized teams with diverse backgrounds and locations
• Effectively managing and coaching others, collaborating with internal and external parties
• Creating Manufacturing planning, execution and quality thought leadership for clients across the Life Sciences MedTech Industry
• Shaping client’s transformation vision, focus areas, and journey from the current state to a “to-be” enterprise environment using deep knowledge of Manufacturing planning, execution, and quality
• Providing point-of-view on Life Sciences MedTech Manufacturing planning, execution, and quality solutions to deliver on transformational goals along with strengths and weaknesses of various technical solutions.
• Collaborating with senior client leaders to ensure buy-in to recommended solutions
• Overseeing the design and implementation of Life Sciences Manufacturing planning, execution and quality solutions, processes, and operating model by leveraging Accenture’s implementation methodology and leveraging experience in large ERP (e.g SAP S/4HANA or Oracle Fusion) and MES and LIMS
• Helping to develop and expand the Life Sciences MedTech Supply Chain and Manufacturing Services consulting portfolio through thought leadership and opportunity identification
• Creating new business development opportunities by bringing an active industry presence, connections, and ideas
• Building and applying technical, industry, organization, and functional knowledge to support efforts in selling opportunities to existing and new clients.

Travel - candidate should be willing to travel up to 75% to client locations.

Growth Opportunities

You will always be learning in this role through:

• On the job learning: creating experiments with new technologies, products, and across team partnerships
• Training and exposure to innovating assets and market leading solutions from automation to GenAI
• Being part of a forward-thinking community committed to training on and the adoption of latest methodologies such as design thinking and agile working
• Opportunities to be a face of Accenture at industry forums, conferences, and through thought leadership

Basic Qualifications

Here’S What You Need:

• Minimum of 10 years experience scoping and delivering Life Sciences MedTech transformation and innovation technology advisory solutions and services across Manufacturing planning & scheduling, Manufacturing execution & quality, driving and improving efficiency and quality metrics.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience with regulatory and compliance implications and requirements within MedTech manufacturing and quality processes and systems integration
• Minimum of 7 years managing a team to drive complex programs, project deliverables, and outcomes to budget
• Minimum of 7 years experience in leveraging and integrating large ERP (e.g SAP S/4HANA or Oracle Fusion), production planning & scheduling systems, MES, and LIMS
• Minimum of 5 years of Consulting experience at a management consulting or strategy consulting firm or 8 years of internal consulting project-based experience within Life Sciences (MedTech or medical device) 
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

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Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

Information on benefits is here.

• Role Location                                    Annual Salary Range
• California                                           $163,000 to $413,600
• Cleveland                                            $150,900 to $330,900
• Colorado                                            $163,000 to $357,400
• District of Columbia                         $173,500 to $380,500
• Illinois                                                 $150,900 to $357,400
• Maryland                                           $163,000 to $357,400
• Massachusetts                                  $163,000 to $380,500

Minnesota                                         $163,000 to $357,400

New York/New Jersey                    $150,900 to $413,600

Washington                                      $173,500 to $380,500

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