Managing Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice -Life Sciences

The posting, as West Monroe wrote it

Are you ready to make an impact?

West Monroe is seeking a Managing Director to accelerate the growth of our Life Sciences business and lead complex transformations across clinical research, patient services, product commercialization, and supply chain. This executive will build trusted relationships with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and clinical research organization (CRO) leaders, combining deep industry expertise with consulting and commercial leadership to improve patient outcomes, accelerate commercialization, strengthen operations, and build resilient supply chains. The Managing Director will originate and expand strategic client relationships, provide executive oversight of transformational engagements, and shape differentiated Life Sciences capabilities and market strategies for West Monroe.

What You Will Do

Client Delivery

• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite and senior executives across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO, and broader Life Sciences organizations.
• Provide executive leadership for complex transformations spanning clinical research operations, patient services, commercialization and launch readiness, supply chain, and manufacturing.
• Advise clients on improving clinical trial and patient operations, including recruitment, engagement, support services, and the data and technologies supporting the patient journey.
• Shape supply chain and launch strategies spanning operational readiness, planning, manufacturing networks, distribution, resilience, localization, and reshoring.
• Maintain executive oversight of client outcomes, engagement quality, economics, risk, and senior stakeholder relationships.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs.
• Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate the quality of client outcomes.

Business Development

• Originate, shape, and close significant transformation opportunities while expanding relationships within strategic Life Sciences accounts.
• Build trusted executive relationships and establish West Monroe as a strategic partner to senior industry leaders.
• Develop business through existing relationships, market networks, strategic partnerships, and collaboration across West Monroe.
• Lead pursuits from opportunity identification and solution strategy through executive presentations, negotiations, and closing.
• Strengthen West Monroe’s market presence through industry relationships, events, partnerships, and thought leadership.

Practice Development

• Define and execute growth priorities, go-to-market strategies, offerings, and investments for West Monroe’s Life Sciences business.
• Develop differentiated perspectives and solutions around AI, data, clinical innovation, patient engagement, commercialization, supply chain resilience, and

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e know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.

At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next.

You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.

West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit www.westmonroe.com/inclusion . If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process, please inquire by sending an email to recruiting@westmonroe.com .

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