Consultant, Scientific and Laboratory Informatics

Accenture • St. Louis, MO

6d • $54,400 - $205,800

About The Position

Accenture’s Laboratory Reinvention practice helps clients transform digital and AI laboratory operations through scientific and laboratory informatics, consulting, and technology. The practice applies technologies including generative AI, agentic systems, automation, IoT, analytics, and cloud, alongside redesign of the scientific user experience, to improve how organizations capture, manage, integrate, and analyze scientific data. Its work supports research, development, and manufacturing, with goals such as improving quality, ensuring compliance, reducing time to market, and increasing operational efficiency.

The Consultant delivers strategies, roadmaps, value cases, and projects that advance clients’ digital laboratory operations and scientific intelligence. The role applies management consulting and design-thinking methods to reshape scientific user experiences, develop transformation visions and roadmaps, rethink laboratory processes and operating models, and plan how AI can change laboratory work. It also advises on laboratory informatics solutions and data and system architectures, collaborates with client leaders to align on recommendations, and oversees the design and implementation of digital laboratory solutions. Travel to client locations of up to 50% is required.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in scientific and laboratory informatics within R&D and/or QC manufacturing spaces.
• Bachelor’s degree in laboratory science, life science, computer science, or engineering. Examples include chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, biology, microbiology, chemical engineering, and biomedical engineering.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% to client locations.

Nice To Haves

• At least 2 years of consulting experience.
• Experience working in or with life sciences R&D, QC, or IT.
• Implementation experience with laboratory solutions such as Benchling, Revvity Signals, Dotmatics, LabVantage, LabWare, Scitara, or TetraScience.
• Strong interpersonal skills and verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies, roadmaps, value cases, and projects for clients’ digital laboratory operations and scientific intelligence.
• Apply management consulting and design-thinking techniques to redesign the scientific user experience.
• Help shape clients’ transformation vision, focus areas, and journey from the current state to a target enterprise environment.
• Reimagine, plan, and execute how AI can reshape the laboratory landscape.
• Redesign processes and operating models to support new ways of working, using data-driven business cases.
• Provide points of view on laboratory and scientific informatics solutions and the strengths and weaknesses of technology options.
• Advise on data and system architectures related to industry solutions for laboratories.
• Create digital laboratory thought leadership for Life Sciences clients.
• Collaborate with client leaders to gain alignment on recommended solutions.
• Oversee, design, and implement digital solutions, including agentic laboratory capabilities, LIMS, ELN, CDS, SDMS, IoT, and cloud solutions.
• Help clients capture, handle, integrate, and analyze complex scientific data.
• Travel to client locations, up to 50%.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) plan.
• Bonus opportunities.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid time off.
• Access to AI tools and on-the-job learning opportunities.
• Training in design thinking, agile working, and other methodologies.
• Opportunities to represent Accenture at industry forums and conferences and contribute thought leadership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level