Director, AI & Data Consulting (Life Sciences)

Artefact North America • New York, NY

1d • $200,000 - $230,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Artefact is a next-generation consulting firm specializing in data, analytics, and AI consulting, dedicated to transforming data into business impact across the entire value chain of organizations. With over 2000 employees across 26 offices globally, Artefact helps clients grow their data and digital capabilities. The firm utilizes state-of-the-art data technologies, lean AI agile methodologies, and cohesive teams of business consultants, data analysts, data scientists, data engineers, and digital experts to deliver tangible results. Artefact designs data-based solutions with a business-centric approach, leveraging deep AI expertise from its 1000+ global client base. The US launch includes offices in NYC and Los Angeles, and the company is seeking to build its founding team.

Requirements

• 8–10+ years of experience in consulting, analytics, or industry roles with a Life Sciences focus
• Deep familiarity with at least one or more commercial functional areas: Sales Force Effectiveness, Marketing Analytics, Market Access & Reimbursement, Launch Excellence, KAM, Patient Services, or Pricing & Contracting
• Strong understanding of the pharma/biotech commercial lifecycle — from pre-launch through loss of exclusivity
• Familiarity with the Life Sciences data ecosystem: IQVIA, Symphony Health, Komodo, claims data, Veeva CRM, EMR/EHR, and specialty data assets
• Experience engaging commercial leaders (VP of Sales, VP of Marketing, Chief Commercial Officer) as a peer and advisor
• Solid grasp of modern data platforms, analytics architecture, and AI/ML concepts — enough to scope work credibly and evaluate delivery quality
• Experience overseeing delivery of data and analytics solutions: dashboards, predictive models, segmentation, forecasting, or NLP/GenAI applications
• Familiarity with AI and ML use cases in Life Sciences: next best action (NBA), promotional response modeling, patient identification, real-world evidence (RWE), or HCP targeting
• Comfortable engaging both C-suite business stakeholders and data science/engineering teams with equal credibility
• Proven track record of winning business — you've built client relationships from the ground up and can point to your impact
• Entrepreneurial, high-energy mindset: you treat business development as a core part of your identity, not an obligation
• Exceptional communication skills — you simplify complexity, write with clarity, and present with authority
• Structured problem-solver: strong at framing ambiguous challenges, developing hypotheses, and distilling insight into executive-ready recommendations
• Strong executive presence and the ability to build trust quickly with senior stakeholders

Nice To Haves

• Think like a management consultant
• Thrive in a startup environment
• Think about the intersection of data, technology, and business

Responsibilities

• Build and own a pipeline of Life Sciences clients — proactively hunting new logos and expanding relationships within existing accounts
• Lead pursuits end-to-end: identify opportunities, develop proposals, shape the commercial narrative, and close engagements
• Engage C-suite and VP-level stakeholders (CMO, CDO, Chief Commercial Officer, VP Market Access) as a trusted thought partner
• Represent Artefact externally through industry events, speaking engagements, and written thought leadership
• Collaborate with Artefact's global network to bring world-class capabilities — from GenAI to data engineering — into every client conversation
• Lead delivery of high-impact engagements in commercial analytics, data strategy, AI use-case development, and insights transformation
• Serve as the senior client relationship owner — the person clients call with their hardest problems and most strategic questions
• Pilot multidisciplinary teams of consultants, data scientists, and data engineers — setting direction, ensuring quality, and developing talent
• Contribute to Artefact's Life Sciences practice-building: develop offerings, refine methodologies, author POVs and research
• Communicate practice successes internally and externally, reinforcing Artefact's credibility in the market

Benefits

• Competitive compensation — $200,000 - $230,000 base salary + performance bonus tied to business development and delivery outcomes and equity opportunity
• Clear path to Partner — for those who grow revenue and build the practice, the trajectory is real
• Genuine entrepreneurial autonomy — shape your own client base and practice focus; no inherited territory with no upside
• Rare platform — bring a global AI and data firm with 2,000+ experts to every US Life Sciences conversation
• Fast-moving culture — real decisions made quickly, no bureaucracy, your contributions are visible from day one

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed