Director of Consulting (Life Sciences)

LinkedIn Job Wrapping • New York, NY

3d • 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. Founded and headquartered in Paris, Artefact has 2000 employees across 26 offices globally, focused on accelerating digital transformation. 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 with a business-centric approach. Artefact has recently launched in the US with offices in NYC and Los Angeles and is seeking to build its founding team.

This opportunity is for a Director or Senior Director to lead and grow Artefact's Life Sciences practice in the United States. This is a senior commercial and delivery role for an individual with functional expertise in the commercial aspects of the drug lifecycle (sales, marketing, market access, launch strategy, pricing) combined with data and analytics fluency. The ideal candidate understands the life sciences industry, client needs, and commercial challenges, and is a proactive relationship builder with a strong entrepreneurial drive and a desire for ownership in growing a book of business.

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 starting 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

What This Job Offers

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