Life Sciences Manager — Commercial Strategy

Accenture•St. Louis, MO

1d•$87,400 - $253,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Join our Life Sciences Industry & Enterprise practice to help leading pharma, biotech, and medtech clients define commercial strategy and reinvent how commercial work gets done. This role focuses on leading strategy work across asset / brand strategy, launch, portfolio growth, market access, patient services, functional transformation, operating model, process redesign, and AI/data-enabled reinvention. As a Manager, you will lead client workstreams that help life sciences organizations make critical commercial decisions — from how to launch and grow assets to how to redesign functions and enterprise ways of working.

Requirements

Minimum of 6 years of life sciences commercial experience across asset / brand strategy, launch, portfolio growth, marketing, medical, market access, patient services, field, or commercial ops / transformation topics
Minimum of 5 years of experience in strategy consulting, professional services, or an equivalent internal corporate-strategy role.
Bachelor's Degree
Ability to lead work across both asset-level strategy and functional / enterprise-level reinvention questions
Demonstrated ability to lead a workstream, manage clients, and coach junior team members
Strong client management skills, including ability to build trusted relationships, facilitate working sessions, manage feedback, align stakeholders, and communicate risks / tradeoffs clearly
Strong understanding of commercial strategy fundamentals such as market dynamics, customer behavior, access considerations, competitive positioning, value drivers, and launch / growth levers
Experience with operating model, process redesign, governance, capability building, transformation roadmap, or implementation planning work
Proactive mindset around innovative ways of working, including how AI, automation, copilots, and agentic workflows can improve productivity, quality, collaboration, and speed of execution
Working knowledge of AI/data concepts, including predictive analytics, GenAI, copilots, workflow automation, and agentic solutions
Practical understanding of how AI/data can be applied responsibly in commercial workflows, including where it creates value, what risks or dependencies must be managed, and how to support adoption with appropriate human oversight
Comfort partnering with technology, analytics, AI, and platform teams while staying anchored in the business problem
Proactive mindset around innovative ways of working, including how AI, automation, copilots, and agentic workflows can improve productivity, quality, collaboration, and speed of execution for external project & internal Accenture work
Strong PowerPoint, Excel, written communication, storytelling, facilitation, and executive communication skills

Responsibilities

Leading asset / brand strategy, launch, portfolio growth, market access, patient services, and broader commercial strategy workstreams
Assessing market dynamics, customer needs, competitive landscapes, access considerations, and commercial growth opportunities
Translating strategic recommendations into functional or enterprise implications across operating model, process, governance, capability, talent, and technology
Identifying where AI, analytics, automation, copilots, or agentic workflows can improve commercial decision-making, execution, or ways of working
Facilitating client discussions and synthesizing research, interviews, benchmarks, and data inputs into executive-ready recommendations
Anticipate risks, dependencies, and shifting client priorities; prepare teams to pivot as programs evolve while keeping delivery focused on outcomes
Shape client objectives into clear workplans, hypotheses, analyses, and deliverables
Lead workstreams and manage analysts/consultants to produce high-quality, client-ready outputs
Manage day-to-day client relationships, including working sessions, feedback, and next steps
Apply life sciences commercial knowledge to connect asset, customer, access, functional, and enterprise implications
Bring a robust point of view on the “right answer” and shift from executor to advisor
Use structured problem solving and storytelling to communicate recommendations clearly and persuasively
Define value unlock opportunities by identifying where commercial strategy can drive growth, efficiency, differentiation, or better customer / patient outcomes; shape the value story, KPIs, and implications for leadership decisions
Support AI/data-enabled strategy and reinvention work by shaping use cases, workflow fit, required inputs, risks, governance, and human-in-the-loop considerations
Support proactive commercial strategy / reinvention opportunities and proposals by shaping the client problem, workplan, solution approach, and value story
Contribute to thought capital by developing reusable perspectives, frameworks, case examples, and market-facing points of view on priority commercial topics