S&C Global Network - AI - Life Sciences - Data Science Manager

About the role

Data Science Manager leading AI-driven analytics for Life Sciences at Accenture. Drives strategic initiatives, manages business transformations, and delivers data-driven recommendations to global pharma clients. Oversees small to medium consulting teams, guiding strategy, implementation, process design, and change management. Provides subject‑matter expertise in R&D, clinical operations, pharmacovigilance, and regulatory domains. Translates complex analytics into clear reports for clinicians, executives, and patients. Builds reusable assets, PoVs, white papers, and supports business development. Requires 10+ years in Life Sciences/Pharma/Healthcare projects, proficiency in R, Python, SQL, Spark, Tableau, Power BI, and strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.

What you’ll do

• Provide strategic advisory services, conduct market research, and develop data-driven recommendations to enhance business performance.
• Support delivery of small to medium-sized teams to deliver consulting projects for global clients.
• Responsibilities may include strategy, implementation, process design, and change management for specific modules.
• Manage daily operations within the team, guide & counsel the team members towards driving the Solution delivery to the Client.
• Participating in client discussions, developing new industry Point of View (PoV), re-usable assets (tools).
• Translate complex analytical findings into clear and concise reports and presentations for various stakeholders, including clinicians, executives, and patients (depending on the role).
• Provide Subject matter expertise in various sub-segments of the LS industry.
• Develop assets and methodologies, point-of-view, research, or white papers for use by the team and the larger community.
• Acquire new skills that have utility across industry groups.
• Support strategies and operating models focused on some business units and assess likely competitive responses. Also, assess implementation readiness and points of greatest impact.
• Co-lead proposals, and business development efforts and coordinate with other colleagues to create consensus-driven deliverables.
• Execute a transformational change plan aligned with the client’s business strategy and context for change. Engage stakeholders in the change journey and build commitment to change.
• Make presentations wherever required to a known audience or client on functional aspects of his or her domain.

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience (10 + years) in working on Life Sciences/Pharma/Healthcare projects and delivering successful outcomes.
• Familiarity with assets OR tools in business consulting (R&D), such as issue trees, implementation frameworks, diagnosis tools like client questionnaire and analysis, operating model, business process mapping, and so on.
• Preferably worked with R&D functions such as Laboratory functions (R&D and Quality Check labs), clinical operations and development, decentralized clinical trials, pharmacovigilance, regulatory, quality management system, in capacity of a business analyst or management consultant.
• Working knowledge of clinical data management platforms such as Medidata/ RAVE, Veeva Clinical suite, pharmacovigilance databases ArisG & ARGUS databases, Regulatory Information Management Systems (Veeva RIM), lab informatics is desirable
• Leverage one’s hands-on experience of working across one or more of these areas such as real-world evidence data, R&D clinical data, and digital marketing data.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven mindset.
• Proficient in Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, etc.
• Ability to solve complex business problems and deliver client delight.
• Strong writing skills to build points of view on current industry trends.
• Good Client handling skills; able to demonstrate thought leadership & problem-solving skills.

Skills

Benefits

• An opportunity to work on high-visibility projects with top Pharma clients around the globe.
• Potential to Co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners, and business intelligence professionals to shape and recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies.
• Ability to embed responsible business into everything—from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional.
• Personalized training modules to develop your strategy & consulting acumen to grow your skills, industry knowledge, and capabilities.
• Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerating equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree