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Vizient

Senior Life Sciences Consultant

Irving, TX · On-site

$88K - $155K/yr

Relevant degree preferred. * 5 or more years of relevant experience in life science strategy consulting required. * Life sciences strategy consulting experience across more than one sector such as ...

Vizient

Senior Life Sciences Consultant

$88K - $155K/yr

Relevant degree preferred. * 5 or more years of relevant experience in life science strategy consulting required. * Life sciences strategy consulting experience across more than one sector such as ...

RXinsider LTD.

Senior Life Sciences Consultant

Chicago, IL · On-site

$89 - $156/hr

Relevant degree preferred. * 5 or more years of relevant experience in life science strategy consulting required. * Life sciences strategy consulting experience across more than one sector such as ...

Vizient

Senior Life Sciences Consultant

Chicago, IL · On-site

$88K - $155K/yr

Relevant degree preferred. * 5 or more years of relevant experience in life science strategy consulting required. * Life sciences strategy consulting experience across more than one sector such as ...

Vizient, Inc.

Senior Life Sciences Consultant

Irving, TX · On-site +1

$88K - $155K/yr

Relevant degree preferred. * 5 or more years of relevant experience in life science strategy consulting required. * Life sciences strategy consulting experience across more than one sector such as ...

RXinsider LTD.

$89 - $156/hr

Relevant degree preferred. * 5 or more years of relevant experience in life science strategy consulting required. * Life sciences strategy consulting experience across more than one sector such as ...

Vizient

Senior Life Sciences Consultant

Englewood, CO · On-site

$88K - $155K/yr

Relevant degree preferred. * 5 or more years of relevant experience in life science strategy consulting required. * Life sciences strategy consulting experience across more than one sector such as ...

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How much do life science strategy consultant jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 24, 2026, the average yearly pay for life science strategy consultant in the United States is $140,939.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $118,000.00 and $171,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a life science strategy consultant?

A Life Science Strategy Consultant is a professional who advises organizations in the life sciences sector—such as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies—on strategic decisions to help them achieve business goals. They provide expertise in areas like market entry, product launches, research and development, regulatory strategy, and commercial operations. Their work often involves analyzing industry trends, assessing competitive landscapes, and developing actionable strategies to improve performance, drive innovation, and ensure compliance. Life Science Strategy Consultants often work for specialized consulting firms or as independent advisors and collaborate closely with client teams to implement recommendations.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a life science strategy consultant?

To thrive as a Life Science Strategy Consultant, you need a strong background in life sciences or healthcare, analytical problem-solving abilities, and often an advanced degree (such as a PhD, MD, or MBA). Familiarity with market analysis tools, data visualization software, and industry databases is typically required. Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and adaptability are critical soft skills for client engagement and teamwork. These skills are essential for delivering actionable insights and strategic solutions that drive success for clients in the complex life sciences sector.

How does a life science strategy consultant typically collaborate with clients and internal teams during a project?

Life Science Strategy Consultants work closely with client stakeholders, such as executives and project leads, to understand their specific challenges and goals. They often facilitate workshops, conduct interviews, and present findings to ensure alignment. Internally, consultants collaborate with cross-functional teams—including data analysts, researchers, and subject matter experts—to develop actionable strategies. This dynamic environment requires strong communication and project management skills to ensure solutions are tailored and effectively implemented.
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Life Science Strategy Consultant (Medical Affairs)

Executive Insight

New York, NY • On-site

$100K - $115K/yr

Full-time

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Life Science Strategy Consultant (Medical Affairs)
Location: New York | Full-time
Join Executive Insight and help shape the future of healthcare.
About Executive Insight
Executive Insight is a specialized healthcare consultancy that partners with leading biopharmaceutical companies to prepare, launch, and commercialize their products successfully. With offices in New York, London & Zurich, we work as one integrated team across borders.
Our culture is built on honesty, freedom, and caring. We believe that while individual talent is essential, true excellence is achieved through collaboration, shared ideas, and intellectual curiosity. We foster a non-hierarchical, open environment where teamwork and trust drive impactful outcomes in the dynamic world of healthcare consulting.
About the Role
As a Life Sciences Strategy Consultant at Executive Insight, you will work on a variety of exciting projects with the particular focus for this role being on capability building, organisational transformation and functional excellence within medical affairs divisions of biopharmaceutical companies. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions that drive the commercialization of biopharmaceutical products and navigate the complexities of healthcare systems.
This position offers the opportunity to further deepen your expertise in healthcare strategy while supporting project delivery and providing meaningful insights that help our clients achieve their objectives. You'll receive guidance and feedback from Project Managers on your project work, while a dedicated Mentor will support your broader professional development at the company.
What You'll Do
As a Life Sciences Strategy Consultant, you will:
  • Support project teams in Translating complex or ambiguous business challenges of (pharma) medical affairs teams into deliverables that are tailored to client situation and context and aligned with senior client stakeholders.
  • Support Project managers to define functional strategies, organisational change requirements and deliver transformation initiatives that align people, processes, and technology to achieve sustainable results.
  • Assist in designing business cases, KPIs, and performance measurement frameworks to measure impact and sustain performance.
  • Support with the design and delivery of change management programs, training, and organizational development initiatives that drive sustainable adoption and capability building.
  • Help to nature long-term client relationships based on trust, transparency, and consistent value delivery.

This role will further expose consultants to business issues specific to our field enabling them to continuously develop in a specialized consulting environment working on projects addressing market access, medical affairs, health policy and commercial models.
What We're Looking For
The ideal candidate for this Life Sciences Strategy Consultant role will have:
  • A minimum of 3 years consulting experience at a strategy or management consultancy with experience in pharma/medical affairs being a strong preference
  • Experience contributing to projects in one or more of the following areas:
    -> Capability building: Critical assessment of organisational capabilities, defining future ready capabilities, outlining change requirements.
    -> Business /Organisational Transformation: Organisational and operational model re-design, role & responsibility and governance definition, interaction models between global medical and key local markets.
  • Skills in the core strategy consulting competencies and approaches:
    -> Structured problem solving - break down ambiguous client problems into hypothesis-driven workstreams and contributing your opinion actively to these problems.
    -> Intellectual rigour - identify gaps in logic or evidence, and push thinking beyond surface level conclusions.
    -> Executive Presence - comfortable presenting or contributing to presentations for C-minus-1 stakeholders (e.g., VP of Medical Affairs, Head of Commercial).
    -> Change Navigation- Hands on experience in change management, developing stakeholder engagement plans and resonating corporate communication
  • Fluency in English, with proficiency in additional languages being a plus.
  • Candidates must have full right to work in the US, as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

Why Executive Insight?
At Executive Insight, we value diverse perspectives, deep expertise, and long-term client relationships. We are committed to delivering exceptional quality and fostering a supportive, high-performing team culture.
We know that our people are our greatest asset. That's why we invest in a thoughtful recruitment process-to ensure the right fit for both you and us.
Please note: We are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies for this role.

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