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Consulting Principal - Life Sciences Commercial Analytics

Cognizant

San Francisco, CA • On-site

$165 - $194/hr

Other

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 4 days ago


Cognizant rating

7.4

Company rating: 7.4 out of 10

Based on 85 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

52nd of 72 rated business consultants


Job description

About Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice—we’re a global community of 6,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we’re looking for our next colleague who’ll join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?

About the role

As a Consulting Principal – Life Sciences Commercial Analytics, you will make an impact by serving as a subject matter expert and consulting leader for analytics-driven commercial transformation initiatives across pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. You will be a valued member of the Life Sciences Commercial Analytics team and work collaboratively with managers, primary teams, and other stakeholders and clients.

In this role, you will:
  • Lead analytics-led consulting engagements, shaping insight strategies and operating models, and advising senior commercial stakeholders.
  • Act as a Commercial Analytics SME for life sciences clients across sales, marketing, and omnichannel engagement.
  • Enable data-driven decision making across brand strategy, field force deployment, channel mix optimization, and promotional effectiveness.
  • Lead the design of analytics solutions and frameworks covering descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics.
  • Own end-to-end consulting delivery for commercial analytics engagements, from problem framing to value realization.
  • Identify and shape consulting opportunities across commercial analytics, insights, and decision science.
  • Develop analytics frameworks, accelerators, and reusable assets for life sciences commercial engagements.
  • Mentor consultants and managers on commercial analytics, insight generation, and consulting best practices.
Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a position requires 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in San Francisco, CA. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

What you must have to be considered
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Data Science, or Management.
  • 14–18 years of experience in Life Sciences commercial analytics, consulting, or advanced analytics roles.
  • Strong experience translating analytics into commercial strategy and execution decisions.
  • Proven ability to lead complex analytics-driven consulting engagements and senior client relationships.
Nice-to-haves
  • MBA or advanced degree.
  • Commercial analytics and performance management.
  • Customer segmentation, targeting, and personalization.
  • Promotional effectiveness and marketing mix analytics.
  • Field force effectiveness and sales analytics.
  • Omnichannel measurement frameworks.
  • Advanced analytics, AI/ML, and next-best-action models.
  • BI and visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
  • Data privacy, consent, and compliance considerations.
Compensation
  • $165,000-$194,000
  • This position is eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
  • 401(k) plan and contributions
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Employee assistance program
  • 10 paid holidays plus PTO
  • Paid parental leave and fertility assistance
  • Learning and development certifications and programs
Post closing date

Applications will be accepted until 5/15/2026

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