Associate Director – Strategy & Consulting, Life Sciences (Pharmaceutical R&D)ACCENTURE

Acteur majeur du Conseil et de la Technologie, Accenture est le partenaire stratégique des entreprises et institutions françaises dans leur transformation technologique et humaine. De la vision à l'action, nous aidons nos clients à se réinventer et à façonner leur futur, durable et responsable.

• Plus de 500 000 employés dans plus de 120 pays
• Une expertise dans plus de 40 secteurs d'activité
• Près de 80% des entreprises du CAC 40 sont nos clients depuis plus de 10 ans
• 4 bureaux principaux en France : Paris, Nantes, Sophia, Toulouse

Accenture, c'est avant tout une grande diversité de métiers pour accompagner et transformer les organisations de nos clients, de la stratégie jusqu'à à la mise en œuvre. Qu'il s'agisse de conseil, d'expérience client, de technologie ou encore de gestion de projets, votre mix de compétences s'accordera parfaitement avec notre mix d'expertises !

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Typically 12+ years of relevant experience in management consulting and/or the pharmaceutical industry, with significant exposure to R&D strategy, transformation, or operations.
• Proven track record leading complex consulting engagements or enterprise initiatives in pharmaceutical R&D.
• Demonstrated experience advising senior stakeholders at VP, SVP, or C-suite level.
• Strong experience in several of the following areas: R&D strategy, portfolio management, clinical development, clinical operations, trial innovation, operating model design, digital/data/AI in R&D, regulatory transformation, or external innovation.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple workstreams, budgets, and senior stakeholders in an international environment.
• Professional fluency in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree strongly preferred, such as MBA, MSc, PhD, PharmD, MD, or equivalent.
• Direct experience within a pharmaceutical R&D organization, or a strong track record serving R&D clients in a top-tier consulting environment.
• Experience with large-scale business transformation, digital transformation, or global process harmonization in R&D.
• Familiarity with data and analytics platforms, AI/ML use cases, and digital capabilities relevant to drug discovery and development.
• Experience operating in global, matrixed organizations and multicultural teams.

Core Skills & Attributes

• Strong strategic thinking and structured problem solving.
• Deep credibility in pharmaceutical R&D, with the ability to connect scientific, operational, and business priorities.
• Executive presence and strong facilitation skills with senior client audiences.
• Commercial acumen, including opportunity shaping, proposal development, and deal support.
• Strong people leadership, coaching, and team-building capabilities.
• High level of ownership, resilience, and comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Additional Information

• Willingness to travel to client sites as required by project needs and local policy.
• Comfortable working in hybrid and distributed team models across geographies and time zones.