Consultant - Business Consulting (Life Sciences)

Role Overview

We are seeking seasoned R&D and clinical research professionals with 8 to 10 years of experience to join as a Consultant or Senior Consultant in a techno-functional Business Analyst capacity. The role calls for strong hands-on expertise in Clinical Data Management and Clinical Trial Operations, with exposure to tools and platforms such as EDC, eTMF, CTMS, and SSU.

Core Responsibilities

• Convert business needs into detailed technical requirements and work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver and enhance modules.
• Support the connection and coordination of EDC, eTMF, CTMS, and SSU solutions to improve end-to-end clinical trial execution.
• Oversee program planning, execution, and reporting while managing resources, deliverables, quality, stakeholder communication, client alignment, risks, mitigation plans, and budgets.
• Identify operational pain points within pharmaceutical organizations and recommend practical, innovative process improvements.
• Drive improvement programs and contribute to SOP development as well as working practice guidance documents.
• Build and maintain relationships with key client stakeholders and spot opportunities that can support business growth.
• Take the lead on sales pursuits with larger internal teams, including proposal creation, solution design, pricing inputs, client presentations, contract discussions, and deal closure.
• Create solutions that help life sciences organizations adopt digital capabilities more effectively.
• Take part in analyst meetings, industry speaking opportunities, and the publication of white papers in recognized industry journals.
• Contribute to practice-building activities, mentor consultants, and support consultant training and staffing.
• Use strong conflict handling, persuasion, and negotiation skills to manage stakeholders effectively.
• Bring deep knowledge of virtual trials, clinical trial workflows, real-world data, research studies, site payment management, audits and monitoring, and clinical trial technology and data.
• Show strong delivery capability in agile environments using Scrum or other methodologies across the life sciences value chain.
• Experience working in a consulting setup for pharmaceutical, medical devices, or biopharmaceutical clients will be an advantage.
• Work with delivery tools and platforms used in clinical data management, including VeeVa, Medidata RAVE, and Oracle.

Experience Required

This position is intended for professionals with 8 to 10 years of relevant industry experience.

Additional Information

Location: Pune Division, Maharashtra, India. Employment type: Full-time. Work model: Onsite.