Life Sciences Commercial Business Specialist :- Mid to Senior level

Do you want to boost your career and collaborate with expert, talented colleagues to solve and deliver against our clients' most important challenges? We are growing and are looking for people to join our team. You'll be part of an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment of 300.000 employees. Our dynamic organization allows you to work across functional business pillars, contributing your ideas, experiences, diverse thinking, and a strong mindset. Are you ready?

About your team

Infosys Consulting partners with all the leading pharmaceutical companies in Europe, tackling their most pressing challenges and driving transformative change. Our footprint covers global ERP, data & analytics, AI and cloud transformation programs. We're not just consultants - we're strategic advisors, innovation catalysts, and technology pioneers. Our team is deeply embedded in our clients' businesses, working side-by-side to develop and implement cutting-edge solutions that leverage the power of AI, digital technologies, and innovative business models.

The Life Sciences practice is at a pivotal stage of its growth journey, aiming to enhance its existing competencies and expand into complementary business areas. It is one of the fastest-growing units within the consulting organization, assisting some of the largest global pharmaceutical companies and most recognizable biotech firms. Over the past few years, it has pioneered advancements in digital health, cloud transformation and AI-driven automation.

As Infosys Consulting looks to build the life sciences practice and M&A capabilities in EMEA, this role will be crucial in attracting and developing top consulting talent from the industry to expand our high-performing team. You'll be at the forefront of industry consolidation, helping leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies navigate complex transactions that drive innovation and improve patient outcomes. As a trusted advisor, you'll provide strategic guidance on deal strategy, due diligence, integration, and value creation, working alongside industry experts and leveraging cutting-edge technology.

Requirements

The role

• You will work with some of the major pharma companies in critical roles delivering tangible value across major transformation programs
• You occupy a pivotal role of relationship manager for critical client engagements, working as a lynchpin between Client leadership, Infosys leadership and Infosys teams.
• You will provide strategic leadership across programs of work successfully, meeting the business objective for our clients. This includes taking overall accountability for program delivery by understanding dynamics of ecosystem, working out the 'art of possible' while keeping stakeholders aware of ground realities and finding workable solutions to challenges and deadlocks.
• You will lead the key governance forums including Program Boards; and report program status and progress to Steering Committees.
• You will provide operational leadership across the program as well. This includes overall direction to practitioners in terms of project scope, execution planning, deliverables, dependencies, risk management, methodology, staffing etc. Manage cost, timelines, milestones, change control and quality during delivery.
• You will lead and contribute to the development of new practice service offerings and point of views in your area of expertise to expand addressable functional areas.
• You will lead and coordinate business development and pre-sales activities, including proposals and responses to "Requests for Proposal" (RFPs) and "Requests for Information" (RFIs) and collaborate with other service lines and sales teams to win new business.
• You will facilitate the sourcing, selection and allocation of resources to the program delivery teams.
• You will manage internal consulting resources, 3rd party provider resources, and contract resources.

Required experience and qualifications:-

• At least 12+ years of deep functional expertise in one of the key areas of Life Sciences (Pharma, Med-Tech, CDMO, Consumer Health) Commercial Business along with a breadth of experience in stakeholder management, problem-solving, maturity assessments, strategy planning and delivery management.
• At least 12+ years of experience in consulting firms.

• Differentiated expertise from extensive work experience in the Life Sciences industry across major Pharma Companies with profound know-how of Life Sciences challenges and business dynamics within Pharma Commercial Landscape.
• Extensive work experience in a consulting company and/or track record of working in large scale transformation programs.
• Posses superior client interaction skills: ability to build trusted relationships and to drive transformation programs jointly with client leadership. Ability to navigate in a complex organization structure.
• Good negotiation and vendor management skills.
• Ability to inspire, convince and to influence to gain buy-in from senior business management and stakeholders.
• Superior problem management skills (problem identification, structuring, resolution) and moderation skills.
• Proven ability to deliver under tight deadlines and challenging constraints.
• Ability to collaborate within Infosys and to leverage existing resources for responding to RFIs, RFPs and delivering critical programs.
• Experience of executing delivery using a blend of onsite resources with nearshore and offshore delivery centres.
• Experience in gathering, validating, synthesizing, documenting and communicating data and information for a range of audiences.
• Demonstrated skills in defining and executing an Agile-based design and delivery approach.
• Demonstrable general skill set including stakeholder management, problem-solving, communication and presentation
• Excellent interpersonal skills and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Project-related mobility/willingness to travel

Given that this is just a short snapshot of the role we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the requirements listed above. We are looking for individuals who strive to make an impact and are eager to contribute for the firm's success.

Benefits

Why Join Us?

Infosys Consulting strives to empower their employees from all backgrounds to thrive, to grow in their careers, and to make a real, visible impact within the organization and beyond. You will become an integral part of a diverse and creative team within a genuinely innovative practice. You'll discover an inclusive and collaborative culture, working alongside highly motivated colleagues within a learning focused work environment. By joining Infosys Consulting you'll play a critical role in our successful growth story - we're looking forward to taking this journey with you.