Project Manager Consultant- Life Sciences

** This role is not eligible for 100% remote work. Employees must live within a commutable distance of the Chicago metropolitan area and must be willing to be onsite at the client and/or Slalom Chicago office up to 5 days a week.
** Role:
Project Manager/Product Owner

Title:

Delivery Consultant

Location:

Chicago, ILWho You’ll Work With At Slalom, our Delivery capability is the engine that powers transformation. We are the connective tissue across all capabilities—bringing strategy to life through execution that is rigorous, adaptive, and outcome-driven.

You’ll join a community of delivery professionals who thrive in complexity and are passionate about making things happen. Our teams lead high-impact initiatives across industries, partnering with clients to navigate ambiguity, align stakeholders, and deliver results that matter. Whether it’s a multi-workstream transformation or a product launch, we bring clarity, structure, and momentum to every engagement.

We work shoulder-to-shoulder with clients, tailoring delivery approaches to meet them where they are—whether Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid. Our focus is on enabling predictable, repeatable outcomes that help organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows.

What You’ll Do
* Help clients shape and deliver outcomes by leading business and technology initiatives across industries, ensuring alignment with Slalom’s delivery standards.
* Define project scope, timelines, requirements, and success metrics in collaboration with clients and internal teams.
* Manage project execution, including resource coordination, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication.
* Facilitate agile, waterfall, or hybrid delivery models depending on client context and project needs.
* Leverage AI tools and techniques (e.g., generative AI for documentation, predictive analytics for risk and timeline forecasting, automation for reporting) to accelerate delivery and improve quality.
* Support business development efforts through scoping, estimation, and proposal contributions.
* Mentor junior consultants and contribute to internal capability development.

What You’ll Bring
* Strong experience in project management, business analysis, and process optimization, with a background in delivering projects in consulting or enterprise environments. (consulting experience strongly preferred).
* Required experience in Life Sciences or Health Care.
* Comfort operating through ambiguity - able to structure problems, assess options, and drive decisions forward.
* A curious, accountable, learning-oriented mindset with a strong bias to action.
* Excellent communication, collaboration, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
* Strong understanding of delivery methodologies and project governance.
* Experience applying AI-enabled tools to streamline delivery workflows and enhance team productivity.
* Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
* Relevant certifications (PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Agile/Scrum, etc.) are a plus.
* Bachelor’s degree in a related field; advanced training preferred.

About UsSlalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value.

At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.

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