Life Sciences Client Director - AI Consulting

Job title: Client Director, Life Sciences (Applied AI)

Location: United Kingdom (hybrid)

Employment type: Permanent, full time

Our client is one of Europe's leading applied AI consultancies. Founded over a decade ago, it has worked with more than 350 organisations across life sciences, government, finance and energy, and is now part of a global consulting group. Its Life Sciences team builds and deploys AI that helps pharma and medtech companies research, develop and commercialise new therapies faster.

As Customer Director, you will own and grow a portfolio of the firm's most important pharma accounts. You will act as a strategic partner to senior client stakeholders, lead commercial negotiations, and run a team of delivery and engagement specialists. Data scientists and engineers will turn your clients' priorities into AI solutions in production.

• Driving revenue growth across existing accounts and winning new clients in life sciences
• Building and executing strategic account plans that align AI solutions with client business objectives
• Leading commercial negotiations and partnering with the Business Unit Director on sales planning and forecasting
• Building trusted relationships with senior budget holders and C-suite stakeholders
• Leading, mentoring and developing a cross-functional team
• Working with technical teams to shape complex data concepts into practical use cases
• Representing the firm at industry events and building its reputation in AI-driven transformation

• Experience managing senior, complex stakeholder relationships in pharma, biotech or medtech
• A consulting background, ideally from MBB, the Big 4 or a specialist life sciences consultancy, at Engagement Manager, Senior Manager, Principal or Associate Director level
• Experience shaping or leading AI, data or digital transformation work
• A commercial mindset, with experience winning work and managing deals from first conversation to signature
• The ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences
• Experience mentoring and developing teams

Many consultants spend years recommending AI strategies that never get built. Here you will see your ideas go from concept to production, inside a specialist AI firm with the reach of a global group behind it. Several senior consultants from top strategy firms have already made the move for exactly that reason.