Associate Director – Life Sciences Consulting; Medical Devices

As an Associate Director – Life Sciences Consulting (Medical Devices), you will make an impact by expanding our Medical Device consulting practice across North America, owning consulting revenue growth, profitability and market positioning while helping clients define and scale AI-enabled transformation. You will be a valued member of the Life Sciences – Medical Device consulting team and work collaboratively with marketing, alliances, industry leadership, and cross-practice technology, data and AI, and digital engineering teams, and clients.

Cognizant Consulting is where curious minds come together to solve complex challenges and create meaningful impact. Blending industry insight, technology expertise, and the power of AI, we partner with leading organizations to transform the way they work, serve customers, and grow.

• Own and deliver annual sales, revenue and margin targets, building and managing a robust pipeline and leading pursuits end-to-end from qualification through negotiation and contract close.
• Monitor market trends — connected devices, digital health, AI-enabled products, regulatory change and supply chain resilience — and translate them into differentiated offerings, accelerators and go-to-market plans.
• Provide strategic oversight for large-scale transformation programs, serving as executive sponsor and escalation point while ensuring quality, value realization and risk management.
• Partner with technology, operations, data and AI, and digital engineering teams, and build alliances with platforms, system integrators and ecosystem partners, to deliver integrated solutions.
• Advise medical device executives on AI and generative AI strategy and roadmaps, prioritizing high-value use cases and embedding responsible AI governance, model risk management, validation and human accountability.

At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

• 12+ years of experience in consulting, professional services or senior industry roles serving medical device or broader life sciences clients, with a proven track record of selling and delivering large-scale engagements and demonstrated quota or revenue ownership.
• Established executive relationships within North American medical device and Med Tech organizations.
• Deep knowledge of the medical device value chain, including R&D, regulatory and quality, manufacturing, supply chain, commercial operations and post-market surveillance.
• Strong experience in one or more of: commercial excellence, operations and supply chain transformation, quality and regulatory compliance, digital and data transformation, enterprise platform implementation (ERP, CRM, PLM, QMS), or M&A integration and separation.
• Strong working knowledge of AI/ML and generative AI, with the ability to connect these capabilities to medical device business needs, AI-enabled products, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), connected health and cybersecurity considerations.

• Experience building or scaling a consulting practice or new offerings.
• Experience shaping AI strategies, readiness assessments, business cases or transformation roadmaps and moving prioritized use…