Consulting Manager

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.
At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful. And this is your chance to be part of the success story.
We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Consulting Manager to lead and expand our Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) - Consulting portfolio in Benelux for the Life Sciences (LS) industry based out of Benelux region. This role requires a strong balance of consulting delivery expertise, sales acumen and a deep understanding of process and operations consulting. You will be responsible for driving complex consulting engagements, business growth and positioning the organization as a trusted partner for digital transformation and automation initiatives in the Life Sciences industry.

Cognizant is one of the leaders in the industry on Intelligent Process Automation offering its customers across all industries an integrated automation solution across a spectrum of hyper automation tools and technologies. Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) Consulting supports Cognizant’s clients across all industries to realize business benefits by improving business operations strategy and prepare them for a futurist target operating model underpinned by process excellence, automation and analytics. The IPA Consulting portfolio has over 100+ clients across UK, Ireland and Central Europe.

**Responsibilities**
- Lead the delivery of complex IPA engagements, ensuring high-quality outcomes and alignment with client objectives
- Develop and execute strategies to identify, pursue, and win new IPA consulting opportunities
- Design, implement, and optimize intelligent automation solutions, including RPA, AI, and workflow tools
- Collaborate with clients to define and execute operations consulting projects, driving efficiency, cost savings, and business transformation
- Manage project teams, ensuring resource optimization, client satisfaction, and delivery excellence
- Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, providing thought leadership on industry best practices and emerging technologies
- Develop and execute strategies to identify, pursue, and win new IPA consulting opportunities.
- Supporting generation and managing a sales pipeline by engaging with senior client stakeholders
- Partner with internal stakeholders to craft compelling proposals, business cases, and value propositions tailored to client needs
- Foster long-term client relationships to drive revenue growth, cross-sell opportunities, and repeat engagements
- Track industry trends and develop go-to-market strategies for IPA, process consulting, and operations consulting offerings
- Ability to foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence
- Act as a key contributor to the IPA practice’s strategic direction, including developing new service offerings and delivery frameworks across Automation, Consulting and Analytics portfolios
- Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., product development, marketing, and technology) to ensure alignment of solutions with client needs
- Represent the organization at industry forums, webinars, and client events to enhance brand visibility and thought leadership

**Requirements**:

- Academic with a master’s degree, preferably in business administration, data analytics or information technology/science
- Minimum of 10-12 years’ experience in consultancy focussing on Digital Transformation and Digital Process optimisation roles in commercial space in the LS industry
- Proven track record of implementing successful digital transformation, Omni-Channel and automation programmes within the LS Industry
- Familiarity with healthcare regulations and standards such as HIPAA, FDA guidelines, and GxP
- Experience in enterprise-wide deployments of process excellence and delivery methodologies (Lean Six Sigma, Agile, DevOps, SAFe, etc.)
- Experience of leading AI and Gen-AI initiatives in LS industry to enable efficiencies
- Exceptional analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels
- Able to produce high quality business-facing deliverables and activities to drive the automation agenda
- Resilient and able to manage challenge and resistance
- Results/outcomes oriented, business value focused
- Confident and able to work in high-ambiguity work environment
- Excellent oral and written presentation skills

**What we offer**:

- A competitive salary based on your qualities and experience
- Access to Udemy, Cognizant Academy digital libraries for your continuous learning
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