Client Partner | Healthcare & Life Sciences

Senior Principal | Healthcare & Life Sciences

Who You’ll Work With

Our Healthcare & Life Sciences (HLS) industry team helps organizations redefine what’s possible, give shape to the future—and get there. We focus on high-impact projects, meeting our clients where they are to uncover business needs and deliver results. Our teams go beyond the expected to help clients move confidently through ambiguity and risk and drive more transformative outcomes.

Slalom is actively seeking a Senior Principal in Chicago to grow the Slalom brand within one of our pharmaceutical clients in the Healthcare & Life Sciences industry. This Senior Principal will lead the way in solving the industry's most pressing challenges across all our services.

Do you thrive on standing beside clients to set strategic direction, deliver solutions, and innovate for the future? We’d love to get to know you!

What You’ll Do

Business Development:

• Identify and lead opportunities within our managed accounts.
• Comfortable selling to and creating new opportunities within the Healthcare & Life Sciences portfolio.
• Own and manage, the life cycle of a consulting sales process and all steps in the pre-sales motions for advisory work.
• Maintain an ongoing market presence to establish Slalom as a top-of-mind strategy, business, and technology consulting firm for HLS clients.

Client Service and Delivery Leadership:

• Drive account growth by developing annual account plans and executing the strategy to drive new sales.
• Guide the development teams to ensure strong delivery is aligned with the client's goals.
• Utilize your deep industry knowledge, partner with your client(s) to help influence strategic direction and identify ways Slalom can help them achieve business objectives.
• Lead from the front through billable roles on active engagements such as client service lead, delivery lead, SME, engagement lead, or accountable executive.
• Provide oversight and governance across all sold/managed engagements. Operate a fiscally healthy industry sector including levers such as utilization, revenue, gross profit, and pipeline.

Portfolio Leadership:

• Assist in developing the industry strategy and business plan for the portfolio.
• Collaborate with other practices to bring new solutions to the market.
• Identify opportunities for growth/maturation of Slalom offerings and help set the direction for that growth.
• Provide thought leadership to clients through developing market POVs.

What You’ll Bring

Industry Background / Knowledge:

• Deep understanding in at least one of the following sub-industries: Healthcare & Life Sciences.
• Strong knowledge of industry market structure (products, players, technologies, industry dynamics, and relevant regulatory topics).
• Lead and participate in elaborate discussions with professionals and senior executives across the HLS industry.

Qualifications, Skills, and Competencies:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in HLS minimum of 5 years’ experience within a leading consulting firm with a focus on the functions above.
• Deep understanding of the impacts and applicability of Data and AI in the context of Healthcare and Lifesciences Industry.
• MBA or equivalent preferred.
• Comfortable working with and selling to Senior Executives.
• You must live within a commutable distance of the Chicago or Milwaukee Metropolitan Area.

About Us

Slalom 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 partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working, and meaningful impact.

What sets us apart? We believe work should be challenging and fulfilling, not perfect, but possible. That’s why we prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: The targeted base salary pay range for Senior Principal is $144,000 to $216,000. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: [email protected]. Please note, this recipient is not able to support recruitment inquiries beyond this purpose.

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact [email protected] if you require accommodations during the interview process.