Accenture is hiring experienced Life Sciences professionals for the position of Management Consultant – Life Sciences R&D Regulatory. This opportunity is focused on Regulatory Affairs, Regulatory Information Management (RIM), Veeva Vault RIM, and Life Sciences consulting.
The role is suitable for experienced professionals with 3–5+ years of Regulatory Affairs or Regulatory Information Management experience who have worked on regulatory transformation, business analysis, consulting, or Veeva Vault RIM projects.
Selected professionals will work with global Life Sciences and biopharmaceutical clients on regulatory operating models, digital transformation, RIM implementation, regulatory data, business process transformation, testing, and compliance initiatives.
Accenture Regulatory Affairs Job Overview
Company: Accenture
Job Title: Management Consultant
Practice: Life Sciences R&D – Regulatory Affairs
Management Level: 9, 11
Job Type: Full-Time
Skill Area: Regulatory Affairs, Veeva Vault RIM
Experience: Minimum 3–5 years in Regulatory Affairs / Regulatory Information Management
Locations: Gurugram, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai and Pune
Job ID: R00307013
About the Role
The Management Consultant will work within Accenture’s Life Sciences R&D Regulatory Affairs consulting practice.
The position focuses on helping global biopharmaceutical organizations modernize regulatory operating models and strengthen their Regulatory Information Management capabilities.
Professionals in this role may contribute to Veeva Vault RIM implementations, regulatory process transformation, platform assessments, data transformation, testing, change management, business analysis and regulatory compliance projects.
Key Responsibilities
Candidates selected for the Accenture Regulatory Affairs Consultant role may be responsible for:
- Supporting consulting engagements for global Life Sciences clients across Regulatory Affairs and broader R&D functions.
- Supporting regulatory strategy, operating model transformation and business process redesign.
- Working on business analysis, implementation, program management and change management initiatives.
- Providing functional knowledge across Regulatory Affairs and related Life Sciences R&D domains.
- Supporting operating model assessments and regulatory process transformation initiatives.
- Conducting implementation readiness assessments and helping develop transformation roadmaps.
- Participating in workshops and stakeholder discussions.
- Gathering and documenting business and functional requirements.
- Developing process maps, user stories and project backlogs.
- Supporting solution testing and validation activities.
- Contributing to proposals, solution development and business development initiatives.
- Developing consulting methodologies, reusable assets, research, whitepapers and thought leadership.
- Identifying potential applications of AI and Generative AI in Regulatory Affairs.
- Developing reusable accelerators and best practices for regulatory transformation projects.
Qualification & Eligibility
According to the job requirements, candidates should have:
- MBA from a Tier 1 institute or equivalent relevant industry experience
- Approximately 3–5+ years of progressive business and/or consulting experience
- Relevant exposure to the Life Sciences industry
- Experience in Regulatory Affairs or Regulatory Information Management
- Management consulting, strategic advisory or business/technology transformation experience
- Understanding of regulatory processes and major Health Authority requirements
- Experience with business analysis and requirements gathering
- Knowledge of business process mapping and operating model design
- Project and stakeholder management capabilities
Candidates should carefully review the official Accenture job description before applying because eligibility may depend on their combination of education, consulting experience and Life Sciences domain expertise.
Regulatory Affairs Experience Required
Relevant experience across one or more of the following areas can be valuable:
- Regulatory Information Management (RIM)
- Regulatory Registrations
- Submission Management
- Submission Publishing
- Regulatory Intelligence
- Health Authority Interactions
- Regulatory transformation
- Regulatory master data
- Business process transformation
Veeva Vault RIM Skills
Hands-on exposure to regulatory technology platforms is particularly relevant for this opportunity.
Experience with platforms such as the following may be useful:
- Veeva Vault RIM
- Veeva Vault Submissions
- Veeva Vault Submissions Archive
- Veeva Vault Registrations
- Veeva Vault Submission Publishing
- Lorenz DocuBridge
- Extedo
- Other Regulatory Information Management platforms
Preferred Skills
Accenture has also highlighted several desirable capabilities, including:
- Veeva Vault RIM implementation experience
- IDMP/SPOR knowledge
- Commitment Management
- Regulatory master data management
- Regulatory platform selection
- RFP processes
- Technology assessments and scorecards
- Regulatory data transformation
- GxP validation support
- SIT and UAT testing
- Change management
- AI/GenAI applications within Regulatory Affairs
- Automation and analytics for regulatory processes
Consulting Skills
Because this is a Management Consultant position, candidates should also have strong consulting capabilities.
Important skills include:
Business Analysis: Ability to understand business problems and translate stakeholder requirements into functional requirements.
Requirements Gathering: Experience conducting workshops, stakeholder interviews and requirement documentation.
Business Process Modeling: Ability to understand current-state processes and help develop future-state regulatory processes.
Stakeholder Management: Ability to communicate effectively with business, technology, regulatory and project stakeholders.
Project Management: Experience supporting complex transformation and implementation programs.
Problem Solving: Strong analytical capabilities for solving regulatory, operational and technology-related challenges.
Who Should Apply?
This opportunity is best suited to experienced professionals working in areas such as:
Regulatory Affairs, Regulatory Operations, Regulatory Information Management, Veeva Vault RIM, Regulatory Technology, Life Sciences Consulting, Business Analysis, Regulatory Transformation and R&D Digital Transformation.
Candidates with purely entry-level Regulatory Affairs experience may not be a strong match because the position requires prior industry/consulting experience and exposure to regulatory transformation initiatives.
Why Consider This Role?
The position provides exposure to complex global Life Sciences Regulatory Affairs transformation projects.
Professionals may have opportunities to work across regulatory strategy, operating models, Veeva Vault RIM, business analysis, digital transformation, data transformation, testing and emerging AI/GenAI applications.
This combination can be particularly relevant for Regulatory Affairs professionals seeking to move toward Regulatory Consulting, RIM, Regulatory Technology or Life Sciences Digital Transformation.
How to Apply
