Workforce & Change Consultant/Manager - Life Sciences

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26 Locations
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59K-206K Annually
Mid level
Information Technology
The Role
Supports workforce design and change management for life sciences transformation programs. Responsibilities include stakeholder assessments, change impact analysis, readiness surveys, communications, adoption planning, tracking resistance and adoption signals, and coordinating change activities with learning and development. The role requires consulting or industry experience in change management, organizational development, or HR transformation, familiarity with Prosci, ADKAR, or Kotter methodologies, strong written communication, and up to 80% travel.
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We Are:

Accenture helps the world's leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 799,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.
Accenture's Life Sciences Reinventive Enterprise practice leads AI-driven enterprise transformation at the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations.  We deploy the Reinvention Force: a human + AI team of Transformers, Workforce Architects, and AI & Data Innovators that makes reinvention real at enterprise scale.

The Workforce & Change Consultant supports workforce design and change management delivery across the pod. This role conducts stakeholder assessments, develops change materials, tracks adoption, and ensures the organization is ready and able to adopt new ways of working


You Are:

An experienced practitioner with proven delivery expertise in your domain. You are analytically rigorous and structured in your thinking. You communicate complex ideas clearly to senior stakeholders. You are comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and thrive in cross-functional delivery teams. You have supported business development and are ready to take on more. You bring intellectual curiosity, drive, and a genuine interest in how AI is transforming the Life Sciences industry.


Role Overview

• Support workforce design and change management delivery across the pod's functional transformation workstreams
• Conduct stakeholder assessments, change impact analyses, and organizational readiness surveys
• Develop communications, change materials, and adoption plans tailored to functional audiences
• Track adoption signals and surface resistance patterns to the Workforce Design Lead
• Coordinate with the Learning & Development Partner to align change activities with training delivery


Travel varies by client needs and could be up to 80%


Basic Qualifications

  • Candidates must have at least 3 years of combined experience in the following:
    • Change management, organizational development, or HR transformation in a consulting or in-industry context
    • Demonstrated experience with change impact analysis, stakeholder mapping, and change readiness assessment
    • Experience developing change communications and adoption materials for functional audiences
    • Familiarity with change management methodologies (Prosci, ADKAR, Kotter, or equivalent)
    • Strong written communication skills for developing clear, audience-appropriate change materials

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting AI-augmented workforce transitions — helping employees adopt AI-enabled workflows
  • Background in Life Sciences functional change programs (commercial launch, enterprise transformation, or manufacturing modernization)
  • Familiarity with employee sentiment measurement tools and adoption analytics platforms
  • Experience working alongside process design and technology teams in agile delivery environments

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 11/06/2026.


Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Role Location                                        Annual Salary Range

California                                           $70,350 to $205,800

Colorado                                             $63,800 to $177,800

Connecticut                                        $63,800 to $177,800

District of Columbia                            $68,000 to $189,300

Illinois                                              $59,100 to $177,800

Maine                                                 $54,400 to $151,400

Maryland                                               $63,800 to $177,800

Massachusetts                                       $63,800 to $189,300

Minnesota                                           $63,800 to $177,800

New York                                                $66,300 to $205,800

New Jersey                                           $68,000 to $205,800

Ohio                                                 $59,100 to $164,600

Virginia                                              $59,100 to $189,300

Washington                                       $80,200 to $189,300

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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Skills Required

  • At least 3 years of combined experience in change management, organizational development, or HR transformation in consulting or industry
  • Experience conducting change impact analysis, stakeholder mapping, and change readiness assessments
  • Experience developing change communications and adoption materials for functional audiences
  • Familiarity with change management methodologies such as Prosci, ADKAR, Kotter, or equivalent
  • Strong written communication skills for developing clear, audience-appropriate change materials
  • Experience supporting AI-augmented workforce transitions and AI-enabled workflow adoption
  • Background in Life Sciences functional change programs
  • Familiarity with employee sentiment measurement tools and adoption analytics platforms
  • Experience working with process design and technology teams in agile delivery environments

Accenture Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Accenture and has not been reviewed or approved by Accenture.

  • Healthcare Strength Pay is considered competitive when paired with robust insurance options and other perks that compare well with large consulting and IT services peers. Multiple national medical plan options plus dental and vision are positioned as a core strength of the overall package.
  • Retirement Support Retirement support is positioned as a standout feature through a 401(k) dollar-for-dollar match up to a set percentage after eligibility. The package is reinforced by additional financial programs such as savings tools and related resources.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental and caregiving supports are presented as a meaningful benefit differentiator through substantial paid parental leave and multiple caregiver-oriented programs. Backup care and fertility/adoption/surrogacy navigation and reimbursements add breadth to family support beyond leave alone.

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The Company
HQ: Dublin
456,553 Employees
Year Founded: 1989

What We Do

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 500,000+ people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

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