Senior Consultant, Healthcare & Life Sciences

Kenway Consulting

Senior Consultant responsible for managing healthcare and life sciences workstreams at Kenway Consulting. Engaging stakeholders and delivering solutions to complex business challenges.

Posted 7/27/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing complex business and technology initiatives within the healthcare and life sciences sectors, applying analytical skills to deliver high-quality solutions. Proficient in stakeholder management, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance to ensure project success and client satisfaction.

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Healthcare Strategy Consulting ExperienceData Analysis and Business Intelligence ToolsRegulatory Compliance KnowledgeStakeholder ManagementProject-Based Delivery Model Experience

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Hard Skills

Data AnalysisProcess MappingBusiness IntelligenceSQLTableauPower BIAlteryxStrategic PlanningRisk ManagementChange Management

Soft Skills

Client Relationship BuildingEffective CommunicationJudgment and Decision-MakingProactive Problem SolvingTeam Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

Veeva CRMEpicCernerSalesforce Health CloudAWS Data PlatformsAzure Data Platforms

Certifications & Qualifications

Advanced Degrees in Health, Science, or Engineering

Industry Keywords

Life SciencesClinical WorkflowsRevenue Cycle ManagementValue-Based CareTelehealthInteroperability StandardsGxP21 CFR Part 11HIPAA

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudSQLTableauVault

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own workstreams or small projects end-to-end with minimal oversight, proactively managing timelines, escalating risks early, and ensuring client needs are addressed promptly.
Deliver hands-on, high-quality analytical and solution work across business and technology initiatives.
Apply industry, business, and technical knowledge to solve client challenges and achieve workstream objectives.
Demonstrate sound judgment and the courage to challenge constructively, focusing on doing what is right for the client and the engagement.
Be accountable for the profitability and quality standards of the scope you own, ensuring all core deliverables pass QC and Delivery Lead review.
Support the engagement lead by flagging risks, resource needs, and impacts to budget or timeline in a timely, transparent manner.
Translate ambiguous client problems into structured workplans, logic trees, and clear analytic frameworks.
Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders, understanding their goals and challenges.
Convey insights, observations, and recommendations clearly and persuasively through polished deliverables, tailoring messages to influence decisions and drive action.
Support account-level growth by contributing to proposals, SOWs, and RFP responses, and capturing project outcomes to build reusable case studies for Kenway’s HLS practice.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of experience delivering complex business or technology initiatives
Healthcare or life sciences strategy consulting experience is preferred, but a combination of strategy consulting and healthcare or life sciences industry experience will be considered.
Bachelor’s degree, with advanced degrees or certifications in related health, science, or engineering fields preferred.
Working understanding of one or more of the unique value chains across the HLS ecosystem, including, but not limited to, the following: Life Sciences: R&D, Medical Affairs, Commercialization; Provider: Clinical workflows, Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), Patient Access/Engagement; Payer: Member Experience, Claims Processing, Care Management, Value-Based Care (VBC); Health-Tech/Telehealth: Virtual care delivery platforms, digital front doors, and interoperability standards.
Familiarity with industry-standard enterprise applications and platforms, such as Biopharma/Commercial (Veeva CRM/Vault, LIMS, CTMS), Healthcare/EHR (Epic, Cerner), or Enterprise Cloud (Salesforce Health Cloud, AWS/Azure Data platforms).
Hands-on experience with data analysis, process mapping, and business intelligence tools (e.g., SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, etc.) applied to healthcare or life sciences datasets.
Understanding of regulatory, compliance, and data integrity frameworks (e.g., GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA) within project delivery.
Knowledge of core consulting skills, including, but not limited to strategic planning and road-mapping, program governance, risk management, stakeholder management, financial and resource allocation, and change management.
Experience contributing within a project-based delivery model.
Willingness to travel up to 50% based on client needs.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Kenway offers the ability to chart your individual career path based on your expertise and passions.
An environment that encourages you to identify new opportunities and the support to make it happen.
An atmosphere that promotes a balanced lifestyle by working with local (Chicagoland) and national clients in a flexible consulting model.
The opportunity to build and be part of a fun and collaborative team.
A competitive compensation package and exceptional benefits.