Client Engagement Manager

Job Description

PA Consulting works globally across healthcare and life sciences to help organizations design, engineer, and deliver next‑generation products, technologies, and regulated solutions. Our teams combine deep technical expertise with world‑class design, engineering, human factors, digital, and scientific capabilities.

We are seeking a Client Engagement Lead to drive growth across Healthcare and Life Sciences, with a particular focus on opportunities aligned to PA's Design & Engineering capabilities. This role is responsible for building senior‑level relationships, identifying high‑value opportunities, and shaping early‑stage pipeline activity across medical technology, diagnostics, life sciences R&D, and healthcare innovation.

This is a market‑facing, growth‑oriented role for someone who brings industry credibility, understands regulated development environments, and excels at connecting client problems with PA's unique multidisciplinary expertise.

Market Development and Opportunity Creation

* Identify, qualify, and advance new business opportunities across healthcare, life sciences, medical technology, digital health, diagnostics, and regulated product development.

* Build and maintain senior‑level relationships across R&D, Innovation, Engineering, Product Development, Clinical, Regulatory, and Commercial leadership.

* Lead early discovery conversations and shape opportunities before they enter formal pursuit.

* Translate emerging industry needs into demand for design, engineering, human factors, systems engineering, and scientific services.

Collaboration and Opportunity Shaping

* Partner closely with Principals, technical leaders, and delivery teams to transition qualified opportunities into active pursuits.

* Position PA's multidisciplinary capabilities, including design strategy, product engineering, usability and human factors, regulatory insight, data‑enabled design, and scientific problem‑solving.

* Manage early‑stage pipeline activity in CRM, including opportunity stages, stakeholder mapping, and engagement plans.

* Provide market, technology, and competitor insights to inform growth strategy and proposition development.

Brand and Market Presence

* Represent PA at key healthcare, life sciences, and design‑innovation conferences and networking events.

* Build PA's visibility in emerging fields such as connected health, wearables, smart medical systems, diagnostics innovation, and platform‑based device ecosystems.

Qualifications

Required

* Strong industry experience and network within healthcare, life sciences, medical devices, diagnostics, or regulated product development environments.

* Proven experience in business development, consultative selling, or client leadership roles.

* Understanding of regulated R&D, product development life cycles, and quality/regulatory considerations.

* Experience selling engineering, product development, digital health, or technical consulting services.

* Ability to engage credibly with senior technical, scientific, and commercial stakeholders.

* Strong communication, relationship‑building, and opportunity‑shaping capabilities.

Preferred

* Background in consulting, engineering services, medical technology, product development, or life sciences innovation.

* Experience supporting complex, multi‑stakeholder pursuits within matrixed organizations.

* Ability to translate complex technical challenges into compelling client value propositions.

Additional Information

PA Consulting is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive and supportive culture where diversity thrives, and all of our people can excel. You do not need to match every expectation above to apply for this position. We believe bringing together diverse perspectives yields innovative ideas, supporting our objectives to create exceptional value for our clients and exceptional experiences for our engineers.

We recruit, promote, and reward our people based on their contribution, without regard to gender, race, disability, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, or marital status.

Additional information

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