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# Sr. Consulting Manager, CRM Functional Lead- Lifesciences Consulting

- **Company:** Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
- **Location:** Boston, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $134,500 - $158,500
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Salesforce.Com
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/33AF637D9D9244A1A4AE6DDFF4109D06/job/

## About the Role

* At least 10 years of consulting, CRM, digital transformation, or related professional experience , including significant experience delivering CRM programs for pharmaceutical or broader Life Sciences clients in the United States.
 * Strong knowledge of Life Sciences Commercial processes, CRM strategy, customer engagement, and field-force transformation.
 * Hands-on functional experience with Veeva CRM, Salesforce, or Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud , including requirements, process design, functional solutioning, testing, and deployment.
 * Experience leading client-facing workshops and engaging senior stakeholders while translating business needs into effective functional designs and implementation recommendations.
 * Demonstrated ability to lead functional workstreams and teams across the full implementation lifecycle, including design, build, testing, deployment, adoption, and stabilization.

These will help you succeed

 * Experience supporting consulting proposals, solution development, effort estimation, presentations, and business-development conversations.
 * Knowledge of HCP and HCO engagement, field sales, account management, consent and preference management, and omnichannel processes.
 * Strong executive communication, facilitation, storytelling, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
 * Experience working across global, distributed, and cross-functional business and technology teams.
 * Bachelor's or master's degree in business, technology, life sciences, or a related discipline.

We are excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Do not hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed.

## Description

As a Manager, CRM Functional Lead (Lifesciences Consulting), you will make an impact by leading CRM transformation and implementation engagements for pharmaceutical and broader Life Sciences clients.

You will be a valued member of the Life Sciences Consulting team and work collaboratively with client Commercial leaders, business and technology stakeholders, delivery teams, and Cognizant colleagues. You will connect business needs with technology solutions, shape functional designs, and guide clients through CRM, customer engagement, and field-force transformation programs.

In this role, you will:

 * Lead requirements gathering, business-process design, functional solutioning, and client workshops for Life Sciences CRM transformation and implementation engagements.
 * Advise Commercial stakeholders on CRM strategy and processes involving healthcare professional and healthcare organization engagement, field sales, account management, consent and preference management, and omnichannel engagement.
 * Translate complex business needs into clear functional requirements, user journeys, process designs, solution specifications, and implementation roadmaps.
 * Lead functional teams through design, configuration, build, testing, deployment, adoption, and post-implementation activities while maintaining alignment across business and technology stakeholders.
 * Support proposals, solution development, estimates, presentations, and client conversations that contribute to new business opportunities and expand Cognizant's Life Sciences Consulting capabilities.

Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this position requires some travel and 2-3 days per week in a client or Cognizant office. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. These arrangements may change based on the project you are engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.