Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- Data, Product
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Munich
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop data-driven solutions for pharmaceutical clients, oversee complex transformation projects, and build long-lasting relationships with decision-makers across the DACH region.
Your role in the team
- As Managing Director at Unit8, you won't just close deals - you'll be a cornerstone of how we grow and deliver Data & AI transformation for pharma clients across the DACH market.
- This is a senior leadership position for someone as comfortable originating a complex engagement as overseeing its delivery - with pharma as a main focus.
- You shape and close the deal, build relationships and trust with pharma decision-makers, and stay close enough to ensure technical execution delivers real value.
- Leverage your existing pharma network to source, shape, and close high-value engagements in DACH (new logos, not just expansions).
- Translate complex pharma business problems - from R&D data strategy to commercial analytics to regulatory-grade AI - into concrete Data & AI solutions, and hold clients accountable to realizing that value.
- Lead and shape complex, tech-enabled transformations across the pharma value chain - from early problem definition through scaled delivery - ensuring technology choices serve the business outcome, not the other way around.
- Act as the senior point of contact for key pharma clients throughout delivery, keeping technical execution anchored to business value.
- Challenge clients when necessary - on scope, pace, and ambition.
- Work closely with our engineering and data science teams (a horizontal you'll draw on across verticals), providing pharma business context, removing blockers, and coaching them.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- You've run complex, tech-enabled transformations in pharma - from a top-tier global consultancy or a specialist data & AI firm.
- You've navigated high-stakes, ambiguous engagements through to delivery, with the results to show for it.
- Currently at Principal or Associate Partner / Director level - or equivalent - with the commercial track record and client ownership, looking for the next step.
- You don't need to write code, but you must 'speak Tech' - understanding data architecture and AI well enough to raise our delivery bar and earn the respect of world-class engineers.
- An established network of senior client relationships in DACH pharma.
- Fluent in English. German and/or French (nice to have).
- Comfortable traveling, including e.g. on-site engagements in the US (up to 5 weeks).
Experience
- Significant experience in Data & AI consulting for pharma/life sciences, with a clear and verifiable track record of personally originating and closing major client relationships in the sector.
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What we offer
- At Unit8, we don't just 'turn data into value' - we empower the people who make it happen.
- If you are looking for a place where you can say, 'I am independent and I take ownership', your next chapter starts here.
- Trust from Day One: We believe in your expertise, and trust is a core part of our culture.
- Work that Matters: You will do things that matter, and together we will facilitate the work of others.
- Passion-Led Projects: We create an environment where you can pursue your passion alongside great talent.
- If the future makes you excited, you belong here.
- Impact: You will be part of our leadership team and have a direct hand in shaping how Unit8 grows in the DACH market - defining our commercial approach, influencing which industries and clients we focus on, and setting the standard for how we deliver.
- This is not an execution role within a fixed strategy; you help to write it.
- Competitive compensation package.
- Flexibility & Growth: Above-the-norm flexibility on where and when you work, with up to 10% of your time dedicated to learning and pro-bono projects.
- Connection & Fun: Whether it's our cross-office off-sites, online events, or a dedicated quarterly team budget for after-work activities, we make sure we stay connected.
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About Your Employer
Unit8 SA
Unit8 SA is a dynamic Swiss company that focuses on AI and data analytics services. It assists firms from traditional sectors in transforming their data into business value and advancing their digital transformation. The emphasis is on application-oriented projects in the areas of operations, finance, manufacturing, and research and development.
Description
- Company Type
- Startup
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Consulting
Managing Director, Data & AI - Pharma
- Location
- Munich
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
