Engagement Manager (Healthcare & Life Sciences)

About This Position We are seeking experienced healthcare and life sciences (HLS) management professionals interested in generating strategies and implementation plans that drive a greater future for our clients. As an Engagement Manager at Kenway, you will have the opportunity to manage a diverse set of stakeholders, drive critical decisions, and solve complex problems. From day one, you’ll lead projects, teams, and solutions that target the latest business and technical challenges companies are facing today.Engagement Managers at Kenway are responsible for leading end-to-end delivery of complex client initiatives and managing scope, budget, risks, and teams to ensure high-quality outcomes while applying deep industry and technical expertise. Engagement Managers are also expected to build trusted client relationships, drive account growth, mentor team members, and contribute to cross-functional initiatives that enhance Kenway’s impact and capabilities.Within Kenway’s HLS vertical, Engagement Managers are expected to demonstrate, deploy, and deepen proficiency delivering across the healthcare ecosystem, inclusive of life sciences (biopharma, biotech, medtech), health-tech, provider, payer, and related industries.Core Traits We Are Seeking Delivery Excellence – Engagement Managers are first and foremost consulting practitioners. Candidates must embrace and demonstrate the ability to deliver exceptional quality firsthand throughout Kenway’s engagements, while leading, coaching, and enabling broader project teams to do the same.Accountability: Engagement Managers must demonstrate a deep sense of integrity, personal responsibility, and commitment to holding others to the same standards. Engagement Managers are the ultimate point of accountability for the health and quality of all activities within and across their projects.Tenacity: Under all circumstances, dynamics, and conditions, Engagement Managers are expected to think, behave, and act proactively. Doing so is crucial for preemptively identifying, mitigating, and preventing issues, while proactively driving progress and taking advantage of opportunities.Design Thinking: In addition to maintaining the integrity of their projects, Engagement Managers are expected to demonstrate creativity, innovation, and intellectual fluidity, flowing between strategic thought leadership, conceptual problem solving, and executional rigor. Engagement Managers must be capable of designing solutions, translating them into executable plans, and flowing between the spectrum of strategy and execution throughout engagements.Professionalism: Given the complexity, magnitude, visibility, and strategic importance of Kenway’s projects, we consistently interface with a diversity of executive leadership. Engagement Managers are expected to demonstrate executive presence, poise, and cogency in all communications and interactions with client, prospect, and internal stakeholders.Aptitude: While Kenway possesses deep institutional expertise and proprietary frameworks, no two projects are the same. Engagement Managers are expected to demonstrate curiosity, climb learning curves quickly, and adapt solutions to the uniqueness of each client and project.Industry Acumen: Engagement Managers within the HLS vertical are expected to demonstrate proficient understanding of industry trends, regulatory landscapes, value chains, business operations, and technical nuances unique to the life sciences and healthcare sectors, while engaging in continuous learning to broaden and deepen their expertise.Functional Acumen: Engagement Managers must have a sound command of programmatic skills to lead projects, while demonstrating an understanding of Kenway’s full suite of services to design solutions and lead engagements with technical and/or non-technical scope.Commitment to Kenway’s Guiding Principles: As critical leaders influencing and interfacing with a breadth of internal and external stakeholders, Engagement Managers must steward Kenway’s culture and demonstrate unwavering commitment to our Guiding Principles.Responsibilities Delivery ExcellenceOwn end-to-end delivery for client engagements, managing scope, budget, timeline, risks, and quality, while taking ownership of bookings, minimizing variance between bookings and actuals, and managing discrepanciesLead complex business and technology initiatives across multiple industriesApply deep industry, business, and technical knowledge to solve client challenges and achieve project objectivesDrive project teams to deliver high-quality outcomes, coaching, and empowering team membersLead working sessions, presentations, and executive discussions, communicating complex topics clearly and confidentlyProactively manage risks, escalations, and resource needs, ensuring alignment with project and account objectivesClient & Relationship ManagementBuild trusted, long-term relationships with client stakeholders, understanding their goals and challengesIdentify business problems and opportunities, facilitating discussions and connecting clients with Kenway expertiseSupport account-level strategy by contributing to proposals, SOWs, pitches, and revenue forecastsExpand and nurture client networks, driving engagement beyond immediate projects, and strategically leverage Kenway deliverables to broaden our footprint and influenceKenway ImpactDevelop mastery of client industries, documenting and sharing knowledge to grow Kenway’s expertiseCoach and mentor team members, preparing talent for future leadership opportunitiesContribute to initiatives and passion projects that drive Kenway’s growth, culture, and capabilitiesLeverage Challenger Sale behaviors to advance client outcomes, delivering insights, recommendations, and innovative solutionsQualifications & Credentials 8+ years of experience in leading complex business or technology initiativesHealthcare or life sciences strategy consulting experience is preferred, but a combination of strategy consulting and healthcare or life sciences industry experience will be consideredBachelor’s degree, with advanced degrees or certifications in related health, science, or engineering fields preferredProficient 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, CommercializationProvider: Clinical workflows, revenue cycle management, patient accessPayer: Member experience, claims processing, care management, Value-Based Care (VBC) modelsHealth-Tech/Telehealth: Product development, digital health platforms, interoperability standardsFamiliarity with industry-standard platforms (e.g., Veeva, Salesforce Health Cloud, Epic, Cerner, etc.) and an understanding of the technical nuances unique to the life sciences and healthcare sectorsUnderstanding of the regulatory landscape and data integrity requirements (e.g., GxP, HIPAA) necessary for project delivery across the HLS ecosystemDeep 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 managementProven experience in leading resources, preferably in a project-based modelDemonstrated success in client business development, identifying new opportunities, and authoring impactful client proposals and SOWsWillingness to travel up to 50%What Our Company Looks LikeKenway Consulting is a Management and IT consulting firm looking to expand our growing staff. Your strengths in leading teams across the designing, implementing and constructing reusable services and frameworks are needed to drive the solutions to our clients’ critical technology and business problems. You will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact with our world-class clients. Our projects tend to focus primarily on enterprise solutions, straddling our clients’ technology and business organizations. Our solution-based approach leverages the diverse combination of skills and experience of our staff. We strive to provide the highest possible quality work product delivered by our dynamic and collaborative consultants. We provide an inclusive team-driven environment, working together to identify clients, technologies and people in support of Kenway’s ambitious growth targets. We are focused on the unique skills and interests of each individual staff member. We offer numerous career paths and opportunities to continually develop your skills and experience. We offer a supportive environment and recognize that you have a life outside of your job. We staff project teams to deliver the highest quality work for our clients while honoring the many facets of our consultants’ lives.What we offer our Employees: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.