PA Consulting
Consulting Director - Design Practice Lead - HLS / C&M (US)
Boston, MA, United States · Director
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About the role
- The performance of delivery teams, ensuring work is high quality, commercially impactful and aligned to client needs
- The contribution of the practice to business growth, including supporting business development and proposition development
- Ensuring alignment with Health & Life Sciences growth priorities and opportunities across MedTech focus areas including diagnostics, drug delivery, surgical & interventional technologies, digital health, and other regulated healthcare applications.
Responsibilities
- PA's Design, Engineering and Science (DES) function helps our clients conceive, build and scale complex physical and digitally connected products.
- We combine the application of deep science, world-class engineering and people-centered design to address major shifts in markets, from early-stage innovation through to regulated, real-world deployment at scale.
- Our capabilities span human insights, industrial design, user experience, human factors, software, electronics, mechanical engineering, research and scientific testing, enabling us to take ideas from concept to scalable reality.
- Based in Boston, MA, the US Design Practice Lead leads the Design capability in the US, driving the successful delivery of complex, multidisciplinary work, developing high-performing teams and ensuring the effective deployment of design capability in support of client outcomes and business growth.
- Operating within the broader DES leadership model, this role translates global Design capability strategy into regional execution.
- The effective deployment of design capability across client work and strategic opportunities
- The development and growth of the US Design practice and its people
- The application of design within complex and regulated product development environments
- Senior design leader with strong client-facing and delivery experience
- Experienced in building, leading and developing high-performing teams
Requirements
- You will bring experience leading multidisciplinary product development programs, from early opportunity identification and concept development through to implementation and commercialization.
- You will bring strong commercial awareness, with experience shaping opportunities, supporting business development and converting pipeline into high-value work.
- Proven track record leading complex multidisciplinary product development programmes
- Strong understanding of how design operates within multidisciplinary product development environments
- Experience working within Quality Management Systems, particularly ISO 13485
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design, Design Research, or a related discipline
Benefits
- Expertise in complex and regulated product development and medical device development processes
- Forward-looking perspective on design, healthcare innovation and emerging MedTech trends
Company info
- We are recognized for tackling complex challenges where technical depth, commercial impact and real-world delivery matter most.
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