Director, Biotech Strategy Lead - General Medicine/ Metabolic

ICON plc • Blue Bell, SD

4d • Remote

About The Position

As a Director, Biotech Strategy Lead for General Medicine / Metabolic, you will shape innovative clinical development strategies and solutions for biotechnology clients. You will act as a strategic advisor, therapeutic area expert, and thought leader, applying knowledge of General Medicine / Metabolic drug development, clinical operations, and the biotech environment to develop differentiated solutions that address client needs and support business growth.

This influential individual contributor role partners across Business Development, Operations, Medical, Scientific, Finance, and senior leadership teams. You will shape opportunity strategy, engage clients, support proposals and bid defenses, and help translate therapeutic-area clinical development strategies into successful operational delivery. The role is US-based and remote, with approximately 25% travel based on business and client needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business Administration, or a related discipline; a scientific or biological sciences background is highly valued.
• Approximately 9 or more years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO, clinical research, or drug development environments, with significant exposure to clinical development and trial operations.
• Demonstrated General Medicine / Metabolic therapeutic area expertise and strong understanding of drug development, clinical development strategies, study design considerations, and operational challenges in the biotech environment.
• Experience supporting business development activities, including proposal strategy, opportunity assessment, client presentations, bid defenses, and development of differentiated client solutions.
• Ability to translate scientific, clinical, operational, and commercial considerations into strategically sound, operationally feasible solutions responsive to General Medicine / Metabolic biotech clients.
• Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders in a global, matrixed organization without direct reporting-line authority.
• Executive-level communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-management skills, including the ability to engage senior stakeholders and represent therapeutic-area strategies and recommendations.
• Strong business acumen, analytical thinking, sound judgment, and ability to assess development challenges, business risks, financial considerations, and operational performance.
• Live in the US and be able to travel approximately 25% based on business and client needs.
• Have the legal right to work in the country where the role is based.

Responsibilities

• Shape differentiated General Medicine / Metabolic clinical development and operational strategies for biotechnology opportunities, translating client objectives, development plans, and scientific requirements into practical, innovative, and commercially competitive solutions.
• Serve as a strategic advisor and General Medicine / Metabolic therapeutic area expert in client engagements, opportunity assessments, capability presentations, proposal strategy discussions, and bid defenses.
• Lead strategic proposal and solution development with Business Development, Operations, Finance, Medical, Scientific, and therapeutic-area teams; develop responses to RFIs, RFPs, budgets, and other client requirements.
• Build trusted relationships with biotech clients, understand their pipelines, development priorities, and business objectives, and identify opportunities to expand strategic partnerships and portfolios.
• Provide strategic oversight from solution development through execution, assessing operational feasibility, financial assumptions, risks, KPIs, KRIs, quality indicators, and performance data.
• Apply therapeutic-area and drug development expertise to business strategy, including insight into development approaches, scientific and clinical trends, operational challenges, competitive dynamics, and client needs.
• Strengthen ICON's General Medicine / Metabolic positioning and capabilities through cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and participation in client meetings, conferences, webinars, scientific forums, and thought leadership activities.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and performance-related incentives.
• Health and wellbeing programmes, including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable.
• Retirement and pension plans.
• Life assurance and disability coverage.
• Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources.
• Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director