Head of Strategic Planning

BridgeBio Pharma • Palo Alto, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Strategy at BridgeBio is not a support function. It is the connective tissue between where we are and where we are going. The Head of Strategic Planning will partner directly with the Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Legal Officer to shape the corporate strategy of one of the most productive rare disease companies in the industry. This is a role for someone who thinks rigorously, communicates with precision, and brings the kind of structured, first-principles thinking that turns complexity into clarity for a Board, a CEO, or an affiliate head trying to make a critical decision. This person will be at the center of BridgeBio’s most important strategic questions, focusing on organizational long-range strategic planning and strategic prioritization. They will be a key author of the materials that bring answers to life for senior audiences inside and outside the company. Strategic Access Reporting directly to the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Legal Officer, you will have meaningful visibility into the company’s strategic decisions and a genuine voice in shaping them as you build trust and demonstrate impact. Builder’s Mandate BridgeBio is at an inflection point. With multiple product launches approaching and a growing pipeline, the strategic planning function is being built for what this company is becoming, not what it has been. Breadth of Scope Long-range strategic planning, pipeline prioritization, partnership considerations, competitive positioning, Board materials: this role spans the full strategic agenda of a $15B publicly traded rare disease company. Mission at the Core Strategy here is not abstract. Every framework you build, every analysis you run, every recommendation you make is ultimately in service of getting life-changing medicines to patients who have no alternatives. As Head of Strategic Planning, you will serve as a core strategic partner to the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Legal Officer and executive leadership, owning the analytical and planning infrastructure that drives BridgeBio’s most important decisions. You will not just analyze. You will advise, advocate, and help the organization act.

Requirements

• You are genuinely motivated by the mission. Rare disease, genetic medicine, and the opportunity to help build a company that is making a real difference for patients who have been overlooked by the industry for too long.
• You bring 8 to 12+ years of experience in strategic planning, management consulting, or investment banking, with meaningful exposure to the biopharmaceutical or life sciences sector. Experience at a top-tier strategy firm (McKinsey, BCG, Bain or equivalent) is strongly preferred.
• Your biotech or pharma industry experience is substantive. You understand how pipeline assets are valued, how competitive dynamics play out in rare disease markets, and what separates a credible long-range strategic plan from a wishful one.
• You have developed and presented Board-level strategy materials. You know what a sophisticated Board expects and how to deliver it.
• You are analytically exceptional, comfortable with financial modeling, scenario analysis, and the quantitative underpinning of strategic decisions. But your real value is in the synthesis and the story, not just the model.
• You communicate with precision and economy. You write and speak clearly, you know when to use a slide and when to use a conversation, and you never confuse activity with insight.
• You have collaborated across functions, R&D, Commercial, Finance, Legal, and you know how to build trust with people who have different priorities and different fluencies.
• An advanced degree is strongly preferred: MBA, PhD, MD, or equivalent. What matters most is the quality of your thinking, not the credential on the wall.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and ongoing management of BridgeBio’s long-range strategic plan, translating the company’s mission, pipeline, and commercial trajectory into a rigorous, dynamic view of where the company is going and how it gets there
• Own the annual strategic planning process: designing the framework, aligning cross-functional leadership, and producing the outputs that guide resource allocation and prioritization
• Drive goal-setting and operational planning processes (including OKRs or equivalent frameworks) that connect enterprise strategy to affiliate and functional execution
• Identify and frame the most important strategic questions facing the company, and bring structured thinking and rigorous analysis to answering them
• Partner with R&D, Regulatory, Commercial, affiliate leadership, and other relevant functional teams in the firm’s efforts to evaluate and prioritize the pipeline, helping the company make clear-eyed decisions about where to invest, accelerate, and where to make harder calls
• Build and maintain analytical frameworks that allow leadership to assess portfolio risk, opportunity, and strategic fit with clarity and consistency
• Support affiliate leadership in developing and stress-testing their own strategic plans, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities
• Synthesize external signals into strategic implications: scientific advances, competitor pipeline developments, regulatory shifts, and market dynamics that could reshape BridgeBio’s position or sequencing decisions
• Work in close partnership with Business Development and Operations to supplement and add additional strategic considerations in connection with competitive intelligence, adding a distinct layer of strategic synthesis and enterprise-level framing
• Ensure the company is never surprised by a development it should have seen coming. Maintain a forward view of geopolitical, governmental, and market dynamics that could affect the business
• When relevant, support the teams’ evaluation of potential licensing deals, strategic partnerships, and transactions, bringing strategic clarity and insight to how opportunities are assessed against portfolio priorities
• Develop frameworks for evaluating business development opportunities against portfolio strategy and resource priorities
• Partner with Legal, Finance, and R&D on diligence and planning for strategic transactions where they arise
• Lead the development of Board-level strategy presentations, long-range strategic plans, and other materials that communicate BridgeBio’s strategic direction with clarity and conviction
• Partner with Strategic Finance (incl. IR) and the executive team to ensure investor-facing communications reflect the company’s strategic narrative accurately and compellingly
• Bring the highest standards of analytical rigor and communication quality to every materials package that goes to a Board member or external stakeholder
• You are motivated by the mission. You understand that the strategic decisions made in this role, which programs to prioritize, which partnerships to pursue, how to allocate finite resources, have direct consequences for patients who are counting on BridgeBio to move fast and move right. These are real people with no other options. That is not an abstraction here. It is the point.
• You think from first principles. You do not reach for the template or the framework that worked last time. You start with the problem, work through it rigorously, and arrive at an answer you can defend in front of a skeptical Board or a demanding CEO.
• You make complexity look simple. The best strategy work is invisible. The audience sees the clarity, not the effort. You know how to structure an argument, build a narrative, and present a recommendation that makes the right decision obvious.
• You work within the system. You also work to change it. You are willing to challenge assumptions, push back on conventional wisdom, and advocate for a point of view, even when it is uncomfortable.
• You balance urgency with care, hope with realism, and agility with focus. Strategy at BridgeBio is not an academic exercise. It moves fast, the stakes are real, and the work has to be both rigorous and actionable.
• You operate with high integrity and low ego. The best strategic partners make the people around them look good. You are here to serve the mission, not to own the credit.

Benefits

• Market-leading compensation
• 401(k) with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Pre-tax commuter benefits (transit and parking)
• Referral bonus for hired candidates
• Subsidized lunch and parking on in-office days
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions, plus Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Fertility & family-forming benefits
• Expanded mental health support (therapy and coaching resources)
• Hybrid work model with flexibility
• Flexible, “take-what-you-need” paid time off and company-paid holidays
• Comprehensive paid medical and parental leave to care for yourself and your family
• Career pathing through regular feedback, continuous education and professional development programs via LinkedIn Learning, LifeLabs, & BetterUp Coaching
• We celebrate strong performance with financial rewards, peer-to-peer recognition, and growth opportunities

What This Job Offers

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