Principal Strategic Planning & Operations - Corporate Strategy

Myriad Genetics•Salt Lake City, UT

1d•$203,000 - $253,800

About The Position

Principal, Strategy Planning & Operations is responsible for defining, leading, and operationalizing Myriad’s long‑range strategic planning processes, including multi‑year road mapping, cross‑functional strategic alignment, and enterprise‑level decision governance. This role oversees the execution of the “Futures Of” strategic planning framework and “5 Yr Project Roadmap”, working across Myriad’s business units to ensure inputs, milestones, deliverables, and communication mechanisms are in place to support long‑term company strategy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, Life Sciences, Engineering, Data Science, or related field
15 years of professional experience including 12+ years of increasing responsibility in corporate strategy, planning, project management, program management, or consulting roles
Experience developing high-level long-range financial models
Experience building and managing enterprise strategic planning process
Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross‑functional initiatives at enterprise scale.
Exceptional communication (written, verbal, and visual) and executive‑level synthesis skills.
Experience presenting directly to CEOs and Boards
Led portfolio prioritization and investment governance
Experience influencing senior leaders across multiple functions
Familiar with the regulatory, reimbursement, and clinical workflows relevant to laboratory testing
Strategic thinking and structured problem solving
Ability to translate technical concepts into business implications
Cross-functional leadership and collaboration
Executive presence and influence
Bias for action and comfort with ambiguity

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced scientific degree is preferred
5–8 years in management consulting
5–10 years in biotech, molecular diagnostics, oncology, and/or precision medicine
Experience in drug discovery and development, pharmaceutical strategy, or digital health could also be helpful

Responsibilities

Manage Myriad’s 5‑year project roadmap planning process, including templates, contributors, and check‑in timepoints.
Manage opportunity and portfolio evaluation as part of annual 5-yr roadmap planning, including financial modeling.
Synthesize data across Market Intelligence and Product Strategy, Operations, Project Management, Tech, R&D, Finance and Data analytics teams.
Develop concise, executive-ready presentations and materials for senior leadership and board discussions.
Translate financial information into clear recommendations.
Own ongoing governance and follow‑up of long‑range plans, including decision documentation and tracking.
Lead and manage company‑wide strategic assessment cycles for future visioning, ensuring execution rhythm, content readiness, and milestone achievement.
Facilitate enterprise-wide future visioning efforts including leading and supporting strategic assessments and market opportunities focused on the future of genomic testing, precision medicine, healthcare delivery, AI-enabled diagnostics, and patient-driven healthcare models.
Establish and drive process to align functional team priorities to enterprise strategy, initiatives, and goals.
Facilitate decision‑making processes requiring negotiation and influence across stakeholder groups including R&D, Operations, Commercial, Business Development, Digital, and Project Management.
Partner with R&D, Product Strategy, and Commercial leaders to analyze investments across Myriad’s innovation portfolio, balancing scientific opportunity, clinical utility, market demand, reimbursement potential and financial return.
Incorporate & influence strategic inputs into enterprise long-range strategy & planning, including Commercial strategy, Strategy expansion opportunities, and Emerging technologies and scientific innovations.
Support long-range functional strategies (i.e. R&D, product development) through portfolio evaluation, prioritization frameworks.
Identify mechanisms to gather and report commercial, operational, customer, and market data to measure progress against enterprise objectives.
Establish and maintain planning and evaluation templates, workflows, dashboards, and communication processes.
Prepare executive‑level strategic materials including board updates.
Supporting executive operations and executive leadership team alignment.