Senior Director, Life Sciences Strategy
About The Position
We’re seeking a Senior Director, Life Sciences Strategy to define and drive strategic direction within our Life Sciences vertical. In this highly visible role, you’ll combine market intelligence, customer insight, and strategic foresight to shape our product roadmap, guide investment priorities, and identify growth opportunities in one of the most dynamic sectors of data and analytics. Reporting into the product organization, this leader operates at the intersection of market strategy, product direction, and business impact, connecting external trends to internal decision-making. You’ll collaborate closely across Product, Commercial, Data, and Finance teams to ensure strategies are grounded in evidence, opportunity size, and measurable outcomes.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Life Sciences, SaaS or data-driven strategy, ideally spanning product, commercial, or corporate strategy roles.
- Proven ability to translate market and customer insight into actionable strategy and business impact.
- Experience leading teams and influencing senior stakeholders across multiple functions.
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, including market sizing, forecasting, and ROI analysis.
- Exceptional strategic storytelling and executive communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree required
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree (MBA, MPH, or related) preferred.
Responsibilities
- Own vertical strategy and insight generation: Develop and evolve the market strategy for your vertical, identifying key trends, customer segments, and whitespace opportunities.
- Integrate insights into action: Collaborate across functions to ensure market and customer insights directly inform product, portfolio, and investment decisions.
- Guide strategic investment: Partner with Finance and Commercial leadership to assess opportunity size, model ROI, and inform long-range planning and resource allocation.
- Lead cross-functional prioritization: Drive roadmap and initiative prioritization across Product, Data, and Go-to-Market teams, ensuring investments align to market opportunity and strategic value.
- Manage and mentor Product Managers: Provide strategic leadership to Product Managers supporting the vertical, guiding roadmap development, prioritization, and market alignment while fostering analytical rigor and professional growth.
- Champion customer-centricity: Partner with Product Marketing and CX to embed customer and market insights into product and strategic planning.
- Partner across the organization: Work closely with Product Marketing, Sales, CX, and Data teams to ensure market insights inform go-to-market priorities, portfolio focus, and product direction.
- Collaborate on thought leadership: Act as an internal thought partner on industry trends and market dynamics, supporting external representation in collaboration with Marketing and Communications.
- Measure strategic impact: Define and track success metrics for strategic initiatives, communicating progress and outcomes to executive stakeholders.
Benefits
- All employees receive standard benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, unlimited paid time off, and participation in the company’s 401(k) plan with employer contribution.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
