Therapeutic Strategy Senior Director – Internal Medicine

IQVIA•Durham, NC

16h•$142,400 - $396,700•Remote

About The Position

Internal Medicine is a strategically important and complex therapeutic area for IQVIA, characterized by large pipelines, evolving standards of care, and demanding clinical expectations. The Therapeutic Strategy Leader (TSL) is central to this, translating scientific and market complexities into differentiated, executable strategies. The TSL partners with clients and internal teams to ensure Internal Medicine programs are scientifically sound, operationally optimized, and positioned for value in a competitive environment. This role requires an experienced, consultative leader to drive early engagement and proposals, serving as a therapeutic and operational strategy expert throughout the new business and program delivery lifecycle to increase IQVIA's market share. The TSL represents IQVIA's credibility, designs market-leading solutions, and leads cross-functional teams from proposal development to award, taking ownership of high-level client relationships to secure business, ensure client satisfaction, and differentiate IQVIA.

Requirements

Remain up to date with knowledge and information that supports effectiveness as a Therapeutic Strategy Lead e.g. understanding IQVIA’ services, tools and product offerings, status and trends in cardiology, innovations and advances in clinical trial methodology, and business intelligence.
Broad protocol and therapeutic knowledge.
Comprehensive global knowledge, awareness, and practical understanding of the biopharma industry, drug development lifecycle and operational clinical trial delivery.
Robust and current knowledge of scientific, clinical, regulatory, commercial and competitive landscape in applicable therapeutic areas.
Strong leadership skills, ability to work with minimal supervision, and lead a virtual team in a matrix organization.
Flexible and able to work in situations where specifications may or may not be well defined and willing to support work in other therapeutic areas when required.
Confident and capable in the use of technology, applications, and other media e.g. databases and internet to research new opportunities, maintain currency of therapeutic and operational knowledge, and competitive landscape.
Bachelor's Degree in life sciences.
15 years and above global clinical research experience, including hands on Phase I operational delivery and/or drug development experience.
Proven track record in operational delivery and/or drug development; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Must have extensive experience with Clinical Operations and Clinical Project Management.
Experience in internal medicine is required, including—but not limited to—areas such as rheumatology, dermatology, gastroenterology, and immunology.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

Leverage IQVIA medical, scientific, operational and data science experts to determine the optimal solution, project design and lead a cross-functional team in proposal development through to award.
Take ownership of developing client-centric solutions, designing both strategic and methodological approaches to ensure that IQVIA secures client projects.
Champion and advocate the CORE-powered solutions and include existing and new innovative solutions as applicable and appropriate through the sales process.
Accountable and responsible for creation of innovative, effective, and compelling therapeutic and operational strategies that client differentiates IQVIA from its competitors.
Work with key internal stakeholders and pre/post-award teams to analyze information and data that enables development of efficient and feasible delivery solutions.
Actively support Sales in the preparation and conduct of client and bid defense meetings e.g. training and preparation of the assigned project team; provide specific content; ensure presentation focus and content effectively conveys project strategy and critical win themes.
Attend and present at client meetings, or bid defense meetings, as required, (based on the strategy for selling the opportunity).
Translate the sold strategy to the delivery team and be an available resource for the delivery team when changes to strategy are required.
Provide post award strategy guidance and support to delivery teams if in-flight studies require changes to strategy.