About the position
The Senior Director of Strategy will play a critical role in shaping the future of our multi-product platform. This role will be responsible for translating corporate growth strategies into 1 to 3+ year strategic roadmaps for a portfolio of products, collaborating closely with technical teams to drive alignment and success. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in product strategy within the technology and/or life sciences space, a sharp understanding of market and customer dynamics, and a strong ability to align cross-functional teams around a shared vision.
Responsibilities
• Define strategic priorities over the next 1-3 years based on unmet customer needs, market and competitive dynamics and 3DS / Medidata vision.
• Co-own the strategy of a portfolio of products with the Product Leads.
• Assess build/buy/partner approach to compete effectively and accelerate strategic priorities as required.
• Lead primary and secondary market research, including interpretation of output and final recommendations.
• Translate strategic priorities into an integrated 12+ month to 3 year roadmap for a suite of products, ensuring cross-product coherence and scalability.
• Guide Product, Delivery and Sales teams in testing and validating true unmet need and market fit of major roadmap building blocks prior to investing in GA development.
• Collaborate with technical teams to assess technical viability, gaps and resulting timing of building blocks to achieve strategic priorities.
• Highlight risks, trade-offs, and identify accelerators needed to achieve goals.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Clinical, and Customer Success teams to ensure successful roadmap execution.
• Liaise with Offering Management, Global Marketing and Product Marketing to roll-out aligned GTM strategy for new offerings, product launches and features.
• Facilitate alignment across departments, fostering transparency and shared accountability for strategic goals.
• Maintain strong market awareness by monitoring industry trends, competitive landscape and attending industry conferences.
• Lead strategic customer conversations on new innovation areas to validate longer term roadmap, and generate feedback.
• Collaborate with customer success and sales teams to gather and understand customer feedback and recommend strategic pivots as needed.
• Showcase thought leadership and represent the company at key industry and customer events.
Requirements
• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of work experience or equivalent, including a minimum of 3 years in management consulting, healthcare consulting, investment banking, venture capital, or strategy / product management in high growth tech.
• MBA or advanced degree in a related field preferred.
• Exposure to Life Sciences industry - including clinical trial ecosystem, regulatory environment, and healthcare tech landscape - or B2B software strongly preferred.
• Proven track record of leading strategic planning and roadmap development.
• Strong analytical, primary and secondary market research, business model, and financial modeling skills.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.
Benefits
• Medical, dental, life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) matching.
• Flexible paid time off.
• 10 paid holidays per year.
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