Director, Business Strategy and Operations – Pipeline and Project Management, Data Science

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +3 more locations.

📋 Description

• Act as a strategic business partner and Chief of Staff to the Heads of Pipeline & Project Management and Data Science (EDGE).

• Design and manage executive operating rhythms, such as leadership meetings, QBRs, strategy sessions, and annual offsites.

• Create executive briefings, board-level presentations, and strategic narratives.

• Represent PPM and EDGE in enterprise R&D committees, governance bodies, and cross-functional forums.

• Oversee multi-year workforce planning and capacity modeling across PPM and Data Science.

• Function as the Lead Data Steward for allocation tools and timecard compliance.

• Direct algorithm demand modeling in collaboration with Resource Management.

• Assist with headcount and contractor resourcing during budget cycles and Long-Range Planning.

• Manage combined annual functional operating budgets and financial cadence.

• Lead business development due diligence, licensing, platform acquisition, and M&A assessments.

• Oversee post-transaction integrations and onboarding of external data/AI platforms.

• Guide OKR/KPI goal-setting and maintain operational scorecards and executive dashboards.

• Report on progress, milestones, performance metrics, and mitigation strategies to R&D executive leadership.

• Develop and implement internal communications across PPM and Data Science.

• Organize Town Halls, All-Hands forums, digital innovation showcases, and executive announcements.

• Spearhead process improvements, operational excellence, digital transformation, and AI-assisted working methods.

• Apply change management principles across global teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in a Life Sciences discipline or a related business/scientific field is required.

• An advanced degree (MS, PhD, or MBA) is strongly preferred.

• Significant progressive experience in the biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences sectors.

• Substantial exposure to drug development, portfolio/project management, data science/informatics, or R&D business operations.

• Experience in strategic business operations, Chief of Staff, or PMO leadership roles, collaborating directly with VP/SVP-level executives.

• Proven experience leading workforce planning, capacity modeling oversight, resource allocations, and timecard compliance.

• A successful history of managing departmental budgets, financial forecasting, and variance tracking in partnership with Finance.

• Experience in business development due diligence and leading post-deal functional integrations or onboarding of external platforms.

• Demonstrated ability to advise and influence senior functional executives across various technical, analytical, and operational areas.

• Exceptional presentation skills at the executive and board levels.

• Ability to interpret resource models, algorithm demand outputs, and financial analyses.

• Financial acumen in managing multi-million-dollar functional operating budgets and multi-year workforce plans.

• Proven track record of orchestrating initiatives across matrixed global teams.

• Experience in process optimization, change management frameworks, and practical use of digital and AI tools.

• Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or Project Management (PMP) certification is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation.

• Discretionary equity grants.

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• 401k retirement savings plan.

• Flexible paid vacation.