Executive Director, Opportunity Strategy Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Direct structured exploration of opportunities for designated Category 3/4/5 or strategically significant prospects.

• Pose focused inquiries regarding client intentions, asset strategy, protocol objectives, competitive landscape, vendor dynamics, and client goals.

• Rigorously evaluate protocol, enrollment assumptions, country/site distribution, patient access plans, recruitment/retention strategies, and delivery models.

• Determine the data and analytics necessary to validate or contest the suggested strategy.

• Collaborate with teams in data science, RWD analytics, RWE methodologies, feasibility studies, recruitment/retention, patient access, site intelligence, integrated solutions, pricing, proposal development, BD, DSDs, and therapeutic leaders.

• Convert insights into an opportunity diagnostic that encompasses client intent, asset objectives, assumptions, risk hypotheses, data requirements, recommended strategies, solution implications, and themes for bid defense success.

• Advocate for or escalate issues through governance when teams overlook data, misrepresent evidence, or revert to ineffective or conventional strategies.

• Assist proposal and bid-defense teams by elucidating unique narratives, probable objections, and data-supported evidence.

• Record assumptions and transfer strategy, risks, and mitigation plans to delivery if the opportunity is won.

⛳️ Requirements

• 10-15+ years of pertinent experience in clinical development strategy, CRO strategic solutions, clinical operations strategy, portfolio/asset strategy, strategic feasibility, RWE strategy, trial innovation, bid defense strategy, or life sciences consulting.

• Comprehensive understanding of the design, scope, bidding, awarding, operationalization, and delivery of clinical trials.

• Background in supporting RFPs, RFIs, bid defenses, strategic account opportunities, complex proposals, or clinical trial advisory initiatives.

• Proven capability to challenge assumptions and influence cross-functional teams in intricate, time-sensitive settings.

• Experience in utilizing data and analytics to inform strategy; direct expertise in data science is not mandatory, but data literacy and critical thinking are vital.

• Familiarity with feasibility studies, enrollment modeling, site/country selection, patient access, recruitment/retention strategies, RWD/RWE, decentralized trial solutions, or competitive trial intelligence is advantageous.

• Experience with multi-region or global clinical trials is preferred.

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required.

• An advanced degree in life sciences, public health, business, health economics, epidemiology, or a related field is preferred.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a strong presence among senior stakeholders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for career development and advancement.

• Supportive and engaged management.

• Training in technical and therapeutic areas.

• Recognition among peers.

• Comprehensive total rewards program.

• An inclusive organizational culture.

• Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues globally.