Executive Director, Strategic Delivery – General Medicine

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

📋 Description

• Supervise the design of effective and distinct operational delivery strategies in collaboration with clients and internal experts.

• Develop and enhance best practices to optimize proposal differentiation and utilize cross-functional input.

• Drive business growth by implementing innovative and successful trial solutions for rare diseases and pediatric populations across various therapeutic areas.

• Cultivate and reinforce senior relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms, KOLs, investigators, sites, academic collaborators, advocacy groups, and strategic partners.

• Oversee comprehensive business development strategies, including RFI responses, proposal creation, bid defense preparation, and presentations.

• Promote and support Fortrea’s capabilities through publications, conference presentations, meetings, and webinars.

• Direct the development and execution of the General Medicine strategic roadmap and growth strategies for therapeutic areas.

• Convert business intelligence, market trends, and organizational priorities into actionable plans, governance structures, scorecards, and performance metrics.

• Champion strategic partnerships across Commercial, Medical, Delivery, and Functional Leadership.

• Create and enhance a high-performing Strategic Delivery & Growth capability with well-defined roles, decision rights, and accountability.

• Provide strategic direction, prioritization, coaching, and oversight to the global GenMed SDG team and stakeholder network.

• Manage workforce and organizational planning, talent acquisition, onboarding, development, retention, and succession planning.

• Collaborate with Delivery, Feasibility, Recruitment and Engagement, Medical, Commercial, and functional leaders to ensure that strategies are evidence-based and operationally feasible.

• Drive portfolio growth through therapeutic selections, early client engagement, unique opportunity strategies, and disciplined execution.

• Contribute to growth and financial goals through competitive and actionable strategies, budgets, and deal terms.

• Provide commercial, operational, medical, and scientific leadership within General Medicine.

• Act as a senior global contact for General Medicine strategy, particularly in obesity, metabolic disease, and/or immunology and inflammation.

• Stay updated on relevant scientific knowledge, sponsor pipelines, competitive dynamics, drug development, and clinical delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree is required.

• An advanced degree such as an APRN, MPH, PhD, and/or MBA is preferred.

• Fortrea may consider relevant and equivalent experience as a substitute for educational qualifications.

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in Research and Development and clinical research within pharmaceutical, biotech, and/or CRO settings.

• Ideally 3 or more years of experience leading cross-functional full development programs from concept inception through the establishment of operational strategies for clinical trial delivery in a therapeutic area.

• General Medicine experience is essential.

• At least 5 years of global leadership experience in a complex, virtual, and matrixed environment.

• Proven experience in leading teams, enhancing organizational capability, and strengthening succession planning.

• Established senior client relationships and a robust external network across pharma, biotech, and the relevant therapeutic ecosystem.

• Demonstrated success in translating market intelligence, relationships, and therapeutic strategy into distinctive positioning, growth opportunities, and commercial results.

• Financial acumen, including P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Additional compensation, including bonuses and benefits, in accordance with company policies.

• Salary may vary based on full-time or part-time working arrangements.

• EEO & accommodations support.