Executive Director – Strategic Delivery, Growth

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

📋 Description

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

• Develop and enhance best practices to ensure proposal strategies optimize Fortrea’s differentiation while utilizing cross-functional input.

• Drive business growth by delivering innovative and successful trial solutions for rare diseases and pediatrics across various therapeutic areas.

• Cultivate and strengthen senior relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, key opinion leaders (KOLs), investigators, sites, academic collaborators, advocacy groups, and strategic partners.

• Direct comprehensive business development strategies, including responses to requests for information (RFI), proposal creation, bid defense preparation, and presentations.

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

• Lead the development and execution of the GenMed strategic roadmap and growth strategies for therapeutic areas.

• Convert business intelligence, market trends, and organizational priorities into actionable plans.

• Establish governance, scorecards, and strategic performance metrics.

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

• Develop and enhance a high-performing SDG capability with defined roles, decision-making rights, expectations, and accountability.

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

• Manage workforce and organizational planning.

• Attract, select, onboard, develop, and retain high-performing talent.

• Collaborate with Delivery, Feasibility, Recruitment and Engagement, Medical, Commercial, and functional leaders.

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

• Contribute to the growth and financial objectives of GenMed through competitive, executable strategies, budgets, and deal terms.

• Provide commercial, operational, medical, and scientific leadership across GenMed.

• Act as a senior global contact on GenMed strategy, particularly recognized for expertise in obesity, metabolic disease, and/or immunology and inflammation.

• Identify and address SDG capability and development needs through coaching, targeted development, and succession planning.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant science, sponsor pipelines, competitive dynamics, drug development, and clinical delivery.

• Supervise 0–10 direct reports and 10–50 indirect reports.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree is required.

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

• Ideally, 3 or more years of experience leading cross-functional full development programs from initial concept through defining the operational strategy for clinical trial delivery in the relevant Therapeutic Area.

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

• Proven experience in leading through others, building organizational capability, and strengthening succession.

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

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

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

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

• Relevant and equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of educational qualifications.

• Willingness to work outside standard office hours as necessary.

• Ability to travel globally 30–50% of the time, with 80% of that travel involving overnight stays.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical

• Dental

• Vision

• Life insurance

• Short-term disability (STD)

• Long-term disability (LTD)

• 401(K)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Paid time off (PTO) or Flexible time off (FTO)

• Company bonus where applicable

• Fortrea-issued cellphone/mobile device