Senior Director, Digital Innovation

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

📋 Description

• Develop a comprehensive digital innovation strategy that aligns with Definium’s 3–5 year growth and commercialization objectives.

• Evaluate digital capabilities, platforms, vendors, consultants, AI initiatives, and expenditures; identify gaps, redundancies, underutilization, and opportunities for simplification.

• Create and sustain a prioritized multi-year roadmap focused on business value, readiness, risk, and scalability.

• Benchmark innovative practices across the biotech, specialty pharma, and related industries.

• Define the capabilities necessary for launch readiness and post-launch operations alongside Commercial, Market Access, Patient Services, Medical Affairs, and Enterprise Technology teams.

• Enhance digital patient and provider experiences that promote patient services, reimbursement, engagement, adherence, and omnichannel interactions.

• Strengthen analytics and decision support systems for commercialization leadership.

• Identify and prioritize high-impact AI, automation, and emerging digital opportunities.

• Ensure responsible, secure, and sustainable adoption of new capabilities in collaboration with Technology, Legal, Compliance, Privacy, and business stakeholders.

• Clarify decision rights and establish governance structures for intake, prioritization, architecture, vendors, investments, and value realization.

• Decide on build-versus-source strategies; manage consultants and vendors, and develop the internal team.

• Provide guidance to senior leaders, translating business challenges into capability and technology requirements, while articulating technical choices to non-technical stakeholders.

• Foster cross-functional alignment, adoption, and change initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 12 years of relevant experience in digital strategy, enterprise technology, product development, data/analytics, or technology-enabled business transformation, preferably within biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, or another regulated sector.

• Proven experience in leading digital strategy or transformation initiatives that bridge enterprise technology with business functions.

• Valued experience supporting a company nearing commercialization or launch.

• Familiarity with commercial life sciences capabilities, particularly in patient services, market access, omnichannel engagement, commercial analytics, and associated data flows.

• Exposure to Clinical and Medical Affairs is advantageous.

• Capability to assess and apply AI, automation, data, and emerging technologies to solve business challenges.

• Experience in developing roadmaps, business cases, operating models, governance frameworks, and investment priorities.

• Strong skills in vendor and partner management, including making judgments regarding build-versus-buy-versus-partner decisions.

• Exceptional cross-functional leadership and communication abilities, with the capacity to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment characterized by ambiguity and competing priorities.

• A Bachelor’s degree is required; an advanced degree or relevant technical/business training is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus opportunities

• Equity opportunities

• Health insurance

• 401(k) with company match

• Flexible time off

• Wellness benefits and perks