[Remote] Senior Director, Life Sciences Strategy
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Definitive Healthcare is a leading company in healthcare data and analytics, dedicated to helping customers succeed in the Life Sciences sector. The Senior Director, Life Sciences Strategy will define and drive strategic direction, combining market intelligence and customer insights to shape product roadmaps and guide investment priorities.
Responsibilities
• Own vertical strategy and insight generation: Develop and evolve the market strategy for your vertical, identifying key trends, customer segments, and whitespace opportunities.
• Integrate insights into action: Collaborate across functions to ensure market and customer insights directly inform product, portfolio, and investment decisions.
• Guide strategic investment: Partner with Finance and Commercial leadership to assess opportunity size, model ROI, and inform long-range planning and resource allocation.
• Lead cross-functional prioritization: Drive roadmap and initiative prioritization across Product, Data, and Go-to-Market teams, ensuring investments align to market opportunity and strategic value.
• Manage and mentor Product Managers: Provide strategic leadership to Product Managers supporting the vertical, guiding roadmap development, prioritization, and market alignment while fostering analytical rigor and professional growth.
• Champion customer-centricity: Partner with Product Marketing and CX to embed customer and market insights into product and strategic planning.
• Partner across the organization: Work closely with Product Marketing, Sales, CX, and Data teams to ensure market insights inform go-to-market priorities, portfolio focus, and product direction.
• Collaborate on thought leadership: Act as an internal thought partner on industry trends and market dynamics, supporting external representation in collaboration with Marketing and Communications.
• Measure strategic impact: Define and track success metrics for strategic initiatives, communicating progress and outcomes to executive stakeholders.
Skills
• 10+ years of experience in Life Sciences, SaaS or data-driven strategy, ideally spanning product, commercial, or corporate strategy roles.
• Proven ability to translate market and customer insight into actionable strategy and business impact.
• Experience leading teams and influencing senior stakeholders across multiple functions.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, including market sizing, forecasting, and ROI analysis.
• Exceptional strategic storytelling and executive communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Advanced degree (MBA, MPH, or related) preferred.
Benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited paid time off
• Participation in the company’s 401(k) plan with employer contribution
• Competitive benefits package including great healthcare benefits and a 401(k) match
Company Overview
• Definitive Healthcare aims to transform data, analytics and expertise into healthcare commercial intelligence. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.definitivehc.com/.
Company H1B Sponsorship
• Definitive Healthcare has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 11 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 8 in 2023, 16 in 2022, 24 in 2021, 5 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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