• Serve as the executive scientific lead for strategic Pharma/Biotech partnerships, shaping account-level and portfolio-wide strategies in alignment with corporate priorities.

• Lead Joint Steering Committees (JSCs), ensuring data-driven decision-making and alignment between partner needs and our capabilities.

• Champion the integration of novel scientific insights—including real-world, clinical, genomic, and multimodal data—into ongoing collaborations to accelerate innovation.

• Lead development and positioning of emerging offerings (e.g., LOOP)
  

• Create structured pathways for knowledge sharing between Account VPs, KADs, Translational Research, Pharma R&D, RWD, and SOS teams to ensure strategic continuity from pre- to post-contract.

• Guide teams in identifying strategic opportunities, anticipating partner needs, and translating scientific advances into new collaborations with our partner biotechs/pharma companies.

• Strengthen and scale programs like ‘Sparks’, enabling KADs/SSLs to communicate high-impact scientific narratives tailored to partner priorities.
  

• Partner with R&D leaders to ensure that insights from translational science inform ongoing and future clinical programs.

• Promote best practices in leveraging real-world and multimodal evidence to enhance development timelines and success rates.

• Develop and champion new data-driven use cases for multimodal data integration into trial design, patient stratification, and regulatory engagement.

• Identify expansion opportunities within accounts by linking emerging science to unmet partner needs.

• Ensure strategic alignment across multiple accounts to leverage cross-account insights for scalable growth.

• Drive measurable improvement in partner satisfaction, time to value realization, and account renewal/expansion rates.

• 10+ years in pharma/biotech with demonstrated experience in research, clinical development, and commercial strategy.
  

• Proven cross-functional leadership in a matrix environment, ideally with global and multi-asset portfolio oversight.
  

• Demonstrated expertise in data-driven clinical innovation, including familiarity with core scientific modalities (e.g., genomics, proteomics, digital pathology, imaging) and their integration into multimodal strategies.
  

• Track record of success in executive partner engagement, including governance structures (e.g., JSCs) and joint portfolio planning.
  

• Ability to translate complex scientific and data insights into actionable strategies for diverse stakeholders, including C-suite and external partners.
  

• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and influencing skills, with experience managing high-value, high-impact relationships.
  

• Advanced degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent) required; MBA or business leadership training a plus.

• Speed to value realization post-contract signing.
  

• Account expansion and renewals attributable to strategic oversight.
  

• Cross-account adoption of shared scientific insights and use cases.
  

• Partner satisfaction and engagement scores.
  

• Tangible impact on partner clinical development innovation.

$178,000 - $264,000

The expected salary range may vary for other locations. Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.