Tempus AI
Science Strategy Leader
Chicago · Director
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About the role
- Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way.
- Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership & Partner Engagement:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
- Key Success Metrics:
- 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.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent) required
- MBA or business leadership training a plus.
Compensation
- Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience.
Benefits
- Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.
- Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?
Company info
- Why Join Us: At Tempus AI, we believe the future of drug development lies at the intersection of science, data, and strategic partnership.
- At Tempus AI, we believe the future of drug development lies at the intersection of science, data, and strategic partnership.
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
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