Vice President – Head of Data Strategy; Remote

Vice President – Head of Data Strategy (Remote)

Location
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This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.

Medidata follows a hybrid office policy in which employees who are hired for an in-person position are expected to work on site a certain number of days per week following Company policy.

About our Company
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Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating over 25 years of ground-breaking technological innovation across more than 38,000 trials and 12 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million registered users across approximately 2,300 customers trust Medidata's seamless, end-to-end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster.

A Dassault Systèmes brand (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA), Medidata is headquartered in New York City and has been recognized as a Leader by Everest Group and IDC. Discover more at  . Listen to our latest podcast, from Dreamers to Disruptors , and follow us at @Medidata.

About the Team
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The Vice President of Strategy will play a critical leadership role in shaping the future of our multi-product platform. This executive will be responsible for driving strategic alignment across the organization, translating corporate goals into a coordinated product strategy, and developing a rolling comprehensive cross-platform roadmap for the 18 month to 3+ year horizon. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in product strategy within the technology and/or life sciences space, a sharp understanding of market and customer dynamics, and a strong ability to align cross-functional teams around a shared vision.

Responsibilities
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Strategic Planning & Vision:

• Define strategic direction and prioritization areas for a portfolio of products based on industry knowledge, understanding of market trends, customer needs and 3DS / Medidata vision.
• Act as a key partner to the executive team in defining and executing corporate growth strategies.
• Co-own the strategy of the Experience with the Experience Lead
• Assess build/buy/partner approach for strategic initiatives to compete effectively
• Direct market research, interpretation of output and go/no-go decisions

Translate Strategy into Executable

Roadmap:

• Translate strategic priorities into an integrated 18 month to 3 year strategy and milestones for a suite of products, ensuring cross-product coherence and scalability.
• Highlight risks, trade-offs, and identify accelerators needed to achieve goals
• Guide conceptualization of new offerings and early definition of commercial model in partnership with Offering Management for offerings supporting product strategy via customer conversations, proposals and early adopter engagements

Cross-Functional Leadership:

• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success teams to ensure successful roadmap execution.
• Liaise with Offering Management, Global Marketing and Product Marketing to roll-out aligned GTM strategy for new offerings, product launches and features
• Facilitate alignment across departments, fostering transparency and shared accountability for strategic goals.

Market Pulse and Thought Leadership:

• Maintain strong market awareness by monitoring industry trends, competitive landscape and attending industry conferences
• Lead strategic customer conversations on new innovation areas to validate longer term roadmap, and generate feedback
• Collaborate with customer success and sales teams to gather and understand customer feedback and recommend strategic pivots as needed
• Showcase thought leadership and…