Executive Director, Strategic Delivery – General Medicine

• Oversee design of effective and differentiated operational delivery strategies with clients and internal experts
• Establish and grow best practices to maximize proposal differentiation and leverage cross-functional input
• Lead business growth through innovative, winning trial solutions for rare diseases and pediatrics across therapeutic areas
• Build and strengthen senior relationships with pharma, biotech, KOLs, investigators, sites, academic collaborators, advocacy groups and strategic partners
• Lead end-to-end business development strategies, including RFI responses, proposal development, bid defense preparation and presentations
• Market and support Fortrea’s capabilities through publications, conference presentations, meetings and webinars
• Lead development and execution of the General Medicine strategic roadmap and therapeutic-area growth strategies
• Translate business intelligence, market trends and organizational priorities into actionable plans, governance, scorecards and performance measures
• Sponsor strategic partnerships across Commercial, Medical, Delivery and Functional Leadership
• Build and evolve a high-performing Strategic Delivery & Growth capability with clear roles, decision rights and accountability
• Provide strategic direction, prioritization, coaching and oversight across the global GenMed SDG team and stakeholder network
• Lead workforce and organizational planning, talent acquisition, onboarding, development, retention and succession
• Partner with Delivery, Feasibility, Recruitment and Engagement, Medical, Commercial and functional leaders to ensure strategies are evidence-based and operationally executable
• Lead portfolio growth through therapeutic choices, early client engagement, differentiated opportunity strategies and disciplined execution
• Contribute to growth and financial objectives through competitive, executable strategies, budgets and deal terms
• Provide commercial, operational, medical and scientific leadership across General Medicine
• Serve as a senior global contact on General Medicine strategy, particularly in obesity, metabolic disease, and/or immunology and inflammation
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant science, sponsor pipelines, competitive dynamics, drug development and clinical delivery

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Advance degree, APRN, MPH, PhD and/or MBA preferred
• Fortrea may consider relevant and equivalent experience in lieu of educational requirements
• 15 or more years of Research and Development and clinical research experience in pharmaceutical, biotech and/or CRO environments
• Preferably 3 or more years leading cross-functional full development programs from concept inception through defining operational strategy for clinical trial delivery in a therapeutic area
• General Medicine experience mandatory
• 5 or more years of global leadership experience in a complex, virtual and matrixed environment
• Experience leading through others, building organizational capability and strengthening succession
• Established senior client relationships and a strong external network across pharma, biotech and the relevant therapeutic ecosystem
• Demonstrated success translating market intelligence, relationships and therapeutic strategy into differentiated positioning, growth opportunities and commercial outcomes
• Financial acumen, including P&L, budgets, forecasts and resources

• Additional compensation, such as bonus and benefits, in accordance with company policies
• Salary may vary according to full-time or part-time working schedule
• EEO & accommodations support