Director of Strategy

Paradigm is rebuilding the clinical research ecosystem by enabling equitable access to trials for all patients. Our platform enhances trial efficiency and reduces the barriers to participation for healthcare providers. Incubated by ARCH Venture Partners and backed by leading healthcare and life sciences investors, Paradigm's seamless infrastructure implemented at healthcare provider organizations, will bring potentially life-saving therapies to patients faster.

Our team hails from a broad range of disciplines and is committed to the company's mission to create equitable access to clinical trials for any patient, anywhere. Join us, and bring your expertise, passion, creativity, and drive as we work together to realize this mission.

As the Director of Strategy and Business Operations, a member of the Paradigm Strategy Team reporting to the Head of Strategy, your role will be multifaceted and pivotal to the company's success. You will be responsible for driving effective strategic decision making and ensuring operational excellence across functional areas, including product development, commercial, clinical operations, finance, business development, and corporate development. By facilitating structured, data-driven decision-making, effective cross-functional collaboration and execution, and efficient and measurable business processes, you will help shape the growth of our business in the right directions while enabling efficient and scalable execution. Your ability to cultivate and manage strong working relationships with colleagues across functions will be essential for the successful growth of our company. Lastly, your ability to bring a multi-disciplinary skill set–including strategy, operations, project management, and financial analysis/modeling–to bear on a wide range of challenges will be essential to your success in this exciting and challenging role.

Our Ideal candidate is someone with 3+ years experience at a top tier consulting firm, where you worked on Healthtech or life sciences (critically, on the consulting/strategy side (not technology implementation or accounting), Plus 2+ years post-consulting at a early/mid stage startup healthtech, in clinical trials or RWD or biopharma SaaS or another loosely related area. 

What you'll do:

Strategy:

• Lead and support cross-functional workstreams to drive sound, data-driven, and efficient strategic decision-making and execution
• Bring structured thinking, clear frameworks, and clear, concise communication to strategy work to drive effective decision-making and execution, with strong alignment across executive leadership and functional leaders and teams
• Support strategy development with data-driven analysis and modeling, including financial models and forecasts
• Build a deep, data-driven understanding of the overall market (US and ex-US, oncology and non-oncology), the provider landscape, the trial sponsor landscape, the competitive landscape, the landscape of potential partners and acquisition targets, current policy and policy trends, and other areas
• Infuse data-driven insights and an analytical mindset into strategic decisions while balancing the urgency required to succeed as a startup company
• Enhance Paradigm's ability to communicate clearly and concisely internally and externally, including with our Board of Directors

Business Operations Excellence:

• Provide effective leadership, facilitation, and project management to drive efficient and effective cross-functional execution of strategic workstreams
• Design and help implement efficient, measurable operational processes to enable efficient, scalable execution across functions
• Establish and maintain best practices for project management, quality assurance, and performance metrics
• Drive continuous improvement efforts to enhance operational efficiency, productivity, and customer satisfaction long-term vision

Who you are:

• BA/BS degree with equivalent work experience preferred
• 4+ years of strategy and/or business operations experience in healthcare technology or closely related healthcare sectors (clinical research, drug development, clinical trial operations and/or technology, etc.)
• Strong understanding of the US healthcare system, with deep experience with life sciences companies, health systems, or both
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and to succeed in highly complex, ambiguous, and dynamic environments
• Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate, including cross-functional teams, and to drive impact and results with independence and initiative, including with technical teams
• Demonstrated experience, presence, and credibility with senior executives sufficient to drive decision-making and alignment on challenging, complex strategic questions
• Excellent quantitative skills, including market sizing, forecasting, and other modeling and analysis
• Excellent communication skills, including both written and verbal
• Mission-driven commitment to improving healthcare
• Mission-driven commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

The base compensation range is $180,000 – $225,000 USD per year. Actual salaries will vary based on candidates' qualifications, skills, and location.

• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Mental health support for you and your family through Spring Health
• Equity package
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Flexible work options – remote and hybrid arrangements
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
• One Medical membership
• 401(k) plan with company match

At Paradigm, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. We encourage and welcome candidates from all backgrounds and perspectives to apply for our open positions. We are interested in all qualified individuals and  ensure that all employment decisions are based on job-related factors such as skills, experience, and qualifications.