Director, Strategy and Partnerships

Guidepoint; United States; On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and holidays

Comprehensive medical, dental, and eye

401(k) match

Commuter benefits

LinkedIn Learning access

Free snacks and beverages

Friday happy hour

Summer Fridays

Corporate athletic league

Casual work environment

Job summary

Guidepoint is seeking a senior strategic partnerships and business development leader for Qsight. You will own sourcing, structuring, and closing strategic partnerships across technology platforms, industry organizations, and data providers, reporting directly to the Managing Director.

You will identify new markets, craft go-to-market approaches, and shape market positioning and demand generation. The role blends partnerships, marketing, and strategy with potential to grow a team as the business

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in a STEM/quantitative field.
• 7+ years total experience with 3+ years in partnerships, business development, or growth in healthcare data, health technology, or life sciences.
• Go-to-market/industry experience in medical aesthetics or cash-pay healthcare is a significant advantage.
• Exposure across commercial, marketing, and analytical work.
• The quantitative depth and ability to build a market model in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing, structure, and closing of strategic partnerships across platforms, industry organizations, manufacturers, and data providers.
• Identify and evaluate new markets, categories, and customer segments; build sizing, competitive analysis, and go-to-market plans.
• Own market positioning, demand generation, thought leadership, and proof points that shorten sales cycles.
• Weigh build, buy, and partner options; run diligence and prepare board-/investor-grade analyses.

Skills

Partnerships

Go-to-market strategy

Market analysis

Presentation skills

AI fluency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in STEM/quantitative field

Tools

Excel

Job description

Overview

Qsight is at the point where the next phase depends on decisions being made now: which partnerships, which markets, which story. This person will have direct access to the Managing Director who will treat you as a partner and the backing of an established business behind it.

Qsight is at the point where the next phase depends on decisions being made now: which partnerships, which markets, which story. This person will have direct access to the Managing Director who will treat you as a partner and the backing of an established business behind it. This is a newly created role where this person will operate as the Managing Director's right hand to own and drive what matters most: the partnerships that open new capability and new distribution, the positioning that makes us the obvious choice, and the analysis that determines which markets we enter next. It is a three-way split across partnerships, marketing, and strategy where responsibilities may include negotiating a commercial agreement, reframing how a product line goes to market, or building the model behind a go-to market strategy for a new category. You will start as an individual contributor with direct access to executive leadership, our data, and our customers, with the potential to build a team as the business continues to grow.

What You’ll Do

• Partnerships: Own the sourcing, structure, and closing of strategic commercial partnerships across technology platforms, industry organizations, manufacturers, and complementary data providers, then help drive the internal execution that makes them produce.
• Expansion: Identify and evaluate new markets, categories, and customer segments, and build the sizing, competitive analysis, and go-to-market approach behind entering them.
• Positioning: Own how Qsight shows up in market, along with demand generation, thought leadership, and the proof points that shorten sales cycles.
• Strategy and corporate development: Weigh build, buy, and partner alternatives, run diligence on what's worth pursuing, and prepare board- and investor-grade analysis.

What you Have

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a STEM or quantitative field is highly preferred
• 7+ years of overall experience with 3+ years in partnerships, business development, or growth in healthcare data, health technology, or life sciences, with a strong track record of performance at a high-level
• Go-to-market/industry experience in medical aesthetics or cash-pay healthcare is a significant advantage, along with existing relationships across manufacturers, providers, investors, or industry organizations
• Exposure across commercial, marketing, and analytical work
• The quantitative depth and analytical thinking to build a market model in Excel and defend its assumptions to a senior stakeholder
• Strong writing and presentation skills to articulate market research, insights and strategy to influence leadership and stakeholder buy-in
• Fluency in AI to leverage applications, tools and use cases
• Comfort with ambiguity, accountability and being the only person on a project

What We Offer

The annual base salary range for this position is $190,000-$240,000. Additionally, this position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on performance.

You will also be eligible for the following benefits

• 15 PTO days, 10 legal holidays, and sick days
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Will match up to 10% of employee contribution for 401(k), life insurance, paid time-off and parental leave plans
• Commuter benefits and a corporate gym rate
• Development opportunities through the LinkedIn Learning platform
• Free snacks and beverages in the office
• Friday happy hour and Summer Fridays
• Year-round corporate athletic league
• Casual work environment, team building, and other social events

About Guidepoint

Guidepoint powers end-to-end research workflows for the world’s best research teams.

Backed by a global network of more than 2 million experts and over 1,600 employees, Guidepoint delivers real-time access to expertise, primary research, and actionable knowledge that help organizations make informed decisions. Through consultations, surveys, events, proprietary content, and AI-enabled tools, we support every stage of the decision-making process—from developing hypotheses and gathering insights to validating assumptions and building conviction for critical decisions.

At Guidepoint, our success relies on the diversity of our employees, experts, and clients, which enables us to foster meaningful connections and a broad range of perspectives. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment where individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences can contribute and succeed.

Base salary may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, as well as geographic location.

Compensation

$190,000-$240,000 USD