Director, Strategy & Operations

Solstice

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary and equity participation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Professional development stipend

Daily team meals and office perks

High-impact role with career growth potential

Job summary

Solstice is seeking a Director of Strategy & Operations in New York, NY to redefine pharmaceutical marketing through innovative strategies and operational excellence.

The successful candidate will provide strategic oversight, manage multi-threaded initiatives, and work closely with the executive team to drive key decisions. This role requires strong project management and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Competitive salary, benefits, and significant career growth potential are offered.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in management consulting, strategy, or business operations.
Strong business acumen in healthcare, life sciences, or digital health.
Proven ability to structure problems and generate concise recommendations.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to the executive team and drive company decisions.
Manage high-stakes initiatives and lead the Strategy and Operations team.
Provide decision support through structured analyses and actionable insights.

Skills

Management consulting

Business operations

Executive presence

Project management

Job description

Title: Director, Strategy & Operations

Why you should join us:

Solstice is redefining how life sciences organizations commercialize their therapeutics. We are building a commercial engine that allows pharmaceutical marketers to launch campaigns at 100x the speed.

Rapid growth: Over the past year, we have been working with some of the top life sciences manufacturers and are working with over 50+ pharma brands.
Frontiers of technology: We’re building applications and rapidly iterating technical approaches at the frontiers of AI, experimenting with LLMs and new frameworks. We are incorporating new, advanced frameworks to our solution to better define the possibilities of pharmaceutical marketing.
Top-tier investors: We’ve raised from investors like Transformation Capital, Twelve Below, Virtue and the founders of Datavant, Commure, and Paradigm to supercharge our growth and build an elite team of engineers and operators.

Building anything great requires commitment and dedication. We’re looking for someone who has the fire to prove others wrong.

About the Role

The Director, Strategy & Operations will work closely with the {Insert Title Here}, serving as a trusted advisor, gatekeeper, problem solver and strategic partner to develop and implement strategies that advance our mission. In this role you will have both internal and external-facing responsibilities, and will provide strategic oversight to operational and communication needs across the company.

In this role you will have to handle complex situations and multiple responsibilities simultaneously, mixing long term projects with the urgency of immediate demands. This role is a front seat to all the action in getting a startup off the ground and a terrific opportunity to leverage your broad visibility into the organization to identify challenges, develop solutions, and be an integral part of executing critical workflows. This is an ideal role for a top‑performer who thrives at the intersection of strategy and execution, enjoys solving ambiguous problems, and wants accelerated exposure to executive‑level decision making.

This role sits within the commercial organization and will directly manage the current Strategy and Operations team as well as various G&A functions.

Responsibilities

Strategic Partnership to the Executive Team

Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic thought partner, helping the executive team prioritize, sequence, and drive the company’s most critical decisions.
Act as an extension of the leadership team’s capacity - amplifying insight, synthesizing information, and ensuring the leadership time is leveraged for the highest-impact activities.

People and External Partner Management

Manage multi-threaded, high-stakes company initiatives, including managing financial reporting vendors & automating the invoicing process.
Build frameworks, workflows, and playbooks that improve organizational performance and scale.
Lead and manage the Strategy and Operations team (planned 1 direct report) & the people and marketing functions (2 additional direct reports).

Organizational Alignment & Operating Rhythm

Own the company’s operating cadence, including Leadership Team meetings, quarterly planning, reviews, and cross-functional forums.
Ensure organizational alignment on priorities, metrics, and accountability frameworks.
Drive clarity across teams by translating strategic goals into executable plans.

Decision Support & Insight Generation

Structure analyses that distill complex data into actionable insights for the leadership team.
Provide decision support for strategic opportunities, including market assessments, product expansion initiatives, partnership evaluation, or financial modelingI.
Increase the quality and speed of decision-making across the company through high-quality strategic research.

What We’re Looking For

Required Qualifications

5+ years of experience in management consulting, strategy, business operations, or a comparable high-performance environment.
Strong business acumen with familiarity in healthcare, life sciences, digital health, or tech-enabled services.
Proven ability to structure problems, build analytical frameworks, and generate concise, insight-rich recommendations.
Exceptional project management skills: ability to run multiple initiatives, align stakeholders, and drive outcomes independently.
Strong executive presence with the ability to earn trust quickly and communicate with clarity and influence.
Experience thriving in fast-paced, high-growth, ambiguous environments.
Willingness to travel ~15% for customer, partner, or conference engagement.

Preferred Qualifications